Carpooning in Finland

fletch · 12-01-2005 5:44pm #1

Read here - (half way down the page)

Mr E · 12-01-2005 5:50pm

I think the term is carpooning.

Carpooing conjures up a whole different image

fletch · 12-01-2005 5:51pm

TmB wrote:

I think the term is carpooning.

Carpooing conjures up a whole different image

Yes I edited it as you were posting that....sorry

mike65 · 12-01-2005 7:37pm

I like it! Soon to be featured on Top Gear skewering caravans!

Mike.

atlantis · 12-01-2005 8:07pm

I honestly don't know what to think of that. it seems to be both drilliant and crap at the same time which is a great achievement in itself. Good luck with it.

Silvera · 12-01-2005 8:15pm

Yeah, I recall seeing that Merc in action on a car programme some years ago.

The Finnish police were 'toying' with the idea to catch criminals during car chases.

I'm surprised no electronics genius hasn't come up with some invention which, when pointed at a car, would disable it electronically ?

unkel · 12-01-2005 10:36pm

What a ridiculous idea :rolleyes:

The criminal in front will just do a sharp right handbrake turn just before a lampost and let the police car crash into it, instantly killing the police driver...

atlantis · 13-01-2005 1:20pm

Yeah but thats not gonna do much good if theres more than one police car behind you. It'll just add another item onto the list of charges and thats if you're lucky.

Merrion · 13-01-2005 3:08pm

I'm surprised no electronics genius hasn't come up with some invention which, when pointed at a car, would disable it electronically ?

They have - I saw it on Tommorrows world a few years back. Basically a really fast remote controlled rollerskate that zips underneath the target car and puts a massive current through it which fries the engine management. Don't think it works on older cars though.

Carpooning in Finland

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