The 'shoe bomber' got us to all take off our shoes at TSA security, now the 'underpants bomber' has us getting the choice of have our private parts displayed by full body scanners or, take your pick, a full body 'pat down'.

Now there is a call for a protest effort on the upcoming busy Thanksgiving travel days to get passengers to refuse the quicker scans and request the time consuming pat downs, thus clogging the inspection process and delaying flights.

No matter how one may feel about that, it is adding even more disincentive to the once very convenient option of flying [particularly for flights under 300 miles where driving becomes an option] and having many people opting to driving where none of these invasive procedures, along with the cramped packed seating, baggage restrictions and other negatives that come with the speed of flying.

So my question are: Does airport hassle + airline service cutbacks = more driving = more car sales = good news for "Detroit". [Detroit = the automotive industry and, by extension, Detroit-Windsor metropolis.]

Structure your answer by answering this first: Let's say money [you have an expense account and you can get a paid rental car or cab fees at other end] and time is not an issue, would you drive or fly to, say, Chicago, Toronto or Pittsburgh for a one or two day event or business trip?