Top 10 police traffic strategies

[p.dath]

That Scarab thing looks just like a Spyder. Good luck to it if it's locked onto me, following me down lane 1A.

And good luck to the Eureka thing trying to scramble the circuits on some of my vehicles. Circuits? What circuits.

I can't imagine it being used in civillian circumstances. Imagine what will happen the first time it kills a child that has ran out onto the road because it is persuing a vehicle with no regard for public safety.

[p.dath]

Rather than an EMP, it would probably be easier to re-engineer our fuel and make petrol companies put a chemical in it that would react to an external stimulus like an EM field.

Imagine a fuel that suddenly turned into jelly when exposed?

But then, I don't want to give anyone ideas.

[Ixion]

Hey come on man, that's not even fair. You've probably got 10-12 tonnes up on the poor copper.

10 toinnes. I was thinking of more like 30 tonnes. All I have to do is figure out how to make the brute wheelie.

[Kickaha]

They're testing in OZ at the mo, & I can see our P.I.G.s taking it on as this could sky rocket their profits with no effort at all.

Their profits? fuck you're a funny man

[bogan]

HELL No. I've watched Terminator too many times. Its Skynet, man!!

the upside is that when we are in full blown war mode with the machines, there will be no speed limits at all. I'm just saying.

lol, exactly, one way or another AI will end silly traffic infringement laws. I still reckon theres more chance of not having a skynet though. But if I made one I think I'd call it skynet just to fuck with people.

[Dare]

3. StarTraq

Northern Ireland has recently adopted a system which, instead of fining or otherwise punishing, offers offenders the opportunity to take a driving course. Of course, those who seriously exceed limits will still receive cold, hard fines.

Hahahahahaha
What a Radical idea. It will never catch on.

[Dare]

Rather than an EMP, it would probably be easier to re-engineer our fuel and make petrol companies put a chemical in it that would react to an external stimulus like an EM field.

Imagine a fuel that suddenly turned into jelly when exposed?

But then, I don't want to give anyone ideas.

Replace jelly with glue and fuel with tyres and you might be onto something. Or some kind of electronic mechanism fitted to brake lines that applies increasing pressure when a cop triggers it...
EMP is fine and dandy in places like the UK, cars over a certain age aren't allowed on the roads due to emissions standards.
Guaranteed write-off if you EMP someones car though, and those things are hardly precise.

[Leviticus]

this one scares me...

"8. Automatic licence plate recognition
The ALPR system uses several cameras mounted on top of a police car to scan each number plate which comes in front of it automatically. Those numbers are almost instantly checked against a database to see whether the car is stolen, or if the owner is wanted. It looks forwards, sideways - for parking lots etc."

They're testing in OZ at the mo, & I can see our P.I.G.s taking it on as this could sky rocket their profits with no effort at all. What they don't mention here is its actually being used to check WOF's & vehicle licences, theft & wanted's are just side effects of the device as far as their concerned.

This has been around in UK for a few years now. Road licence (rego), MOT (wof), Insurance, and driver databases all checked instantly. Car is followed and when stopped, impounded and crushed if not claimed.

Hardball attitude, but with the population explosion that has happened due to opening of european borders, unlicensed drivers and vehicles are everywhere. Will happen here sometime in next 50 years ;-p

[rastuscat]

Imagine educating INSTEAD of punishing, you'd end up with law enforcement that was almost civilised.

Education is already available. Trouble is, the people who actually go out and seek it are probably not the ones who need it.

Because it isn't mandated, those who get the education are those with a bent toward safety. Normally, it's not them who need it. All those tossers who think they are shit-hot drivers/riders with nothing to learn will not get the education.

So there.

[p.dath]

Education is already available. Trouble is, the people who actually go out and seek it are probably not the ones who need it.

Because it isn't mandated, those who get the education are those with a bent toward safety. Normally, it's not them who need it. All those tossers who think they are shit-hot drivers/riders with nothing to learn will not get the education.

I quite like the idea of the system proposed earlier in this thread used by the UK and Northern Ireland. If you have demerit points you can optionally attend a course and get some of the points removed, and if you licence is suspended you can have the susension shortened if you choose to attend (at your own cost in both cases).

I like the idea of this because it gives people an incentive to attend training courses, rather than trying to punish something out of existance.