UK Cops test next generation "X-Net" stinger that will make total sh*t of your car.

Run_to_da_hills

A high-tech net which is thrown into the path of cars to bring them to a halt almost immediately is being tested by British police forces.

The X-Net is a spiked web which wraps itself around a car's wheels and axles, puncturing the tires and stopping the vehicle within 80 yards. One thing for sure, it will make absolute sh*t of your car. :eek:

These are currently used by US military forces in Iraq & Afghanistan to stop suicide bombers. Watch the video :eek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1141022/Police-test-hi-tech-spiked-nets-stop-cars-tracks.html

Esel

Yeah, I heard the ANPR-equipped cars will have this device, and use it to stop untaxed cars. :rolleyes:

Senna

I was expecting something far more impressive, like sticking a bar through the front spokes of a motorbike at 100mph type thing:D

Effective none the less.

jill_valentine

Oh no! Now the next time some perfectly law abiding citizen is - for some reason - in a high speed chase with the police they might, heaven forfend, damage their car...

robtri

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A high-tech net which is thrown into the path of cars to bring them to a halt almost immediately is being tested by British police forces.

The X-Net is a spiked web which wraps itself around a car's wheels and axles, puncturing the tires and stopping the vehicle within 80 yards. One thing for sure, it will make absolute sh*t of your car. :eek:

These are currently used by US military forces in Iraq & Afghanistan to stop suicide bombers. Watch the video :eek:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1141022/Police-test-hi-tech-spiked-nets-stop-cars-tracks.html

judging by your comments and shocked faces :eek: , you must have many a chases with the old police....:D:D
but for us normal law abiding joe soaps, it is a great device, I don't care if it makes sh*t of cars of people being chased....

R.O.R

Still won't stop people just driving around them - about 90% of the time I've seen stingers deployed on Traffic Wars and Traffic Cops etc. the scum just drive on the footpath / central reservation / other side of the road to avoid them.

Beta Ray Bill

robtri wrote: »

judging by your comments and shocked faces :eek: , you must have many a chases with the old police....:D:D
but for us normal law abiding joe soaps, it is a great device, I don't care if it makes sh*t of cars of people being chased....

But what if its someone else's car that's been stolen?

Scummers have tried to steal my Evo a few times on me. I wouldn't like that to happen to my car in order to catch them so as that they can get 2 months in prison and not have to pay to repair the damage done to my car.

just my 2 cents

Its a good device for "stop at all costs" situations but not for regular use.

Run_to_da_hills

esel wrote: »

Yeah, I heard the ANPR-equipped cars will have this device, and use it to stop untaxed cars. :rolleyes:

Yes if the DVLA can crush a motor tax offenders car I am quite sure they wouldn't think twice of deploying one of these against an offender who tries to do a runner after an on-board ANPR picks them up.

grahambo wrote: »

But what if its someone else's car that's been stolen?

Scummers have tried to steal my Evo a few times on me. I wouldn't like that to happen to my car in order to catch them so as that they can get 2 months in prison and not have to pay to repair the damage done to my car.

just my 2 cents

Its a good device for "stop at all costs" situations but not for regular use.

It would be better to find your car with a snapped drive shaft, a few destroyed panels and the basta*rds caught than to find it burnt out. :eek:

Guy:Incognito

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Yes if the DVLA can crush a persistent tax offenders car I am quite sure they wouldn't think twice of deploying one of these against an offender who tries to do a runner after an on-board ANPR picks them up.

Who cares if they do use it on people with no tax. Why would you involve yourself in a chase with police over somethign like out of date tax? YOur an idiot if you do.

grahambo wrote: »

But what if its someone else's car that's been stolen?

Scummers have tried to steal my Evo a few times on me. I wouldn't like that to happen to my car in order to catch them so as that they can get 2 months in prison and not have to pay to repair the damage done to my car.

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If they do suceed in stealing that car I doubt you'll be seeing it again, in one piece at least.

Ciaran500

'The nets take fewer than 20 seconds to deploy and cause minimal damage to the vehicle it is used on."

Do you ever bother to read the ****e you post RTDH?

