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Rykster
Well, add this to the cellphone tracking website topic. Let's talk about some of the pros and cons with this new toy. Imagine the spinoffs.

Glue gun will mean police can stick to fleeing drivers
From James Bone in New York




POLICE in Los Angeles are hoping that a new high-tech device will rid the city of its reputation as the car chase capital of the world.
Patrol cars are to be fitted with a Batmobile-like gun behind the radiator grill that fires a sticky globule containing a GPS tracker on to the fleeing vehicle. Officers will then be able to track the car by satellite instead of racing after it along crowded freeways. If fugitives stop to remove the tracker, police say that they will be caught easily.[


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Welsh Shaun
Sounds like a brilliant idea thumbsup.gif

No more innocent pedestrians or drivers getting hurt during out of control police chases.
Rykster
QUOTE(Welsh Shaun @ Feb 4 2006, 06:55 AM) [snapback]1047992[/snapback]

Sounds like a brilliant idea thumbsup.gif

No more innocent pedestrians or drivers getting hurt during out of control police chases.

The cops will always find an excuse to drive fast, especially in LA. I can see it now; fleeing suspects having their passengers crawl out to the trunk of the car at high speed to pry the darned thing off! You can never outwit idiots! huh.gif
HurtingSpirit
QUOTE(Rykster @ Feb 4 2006, 12:21 PM) [snapback]1048006[/snapback]

The cops will always find an excuse to drive fast, especially in LA. I can see it now; fleeing suspects having their passengers crawl out to the trunk of the car at high speed to pry the darned thing off! You can never outwit idiots! huh.gif


Really and quite a brilliant solution for people with back seats that fold down. Until they hit a bump on the freeway of course going 80 miles an hour, but hey, then you get to see someone fly..
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