informationweek.com— Los Angeles police will propel a GPS device onto a fleeing car. The device will stick to the car and track its location. That'll hopefully reduce dangerous high-speed chases.
Feb 5, 2006View in Crawl 4
This idea's 100% better than "Okay let's embed GPS detectors in all new motor vehicles". Use the tool on the people committing the crime! And hell, these things could be made for so cheap, and still be reusable.Three cheers for a police force with a brain. Now instead of chasing after the car at high speed, you call up the next jurisdiction and have them waiting on the car to get there (and following the car with a helicopter's always a good idea).
>> Wouldn't it be smarter for the Police to not describe the device or its usage so the criminals wouldn't even know that this is a possibility?I don't think you'd ever want this in a free country. One of the reasons that freedom starts creeping away is that those in control keep acquiring greater (and more secretive) means to do what they want. I'd say that as far as freedom is concerned, an open process with respect to law enforcement isn't an option- it's a requirement.
Great... Although GPS navigation devices and smartphones become more common market for standalone portable navigation device (PND) is not quite dead. http://www.autogadgetreview.com/
geminitojanusFeb 5, 2006
This idea's 100% better than "Okay let's embed GPS detectors in all new motor vehicles". Use the tool on the people committing the crime! And hell, these things could be made for so cheap, and still be reusable.Three cheers for a police force with a brain. Now instead of chasing after the car at high speed, you call up the next jurisdiction and have them waiting on the car to get there (and following the car with a helicopter's always a good idea).
bchangFeb 5, 2006
awesome
ioiosotwigFeb 5, 2006
Is everyone assuming criminals read digg? What is wrong with this statement? Most criminals are intelligent.
kali25Feb 5, 2006
So when he stops and runs, they find the car but not the driver? And how does this help?
Closed AccountFeb 5, 2006
Lazar...lol....what's a lazar?!
5blocksfreeFeb 5, 2006
>> Wouldn't it be smarter for the Police to not describe the device or its usage so the criminals wouldn't even know that this is a possibility?I don't think you'd ever want this in a free country. One of the reasons that freedom starts creeping away is that those in control keep acquiring greater (and more secretive) means to do what they want. I'd say that as far as freedom is concerned, an open process with respect to law enforcement isn't an option- it's a requirement.
pon4vNov 17, 2008
It's ok man. Just let it go.<a class="user" href="http://www.gpsbuyhere.com">http://www.gpsbuyhere.com</a>
KiranUndareApr 20, 2011
Great... Although GPS navigation devices and smartphones become more common market for standalone portable navigation device (PND) is not quite dead. http://www.autogadgetreview.com/