[Nataku X]

Al Qaeda will have a wonderful time causing 500-car pileups at the Autobahn with a remote control.

[demlosers]

Someone will sell a radio shielding kit to defeat this.

[smonk]

law enforcement had a wheeled rocket sled sort of device that
would shoot out from under the pursuing vehicle to under
the target vehicle. once there, it would knock out the
same electrical systems with a huge electrical shot applied
to the frame of the car.

it was abandoned, though, because a speeding car without
these critical electrical systems -- steering and brakes,
for example -- was impossible to control, and thus became
an unguided missle . . . . . the cure was worse than the
disease.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

How much can John Edwards collect when they stop someones pacemaker?

[Gordian Blade]

I used to work with Dr. David Giri on Electromagnetic Pulse testing (EMP) back in the day.

[Looking4Truth]

57 Chevy Panel Truck and 85 HD Softtail Custom. Rotsa' ruck on my vehicles.

[Kackikat]

Hot Pursuit has always been a dangerous undertaking. A woman was killed here a few years back while they chased a drunk driver...that is so ridiculous. WHY would anyone chase a drunk driver...just take tag number and go to their house and arrest them. Yes they are a danger, but why make sure they kill someone.

I don't know what the solution is, but it isn't always a high speed chase. More innocents die in these chases than criminals, check the statistics.

[Nowhere Man]

Time to shield the car's electronics in a Faraday shield. Either that or buy a 1965 Mercury Park Lane with a Breezaway style roof. B-) A 1959 DeSoto looks quite nice too. B-P

[diamond6]

Cool!

[diamond6]

If this device fails, then it's Bush's fault.

[SeattleNeedsHelp]

Different technology, same market -

Ionatron Inc. is a privately held development stage company that has developed and tested a proprietary new Directed Energy Weapon technology, which, in a non-lethal mode, can direct electrical discharges through the atmosphere to disable vehicles, such as cars, trucks or boats, without harming the vehicles' occupants. These discharges can also shut down electronic and communications equipment. When fully developed, this technology will also have the capability of stunning personnel, in a manner similar to a common TASER (R)-- but in a wireless manner and over much longer distances. Ionatron has already commenced the production of a limited number of prototypes for customer evaluation and testing within the customers' specific environments and missions. Ionatron believes its technology is superior to many of the other Directed Energy technologies in development, due to its low average power requirements and potential compact size. Ionatron's technology is also multifunctional in capability, with various military, homeland defense and law enforcement applications. Ionatron has recently secured several US Government contracts and had its technology funded as a line item in the 2004 DOD Defense Budget.

[Hotdog]

Correct me if I'm wrong...but I thought I read that the people that invented the Radar for speeding cars also invented the Radar Detector?

[Doctor Stochastic]

How will the car then dissipate it's momentum?

[nightdriver]

Dr Giri: "If we can disrupt the computer, we can stop the car."

Another reason I hate cars that depend on computers to run.

[Chewbacca]

Wouldn't work on my truck. It has a carburator and no computer chips in it.

Sounds like an EMP gun. You can probably make one from stuff found at Radio Shack.

[asgardshill]

The plans for this gizmo will be available on the Internet a week after its introduced. Then, I'll download them and build a box that will let me fry the CD player/subwoofer in the vehicle next to me booming out rap music at 130 dB.

[TheCrusader]

"Police forces in Britain and the US have ordered tests of the new system that delivers a blast of radio waves powerful enough to knock out vital engine electronics, making the targeted vehicle stall and slowly come to a stop"

Speeding cars don't necessarily come to a "slow stop" if they stall out. When a car is traveling at a very high rate of speed a sudden shutting down of the engine could cause serious accidents that kill innocent people in other cars, or bystanders. Just imagine a car doing 80 mph on the highway and it suddenly stalls out. This latest Inspector Gadget invention could cause more problems than it will solve, I hope they use it wisely.

[Max Combined]

I want one to use on the nuts on the roads of Houston.

[uglybiker]

It works on most cars built in the past 10 years, because their engines are controlled by computer chips," said Dr Giri.

Ha! You'll never catch me, coppers!!

[Screaming_Gerbil]

They design and test vehicles for susceptibility to Interference from R.F. (Radio Frequency) energy. It's called EMC - Electromagnetic Compatibility - design and testing.