http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: RF Safe-Stop shuts down car engines with radio pulse en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:10:42 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135436 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:53:36 +0000 crowriver 135436@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I seem to recall back during the Cold War (Remember that? If too young the Beeb have a Cold War season on just now so you can gen up if you want) there was much talk of the use of thermonuclear warheads detonated high in the atmosphere above a target country or battlefield location which would send an electromagnetic pulse through the air, knocking out most electrical devices including communications, engine starter motors, etc.</p> <p>This pulse gun thing seems like a less radioactive and more localised version of the same idea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135434 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:44:38 +0000 Focus 135434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course that's obviously a prototype. No doubt miniaturisation will end up in a more portable device. But even as it is, it would fit in the back of a Range Rover-sized pursuit vehicle (or something else for the military).</p> <p>I'm sure there'd be all sorts of legislation about how and when it would be permitted in a police pursuit, just as the use of Stingers and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIT_maneuver#TPAC">TPAC manoeuvres</a> have to be authorised before use. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135429 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:08:22 +0000 Morningsider 135429@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given the size of the device, I think it it would be more effective at stopping cars if you plonked it in the middle of the road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135427 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:45:08 +0000 DaveC 135427@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or...</p> <p>Yeah! Let's use something that will <em>sell in the antiques market like a vintage</em> car! Even better, the <em>vintage</em> car will <em>never reach dangerous speeds and be </em>slow and someone might<em> not even be able to drive one as the controls weren't standard</em>! Excellent!</p> <p>[/Lovejoy] </p> <p>:D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135426 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:43:53 +0000 fimm 135426@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Heh. I hadn't realised how big the thing was. It is a nice dream, though, being able to bring an offending car to a grinding halt...</p> <p>(When I get home I'm going to post a silly message on Facebook to my friend, who has a 1970s Land Rover, about this - something about his vehicle being in demand as a getaway car or something...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135425 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:35:49 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 135425@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah! Let's use something that will kill the power assisted braking and steering of a car! Even better, the car will suddenly slow and someone might go straight into the back of them! Excellent!</p> <p>[/killjoy] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135422 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:29:04 +0000 DaveC 135422@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not exactly portable is it!! I can imagine one on the back of Dave's Y trailer but then you'd need the 3.5kVA gene on another trailer just to power it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135419 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:14:53 +0000 ARobComp 135419@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like this. I imagine though that drivers will see it roughly the same as putting a bag over their heads and dragging them off to Guantanimo. </p> <p>"SWITCH OFF MY CAR. NOONE TOUCHES MY CAR" </p> <p>Suppose it might make my bike computer a bit confused... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11776#post-135415 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:07:47 +0000 Focus 135415@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This could go under "Stuff" I suppose, but come on, who wouldn't want <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25197786">one of these</a> on their bikes to literally stop dangerous and inconsiderate drivers in their tracks? ;-) </p>