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Hollow barbs are designed to allow air to escape at a steady pace in an attempt to reduce the risk of the driver crashing into oncoming traffic or the surroundings.
 
Hollow barbs are designed to allow air to escape at a steady pace in an attempt to reduce the risk of the driver crashing into oncoming traffic or the surroundings.
  
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Solid toothed spike strips are also used to control access by vehicles. A one-way spike strip, like the ''Cobra'', will allow a vehicle to travel over it in one direction; the spikes pivot so that they collapse harmlessly when driven over in one direction, but remain upright when driven in the other. There are also motorized versions, like the ''Enforcer'', that control traffic in either direction, allowing passage only when the teeth are lowered by switch or sensor. These can be activated by a guard, remotely, or automatically.
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According to a national law enforcement memorial organization in US, records show that since 1996 as many as 20 or more police officers in the United States have died on duty while manually deploying old-fashioned road spikes or similar manual tire-deflation devices.
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Check below news report about officer down when deploying old fashioned TDD product in US recently:
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http://www.odmp.org/officer/18965-officer-douglas-scott-russell
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http://www.odmp.org/officer/16915-deputy-sheriff-john-wayne-musice
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100 years ago, first manual deployment TDD(tire deflation device) was invented in UK. The device itself is very good to leak the tire thereby stop the vehicle effectively but the problem is it's too dangerous to manually deploy it aside the road just in time before high-speed reckless chasing coming. Nowadays, is it surprising that people is still risking their life and using very dangerous manual deployment method like tool from stone age for stopping chasing tasks in UK/US?
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Please find this URL link for more details of the modern age electronic and automation TDD product -- