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I knew I should have sifted this 10 days ago... well to the front with you then *promote

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Neat system, but I'm curious: some carmarkers at least put up a token effort to design the front of their cars in a way that doesn't dismember pedestrians when you run them over - is that still not a thing in the US?

America is hardcore mode but with first world conditions. I'm sorry, but we just accept that when you get run the fuck over, you're run the fuck over for life. I mean.. death.

(I half imagined after the cop chased down the pedestrian, that the grappler bumper had turned into a pair of giant scissors ready to cut off that guy's legs.)

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Every car in America also comes with a free handgun in place of an emergency hand brake because fuck you and the person in front of you. After you rear end your highway opponents, expect to deal with road rage reprisals. Luckily you have a handgun at the ready. But so does the other guy. Shoot him immediately or he will shoot you.

This also explains why the police murder so many drivers. For fuck's sake every car is sold with a gun! It's fucking America, fuck you: LEAVE.

All this James Bond gadgetry works perfectly in controlled test environments. Just like that mobile device that the chase vehicle dispatches to drive under the suspect's car with an antenna to short out the car's electronics and bring it to a stop. I'll believe it when I see any of this used effectively in the chaos of a real world pursuit.

Awwww, I thought they were going to Snag that guy that was running away. I wanted to see that.

So, is that Batman-technology ready for the market yet? Could save a lot of risk and time.

I was laughing at the shitty camouflage job of the bicycle.

Then they admit it's camouflage and I think, ok, I guess it's OK then. I only noticed because of the jump cut so ya, I guess it would work.

I just get a feeling that in a real world situation that it's a lot more dangerous than we think....

Probably, but your typical P.I.T. just puts the suspect car in a spin, out of control, where this would be similar to a spike strip on a rear wheel, with the added benefit of adding the drag weight of the police vehicle.

I think it's still a lot safer than a P.I.T. although I admit their "suspects" are reacting very unrealistically.

Officers can and have been hit or killed while deploying spike belts and I'm not sure if they still try to shoot out tires these days.

The PIT maneuver can work quite well but different factors like speed, traffic and apparently trailers even can affect it.

I remember seeing this video years ago, this guy almost managed to defeat it on driving skills alone!

*related=http://videosift.com/video/Mustang-Police-Chase


But who knows if this will perform well in real world situations, we might never see this on a real vehicle but I thought the idea was nifty!

Mustang Police Chase has been added as a related post - related requested by hazmat22.

I'm sure this might have been answered already, but I feel like it does need to be answered: What would happen if the suspect were to try and suddenly turn the steering wheel after getting snagged? I don't want to assume that the car could still flip, or still have some control rather than be forced to drive forward until it comes to a complete stop.

If anyone knows the answer, please feel free to respond. I don't want to be negative here of course since it is a legit question to ask.

Because the anchor is at the rear of the vehicle, it would normalise any such manouver, ie. a sudden turn that would typically result in a roll over (assume back left wheel is trapped and the suspect turns hard left or right) would be arrested by the trap if they turned left, as the left wheel would want to rise to flip the car, and might actually be exacerbated if they turn right, where the tether would go under the car and anchor the wheel, increasing the momentum of the body of the car over that pivot point.

However, much like the example of weight in the rear of a trailer reducing the chance of loss of control, any turn would be damped by the addition of an entire car attached to the back of the vehicle, such that I think any turning manouver would likely be dulled substantially.

Additionally, as soon as the thing is deployed, the car is going to decelerate rapidly as it's essentially anchored.

On the surface, if you can control the deployment, looks like it would be a winner.

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