On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:07:48PM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
> However, we are seeing more and more alternatives to gasoline engines
> in cars here in california. I'm reasonably sure that the deisel
> motors are highly HERF resistant
New diesels (since the 80s) use electronic injectors instead of the old
mechanical ones, so they're just as succeptable as gas engines.
>, and I think the new electric cars
> and hybrid-electric vehicles are as well.
Those have even more computer-controlled stuff in the drivetrain...
like circuits that turn the gas engine on and off.
> I dunno.... If they're trying to use a HERF weapon on your car, then
> they obviously already know who you are. I think that this makes
> the problem of keeping information about your identity out of the
> hands of potential agressors more important, rather than more shielding
> for your vehicle.
I found a 1997 press release for a Jaycor device at
http://lcso.leonfl.org/vol2.htm...
"New Devices Help Stop High-Speed Chases
One of the most frustrating things for law enforcement officers is
to terminate a potentially risky high speed chase. There are several
devices on the market and in development which are designed to safely
stop fleeing vehicles.
One high tech method being developed and tested by JAYCOR of Colorado
Springs, Colorado uses a device which produces a high burst of electricity
to burn out or disrupt a vehicle's ignition system. A "tube" is placed
in the roadway in a roadblock manner forcing the fleeing vehicle to
drive over it. Then, remotely, an officer will trigger the unit which
discharges the current into the vehicles frame. The disabling effect
causes the vehicle to coast to a stop as if someone had turned off the
ignition switch."
There's also an effort going on in the US to develop and install devices
in cars that will disable the cars when the police send a radio signal
to them. I can't find references now, but it's been written about in
cypherpunks before.
Eric
