A car theft deterrrent system that "will break your arms"

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Arif Khokar - 04 Apr 2007 23:51 GMT

I bet Scott will like this. :)

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/car-theft-deterrent-breaks-arms-cracks-skulls
-249320.php

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Scott en Aztlán - 05 Apr 2007 05:12 GMT

Arif Khokar <akhokar1234@wvu.edu> said in rec.autos.driving:

>I bet Scott will like this. :)
>
>http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/car-theft-deterrent-breaks-arms-cracks-skulls
-249320.php

>It doesn't actually crack skulls, well, maybe, but probably
>not. Somebody realized that the annoying, high-pitched car
>alarms are pretty worthless, and the Club is better off
>being used to actually crack someone's skull.

100% agreement so far.

>This system
>violently shakes the steering wheel so hard that it will
>actually break arms if the thief tries to maintain control
>of the wheel.

Not much of a deterrent, is it? It only breaks the thief's arms AFTER
he steals your car and tries to drive it away. And if he tows it away,
it won't have any effect at all.

Not to mention the fact that our blame-the-victim,
protect-the-criminal's-rights society will sue the pants off of any
car owner who actually installs something that harms even one hair on
a thief's head.

Personally, I like the Trunk Monkey concept better.

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Drive right. Pass left.

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Studemania - 06 Apr 2007 00:07 GMT

> Arif Khokar <akhokar1...@wvu.edu> said in rec.autos.driving:
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> Drive right. Pass left.

Things were so much simpler a half-century ago when an ignition cut-
off switch and tack-welding razorblades to fender skirts was the most
common anti-theft measures.

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