Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving

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From: Bentley
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:00

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In dc.driving Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.org> wrote:
: Don't you remember the "harpoon?"  Launched from the front of a pursuit
: vehicle, penetrates the back end of the fleeing vehicle, then the police
: just reel 'em in.

I remember that, although it was called the "carpoon" in AutoWeek
magazine, and I believe the inventor was from Finland. Funny photo of an
old Saab 99 skewered along the side of the road... now I gotta dig that
issue up...

-- 
 > B E N T L E Y <     bentley AT digex DOT net
A long frisbee throw from the pungent and lovely Potomac River
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From: Bentley <bentley@access4.digex.net>
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/06
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