"The higher the frequency of the radiation, the more directed the beam, which allows the user to aim the energy at vulnerable car parts, such as light bulb filaments, lug nuts, frame bolts, or windshield antenna.
Having access to these locations is crucial because newer cars are made with lots of plastic parts, have rustproof paint that prevents electricity from conducting, and have computers already designed to withstand the electromagnetic energy coming from the car engine. "
So basically they have to hit a small vulnerable part of the car using this large device during a car chase. This doesn't sound easy exactly, with some cars being mostly plastic now. How do they aim it? What is the beam width?
I am confident there will be legislation in the United States before too much longer that requires auto manufacturers to make and sell only vehicles that permit law enforcement (government) to effortlessly disable the vehicle. Maybe that means an antenna that receives an EMP or equiv., and laws in all States will follow which make it illegal for owners to remove such equipment from their vehicles. This trend of "in case you do something wrong" --and-- "it's for the children" has been encroaching for some time. Forget about microwaving the ECU, soon all the police will have to do is send a voice transmission stating your license plate number to headquarters, and HQ will key it into a computer and your car engine is cut to an idle (regardless of how hard you press the throttle), and the brakes are gently applied (tranny in neutral), all this over the Internet and/or cellular network. The price of this will be added to the price of the car, and/or added to your vehicle's annual registration. All this to make the cops job easier, not really about making things safer but that is a side effect.
It is called the future, and it is not far off.
This Country (USA) is going to Hell at a rate which is approaching the speed of light.
This, on top of many other things (watching Sicko in my economics class, for one) is why I'm changing my citizenship as soon as I get out of college. I'll be voting in next year's election, but I fear that America's already set its path in stone.
What "economics" class would watch "Sicko"? Sadly a lot of that movie is a half-truth or flat made up. Did they show the counter side? Did they show the real world example of socialized medicine in America, our county hospitals. Do some research on Parkland Hospital in Dallas. You're right about one thing, people wanting to leave America. Achievers are sick of paying the vast majority of taxes while more and more people want hand-outs.
Thing about that, though, is what happens when criminals figure out the signal and use it to stop expensive cars for easy hijacking? Or when (and I'm not being alarmist here) terrorists figure it out and shut down an entire city's auto traffic? I doubt that they would implement such a vulnerable system.
If you apply a large current to the brake light this will fry the fuse box if you're lucky. If not, then it will fry a whole lot more, and the cables might start fires in interesting places.
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"The higher the frequency of the radiation, the more directed the beam, which allows the user to aim the energy at vulnerable car parts, such as light bulb filaments, lug nuts, frame bolts, or windshield antenna.
Having access to these locations is crucial because newer cars are made with lots of plastic parts, have rustproof paint that prevents electricity from conducting, and have computers already designed to withstand the electromagnetic energy coming from the car engine. "
So basically they have to hit a small vulnerable part of the car using this large device during a car chase. This doesn't sound easy exactly, with some cars being mostly plastic now. How do they aim it? What is the beam width?
I am confident there will be legislation in the United States before too much longer that requires auto manufacturers to make and sell only vehicles that permit law enforcement (government) to effortlessly disable the vehicle. Maybe that means an antenna that receives an EMP or equiv., and laws in all States will follow which make it illegal for owners to remove such equipment from their vehicles. This trend of "in case you do something wrong" --and-- "it's for the children" has been encroaching for some time. Forget about microwaving the ECU, soon all the police will have to do is send a voice transmission stating your license plate number to headquarters, and HQ will key it into a computer and your car engine is cut to an idle (regardless of how hard you press the throttle), and the brakes are gently applied (tranny in neutral), all this over the Internet and/or cellular network. The price of this will be added to the price of the car, and/or added to your vehicle's annual registration. All this to make the cops job easier, not really about making things safer but that is a side effect.
It is called the future, and it is not far off.
This Country (USA) is going to Hell at a rate which is approaching the speed of light.
This, on top of many other things (watching Sicko in my economics class, for one) is why I'm changing my citizenship as soon as I get out of college. I'll be voting in next year's election, but I fear that America's already set its path in stone.
Yes, they'd have to hit an area no more than two meters wide! That's impossible, even for a computer!
What "economics" class would watch "Sicko"? Sadly a lot of that movie is a half-truth or flat made up. Did they show the counter side? Did they show the real world example of socialized medicine in America, our county hospitals. Do some research on Parkland Hospital in Dallas. You're right about one thing, people wanting to leave America. Achievers are sick of paying the vast majority of taxes while more and more people want hand-outs.
Now get back on topic.
@Jamar - looks like we might have a case of the ole "college know-it-all hippie" going on there.
Thing about that, though, is what happens when criminals figure out the signal and use it to stop expensive cars for easy hijacking? Or when (and I'm not being alarmist here) terrorists figure it out and shut down an entire city's auto traffic? I doubt that they would implement such a vulnerable system.
If you apply a large current to the brake light this will fry the fuse box if you're lucky. If not, then it will fry a whole lot more, and the cables might start fires in interesting places.
College know-it-all hippie? I'm still in high school. And my economics teacher is a former American who decided to become Canadian... wonder why?