On Sat, 10 Aug 1996, Gary Howland wrote:
Police prepare stunning end for high-speed car chases | Could you please format your posts to 78 columns? It makes it difficult to read on a standard terminal. BY GILES WHITTELL AND NIGEL HAWKES A high-powered electrical device under development at the Pentagon's Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland, is to be tested by police and border patrol agents and even stop heart pacemakers. There is also the danger of loss of control when a car is being driven at high speed. Counter-measures would include using old-fashioned engines with no electronics, or perhaps surrounding the most delicate components with shielding. The best might be to get hold of one of the stun guns and use it to disable pursuing police vehicles. Original article at http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/Times/timnwsnws01022.html?1060389 Will old fashioned engines be outlawed? Will the "stun guns" be outlawed? Will susceptible electronic systems become mandatory? (and if so, why not just put a remote control switch in all cars?)
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