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Originally posted by SeanAhern
[B...snip...For those of you who are claiming that this device would be easy to bypass by running some lines around it, I have two things to say.
First, read the line from the <a href="http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/truckstoppingdevice.html">second article</a>:
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It is connected to the air lines of a truck or trailer in such a way that any attempt to clamp or block the air line to the TSD will cause the spring brakes to lock the wheels at all times.
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Yeah, and if I'm a terrorist, I'm not going to just jack up the truck, and disconnect the springs?
Yes, it'll work for a truck that gets hijacked (More common than you think), where the criminal has a few minutes to work on the truck.
The problem, if your talking about "Terrorists" is they HAVE time. What makes you think that they don't have a full fleged machine shop? - Heck I have a pretty good machine shop in my basement - lathe, 2 mills, etc, soon to have CNC. How much you want to bet that I could disconnect those brakes?
One of the guys I ride to work with is a fairly high ranking Federal Police Officer (Has about 500 people who answer to him). He and I discuss security all the time. One day (Post 9/11) I said to him that most of the security I see is a joke, and easy to get around. He replied "Of course! Most of it is meant to stop the casual attempt, and to act as a 'visual deterant'. " It's not meant to stop the serious attempt
As a device to stop hijacked trucks/the typical LA car chase you see on TV, this is a wonderful idea - but DON'T bill it as "Anti Terrorist"