Eric Murray wrote:
> 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."
>
Imagine trying to justify this purchase:
OK, we can spend thousands of dollars on a Jaycor device which might
kill any passersby who have pacemakers, burn out the police radios of
the officers deploying it, and do a lot of other collateral damage
(including
making a seized car unsalable).
OR
We can use a string to pull a $50 spikestrip across the road when
the target car approaches, then pull it out of the way before any other
vehicles pass by.
Cheap, reliable, low-tech is often preferable to expensive, chancy,
high-tech.
Peter
