>> 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.
>Good point, equally in that there are less (if any) criminal
countermeasures. Any "toss in front" devices assume that other LEAs have
been radioed and are in position. I would imagine that a sufficient amount
of dangerous pursuit would have already commenced. Maybe criminal autos
could be fitted with low-ride cattle guards to thwart any above ground
strip. :)
Its much easier than that. There are foams you can buy in spray cans that
will set in a few minutes to flexible mass. Place a tire on a spin-type
tire balance or put a car up on a lift and spray the foam into the empty
valve body until it fills a good part of the volume then inflate to the
proper pressure. Spin the tires till the foam sets then drive. This type
foam has been used by the armed forces to prevent tire deflation in similar
circumstances. However, speed ust be kept under about 50 mph to prevent
to much internal heat buildup due to foam friction.
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