RE: Police chase BMW at 140mph on M25
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ster·ile adjective
1. free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
2. incapable of producing offspring; not producing offspring.
3. barren; not producing vegetation: sterile soil.
4. Botany .
a. noting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop.
b. bearing no stamens or pistils.
5. not productive of results, ideas, etc.; fruitless
Not sure which of the above the police managed to achieve but I suspect 2 and 5?!!
1. free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
2. incapable of producing offspring; not producing offspring.
3. barren; not producing vegetation: sterile soil.
4. Botany .
a. noting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop.
b. bearing no stamens or pistils.
5. not productive of results, ideas, etc.; fruitless
Not sure which of the above the police managed to achieve but I suspect 2 and 5?!!
At least he didn't run from the car and get himself killed on a railway line - that would have been really stupid.
This does bring up - well I'm going to bring it up anyway - the issue of whether we start fitting cars with remote immobilisers which can be triggered by plod (with the appropriate authority of course). Modern cars are sufficiently digital that we can disable engine power by degrees without disabling brakes and steering - we can even lock the doors to prevent anyone legging-it and so on.
How long before that happens then??
This does bring up - well I'm going to bring it up anyway - the issue of whether we start fitting cars with remote immobilisers which can be triggered by plod (with the appropriate authority of course). Modern cars are sufficiently digital that we can disable engine power by degrees without disabling brakes and steering - we can even lock the doors to prevent anyone legging-it and so on.
How long before that happens then??
SFO said:
complete waste of police time and tax payer's money.
We don't know the circumstances but Plod loves spending money on fast cars and helicopters...For example - when a friend of mine's idiot son crashed his car when pissed, he got out of the wreck aok and staggered home. It transpires that plod found the wreck about 20 mins after he crashed, noted the strong smell of drink and a few joints in the car and so launched the helicopter for a 90 min search for the driver (who was at home asleep by this time).
They didn't come called until lunchtime the following day - so a call to the owner/visit to his home was more effort than launching a helicopter which costs £1000s per hour on the off-chance of getting someone for drink driving and possession of a tiny bit of weed. Lazy and wasteful doesn't even cover that...
405dogvan said:
At least he didn't run from the car and get himself killed on a railway line - that would have been really stupid.
This does bring up - well I'm going to bring it up anyway - the issue of whether we start fitting cars with remote immobilisers which can be triggered by plod (with the appropriate authority of course). Modern cars are sufficiently digital that we can disable engine power by degrees without disabling brakes and steering - we can even lock the doors to prevent anyone legging-it and so on.
How long before that happens then??
I thought tracking companies already offered this? Or did I jut get carried away to the future watching Tomorrow's World (or whatever the modern equivelant is)...This does bring up - well I'm going to bring it up anyway - the issue of whether we start fitting cars with remote immobilisers which can be triggered by plod (with the appropriate authority of course). Modern cars are sufficiently digital that we can disable engine power by degrees without disabling brakes and steering - we can even lock the doors to prevent anyone legging-it and so on.
How long before that happens then??
Greg 172 said:
I thought tracking companies already offered this? Or did I jut get carried away to the future watching Tomorrow's World (or whatever the modern equivelant is)...
I was thinking of it being non-optional rather than just a perk for high-end motors. Something built-into the ECU would be harder to interfere with than a third-party device too (although that wouldn't stop people doing it).Anti-theft measures have changed car theft from a common occurance to something which requires either hijacking or theft of the keys (for anything but older cars). The next step is to make detaining those who hijack/steal the keys a lot easier I guess - although catching nutters who run in their own cars would be a sideline feature too.
mybrainhurts said:
I've never seen plod on the M25 at that time. How did they spot him?
Filling up at Clacketts Lane probably - the sound of his cassette's playing (it is an E46 after all) probably woke them. And those speeds for that long meant at least three fuel & coffee stops ;-)
king nicked my son!"405dogvan said:
This does bring up - well I'm going to bring it up anyway - the issue of whether we start fitting cars with remote immobilisers which can be triggered by plod (with the appropriate authority of course). Modern cars are sufficiently digital that we can disable engine power by degrees without disabling brakes and steering - we can even lock the doors to prevent anyone legging-it and so on.
How long before that happens then??
In one of the Fast & Furious films, the Fuzz had some sort of magical pronged devices that they could shoot from helicopters and cars at high speed, which, when all three prongs were sufficiently embeded in the bodywork would fizz and crackle like a plasma ball and disable the car!! How long before that happens then??
Seems legit?
Riggers said:
Nickellarse said:
Quick straw poll:
How many people have exceeded 120 on a motorway?
How many people are going to admit to it on a public forum?! How many people have exceeded 120 on a motorway?
Only ever on an autobahn, old bean... or are we talking km/h, because I will hold my hands up to the odd 75mph run...
BTW, are you a copper looking to meet his targets with the laziest police work ever?
405dogvan said:
I was thinking of it being non-optional rather than just a perk for high-end motors. Something built-into the ECU would be harder to interfere with than a third-party device too (although that wouldn't stop people doing it).
Anti-theft measures have changed car theft from a common occurance to something which requires either hijacking or theft of the keys (for anything but older cars). The next step is to make detaining those who hijack/steal the keys a lot easier I guess - although catching nutters who run in their own cars would be a sideline feature too.
Sounds sensible for the quoted anti-theft reasons.Anti-theft measures have changed car theft from a common occurance to something which requires either hijacking or theft of the keys (for anything but older cars). The next step is to make detaining those who hijack/steal the keys a lot easier I guess - although catching nutters who run in their own cars would be a sideline feature too.
However... Once this kind of system is in place for every new car being sold, I would expect those speed limit cameras you find in the new Focus to also be everywhere and linked in to the tracking -you may find it impossible to exceed the limit anywhere. Whilst there is an argument for this (although, I suspect, not one to try and have on PH), I fear it would get even more annoying when, for example, overhead matrix signs decide that phantom congestion on the M-whatever requires a 40mph limit.
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