Run_to_da_hills

Stekelly wrote: »

Who cares if they do use it on people with no tax. Why would you involve yourself in a chase with police over somethign like out of date tax? YOur an idiot if you do. .

Not necessarly, errors have been made, I also point out that the ANPR system used to track motorists is also wide open to error. The UK authorities are now using "average speed" ANPR cameras many of them with live access so the car in question may not necessarly be on the run.

Guy:Incognito

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Not necessarly, errors have been made, I also point out that the ANPR system used to track motorists is also wide open to error. .

How would an error on the ANPR sytem force a motorist to flee from police when they try to pull them over? ane then keep runnign long enough for the police to decide to use and then deploy the stinger?

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The UK authorities are now using "average speed" ANPR cameras many of them with live access so the car in question may not necessarly be on the run.

How many times have cops anywhere used a stinger as the first method of stopping a car?

Ciaran500 wrote: »

'The nets take fewer than 20 seconds to deploy and cause minimal damage to the vehicle it is used on."

Do you ever bother to read the ****e you post RTDH?

Pah, it's much easier to say it pulls the axels clean off.

robtri

grahambo wrote: »

But what if its someone else's car that's been stolen?

Scummers have tried to steal my Evo a few times on me. I wouldn't like that to happen to my car in order to catch them so as that they can get 2 months in prison and not have to pay to repair the damage done to my car.

just my 2 cents

Its a good device for "stop at all costs" situations but not for regular use.

sorry to disagree with you, but if your Evo got stolen by scumbags, I say use the net and sorry if it fecks your car, but its better than letting these scummers drive crazily around and risk crashing into somebody and killing them... cars are replacable... people are not....

Run_to_da_hills

Ciaran500 wrote: »

'The nets take fewer than 20 seconds to deploy and cause minimal damage to the vehicle it is used on."

Do you ever bother to read the ****e you post RTDH?

Thats their word they will tell you the same about motorcyclists hitting cable barriers. :rolleyes:

Would you try them on your car.

robtri

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Thats their word, :rolleyes: Would you try them on your car.

well their word is more reliable then yours since they have tested and used the device and you have never laid eyes on one yet alone tested it...

Owen

RTDH's posting style is to come up with some minor article about improvements in information technology, policing equipment, etc, and then add a sprinkling of tabloidism, and general false and wild assumptions. Every thread this guy has started in the last 2 months generally goes like this :

Something new has been developed.
It's really really bad even though it's actually quite good.
Big brother is watching us.
We won't know what's happening until it's too late.
The end.
Ps. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Wouldn't be getting worked up about it fellas, it's just his way, and generally adds to the cocktail of boards posters and interests.

Run_to_da_hills

ned78 wrote: »

RTDH's posting style is to come up with some minor article about improvements in information technology, policing equipment, etc, and then add a sprinkling of tabloidism, and general false and wild assumptions. Every thread this guy has started in the last 2 months generally goes like this :

Something new has been developed.
It's really really bad even though it's actually quite good.
Big brother is watching us.
We won't know what's happening until it's too late.
The end.
Ps. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Wouldn't be getting worked up about it fellas, it's just his way, and generally adds to the cocktail of boards posters and interests.

Others like Ned 78 have their head stuck in the sand and cannot see the potential threat of losing civil liberties and privacy with all this wonderful new digital track & trace technology rolled out. (Of which most of my posts would concern)

And not all my material comes from the Tabloids. :rolleyes:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acd2c66c-c0da-11dd-b0a8-000077b07658.html

And yes, there is also the threat of "Big Brother".
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/7a03e5b6-c541-11dd-b516-000077b07658,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F7a03e5b6-c541-11dd-b516-000077b07658.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D2055438817%26highlight%3Dfinancial%2Btimes

Cabaal

Great idea to be honest, better then stingers

Yakult

not a big step up from stingers tbh. driver can still just go on a footpath or something.

they should use that gun that shoots that needle thing then cuts off the electrics to your car, like in fast and the furious.

Run_to_da_hills

R_H_C_P wrote: »

not a big step up from stingers tbh. driver can still just go on a footpath or something.

they should use that gun that shoots that needle thing then cuts off the electrics to your car, like in fast and the furious.

