Hunting the Great White ... Minivan

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 10 June 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

All three of the subjects combined into this column are of proven interest to Freepers.

Enjoy.

[Straight Vermonter]

So how exactly did we get from car chases to Form 180??? LOL

[Red Badger]

We need a "CAR CHASE CHANNEL" Live 24/7.......

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

yeah I missed the segue also..but it's all good.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

We need a "CAR CHASE CHANNEL" Live 24/7.......

Now every brainless loser with access to a steering wheel can get their 15 microseconds of Nielsen notoriety, exactly like Jennifer Aniston, only different.

Is this a great country or what?

I wonder how many police pursuits there would be if there were a mandatory 20-year sentence attached to causing one?

[Congressman Billybob]

Sometimes my segues are a long hop. But these are all obvious stories that the press hasn't noticed. Deliberately.

John / Billybob

[papadoc1945]

I like the idea of a harpoon. Unfortunately nothing you stick into sheetmetal is going to stop a car/truck/van. An EXPLOSIVE harpoon, on the other hand....

[Socratic]

So how exactly did we get from car chases to Form 180???

Think of: Very low - Kerry - whale sh@t.

[Congressman Billybob]

Imagine a sharply pointed head with fins, about the same as a molly bolt, that can be fired through sheet metal to attach a high-strength cable to the subject vehicle. That will be enough to pull the vehicle sideways to the curb, or drag it to a stop from behind.

John

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I agree CB. i just caught myself thinking about all the car chases on the local freeways here and then I was reading about J F'in sKerry and the only 180 he didn't do during the campaign and thought to myself... WTF?

LOL!

[Red Badger]

....a mandatory 20-year sentence attached to causing one?

IF you SURVIVE!.........A REAL REALITY SHOW!!!!!.........

[Disambiguator]

You don't need explosive, just EMP. All newer vehicles are laden with electronics that can fry, and when they do, the vehicles shut down completely.

[RebelBanker]

...sharply pointed head with fins, about the same as a molly bolt, that can be fired through sheet metal to attach a high-strength cable to the subject vehicle. That will be enough to pull the vehicle...

The sheet metal on most vehicles would rip apart long before you could move the vehicle by pulling on a harpoon atached to it. The most vulnerable point is the tires - just ask any racing fan about that - so some police departments use spike strips to flatten the tires and thus disable the vehicle.

[Moose4]

Well, the only problem with that is, if you fire a harpoon head strong enough to stop a car, with enough penetration to hook through the door, chances are pretty good you might skewer somebody inside the car as well.

}:-)4

[theDentist]

Why not use an electromagnet hung from a big Jolly Green? Grab the car/truck, chopper if off the road to a 100 sq foor concrete pen and drop in in there!

[Redbob]

You want to give a harpoon gun to the typical cop, the same guy who'll empty 47 shots into the middle distance in a gunfight, and nobody gets hit?

I think we'd be better off if they were armed with night-sticks only. It'd reduce the chance of innocent bystanders getting whacked, anyway.

[cherokee1]

My personal leaning for car chases would be a well publicized "one hour" rule after which if the hotshot driver hasn't pulled it over he may be totally destroyed without further warning and with any means available.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

President Nixon discussed with his top aides “a limited, total hangout.”

My recollection wants to call it "a modified, limited hangout."

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

President Nixon discussed with his top aides “a limited, total hangout.”

My recollection wants to call it "a modified limited hangout."

Google agrees.