CHAT Grappler bumper stops high speed chase

[Profit of Doom]

Just ran across this, cop stops fleeing vehicle.
Hope this works.
About 2 minutes.

Arizona Trooper With The “Grappler” Brings Abrupt End To Loop 202 Car Chase

PHOENIX - In classic Batman-style, an Arizona trooper with the "Grappler" brought a high-speed chase to an abrupt end on the Loop 202 Santan Freeway late last month. The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) released the dashcam video this week of Trooper Norman Hupp, who used the...

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[bw]

I like it.

 

[medic38572]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=114&v=7v8-PF7uzUw&feature=emb_title

rt1:54

 

[raven]

i still think missiles is a better approach

 

[night driver]

What's NOT to love???

 

[Profit of Doom]

i still think missiles is a better approach

Needs more cleanup.

 

[NoDandy]

i still think missiles is a better approach

Yeah, maybe a 4 pak cluster of RPG's mounted on the roof.

 

[raven]

Needs more cleanup.

Yeah, maybe a 4 pak cluster of RPG's mounted on the roof.

RPGs don't have guidance.
I was thinking of Hellfire. No cleanup required.

 

[Thunderbird]

Have to patch up the highway.

 

[Thunderbird]

Here in northern Il it would only be one of the larger pot holes though.

 

[Fake Shemp]

Wish I invented it.

 

[Sicario]

Seems pretty risky for the officer. The target jackass could just lock up the brakes or pull your car somewhere you don't want to go and you have no idea how that'll end.

 

[Raggedyman]

Wish I invented it.

Shemp - not to worry . . . it will be found rayyyyyy - cis and subsequent deployment of the device will be outlawed

 

[Raggedyman]

Seems pretty risky for the officer. The target jackass could just lock up the brakes or pull your car somewhere you don't want to go and you have no idea how that'll end.

like being tied to that bull when they pull the gate . . .

 

[Sicario]

I just can't imagine very many instances where it could/would be successfully deployed. Waste of money!

 

[Profit of Doom]

Seems pretty risky for the officer. The target jackass could just lock up the brakes or pull your car somewhere you don't want to go and you have no idea how that'll end.

One rear wheel is already locked up, you’re going to be using your brakes already.

 

[Sicario]

One rear wheel is already locked up, you’re going to be using your brakes already.

Yes, if everything goes as well as it did in the demo video.

 

[DryCreek]

I wonder if you can reverse out of the tangle around your wheel/axle?

 

[The Mountain]

I wonder if you can reverse out of the tangle around your wheel/axle?

There's a reason that the expression "wrapped around the axle" is used to describe someone who is inextricably involved with something.

See also: tracked vehicle driver drives over concertina wire.

 

[Creedmoor]

Would only work on vehicles smaller than the catch vehicle.

 

[Orion Commander]

Wish I invented it.

Here's your opportunity. Invent a grappler defense tool. Market it auto parts stores. Much like radar jammers. Some cool dude king of the road types will buy it.

 

[cat killer]

The revenues used a bumper grabber in the movie Thunder Road, I wondered if they really used them.