[extropy-chat] [Tech] StarChase Pursues High-Tech End to High-Speed Chases

[Dirk Bruere]

On 2/3/06, Jef Allbright <jef at jefallbright.net> wrote:
>
> This item in Friday's LA Times caught my attention.  It un-asks the
> question of how to deal with the dangers of high-speed car chases by
> proposing a way to eliminate the high-speed chase.
>
> An air-propelled sticky projectile, about the size of a golf ball and
> containing a GPS receiver, is shot at the car being pursued.  The car can
> then be tracked via radio triangulation at a safe speed and distance.  A
> four to six month trial with a small number of patrol cars is beginning in
> Los Angeles.
>
> If the technology proves its effectiveness, I wonder what objections will
> be thrown at this innovation and whether any will stick.
>

Even better if they put a small radio controlled bomb in it.

Dirk
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