Totally useless against one of these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msPrOIAVUZo

Beta Ray Bill

robtri wrote: »

sorry to disagree with you, but if your Evo got stolen by scumbags, I say use the net and sorry if it fecks your car, but its better than letting these scummers drive crazily around and risk crashing into somebody and killing them... cars are replacable... people are not....

Good Point!

However why cant the just use stinger? Its proven (that if deployed by any capable person) to work

Ok it wont stop the car as quick but it will slow the pursuit right down to none lethal levels. Ok Rims on the car will be destoryed but that's better than a snapped drive shaft and a totally written off car

robtri

grahambo wrote: »

Good Point!

However why cant the just use stinger? Its proven (that if deployed by any capable person) to work

Ok it wont stop the car as quick but it will slow the pursuit right down to none lethal levels. Ok Rims on the car will be destoryed but that's better than a snapped drive shaft and a totally written off car

where did you get the information that this net snaps drive shafts and writes cars off....

5500

In reality if your car has been stolen,taken for a joyride and then involed in a high speed pursuit that calls for stinger to be used,then the likelyhood is that it's going to be in ****e eitherways from being thrashed already by the thiefs.

I cant see the problem at all with the above net if it does the job of an older device but almost instantly

Slig

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Totally useless against one of these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msPrOIAVUZo

I blame them computer games!!! Grand auto theft or whatever

jill_valentine

ned78 wrote: »

RTDH's posting style is to come up with some minor article about improvements in information technology, policing equipment, etc, and then add a sprinkling of tabloidism, and general false and wild assumptions. Every thread this guy has started in the last 2 months generally goes like this :

Something new has been developed.
It's really really bad even though it's actually quite good.
Big brother is watching us.
We won't know what's happening until it's too late.
The end.
Ps. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

Wouldn't be getting worked up about it fellas, it's just his way, and generally adds to the cocktail of boards posters and interests.

Don't forget the eek faces...

Anan1

The big weakness of those things is that the car to be stopped has to be funneled down a particular road where the stinger/X-net has already been deployed. Have they ever been used in Ireland?

Run_to_da_hills

Anan1 wrote: »

Have they ever been used in Ireland?

Not yet but we are usually a number of months behind the UK. I will keep the Motoring forum informed.

Anan1

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Not yet but we are usually a number of months behind the UK. I will keep the Motoring forum informed.

Have Stingers ever been used here? They've had them in the UK for years and years.

Dmtiling

Looks cool - better ways are needed to deploy them though.

ART6

Dmtiling wrote: »

Looks cool - better ways are needed to deploy them though.

I need a system that deploys one from the boot of my car to discourage idiots from tailgating me at all speeds.

HashSlinging

Graham_B18C

R_H_C_P wrote: »

they should use that gun that shoots that needle thing then cuts off the electrics to your car, like in fast and the furious.

Do they actually exist?!

Wossack

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Do they actually exist?!

sounds like its still science fiction at the moment, but;

http://eurekaaerospace.com/nlads.php

Run_to_da_hills

Anan1 wrote: »

Have Stingers ever been used here? They've had them in the UK for years and years.

The Brits had them on standby at check points during the troubles.

Anan1

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The Brits had them on standby at check points during the troubles.

So I take it they're not an immediate threat to any of our cars now?

Owen

But they could be Anan1!

daveharnett

Dmtiling wrote: »

Looks cool - better ways are needed to deploy them though.

I could see a shotgun deployed version coming along if these proove popular.

RTDH, I see little danger to my car, because I don't make a habit of fleeing the police.

FredH3as

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

The Brits had them on standby at check points during the troubles.

How do you sleep at night thinking about all his sh1t!

Guy:Incognito

Stekelly wrote: »

How would an error on the ANPR sytem force a motorist to flee from police when they try to pull them over? ane then keep runnign long enough for the police to decide to use and then deploy the stinger?




How many times have cops anywhere used a stinger as the first method of stopping a car?



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Any chance of answers here RTDH? I genuinely would like to know how much fear I should be in from the mind controlling ANPR.