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Originally posted by DavidI
If your mother, wife, or daughter was brutalized and the bad guy were within view of an officer and the guy got into a car and fled, would you support a pursuit? If your mother, wife, or daughter were going to school and were struck by a fleeing bad guy or a pursuing officer, would you support pursuits?
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Just as assuredly as i'd oppose them if my mother, wife, or daughter was killed by a cop cruiser on a pursuit.
Double edged sword.
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Technology hopefully comes up with a solution that reliably stops bad guys from fleeing. That will benefit everyone.
David [/B]
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Such technology has existed for a very long time, it would just have to be implemented. Any digital combo-coded transmitter could disable any selected vehicle with electronic ignition, ECU, or an electric fuel pump with the simple flick of a switch. You'd have to retrofit recievers and switches in all the older cars, but it could easily be done from a technology standpoint. Of course that would be stringently opposed in the courts.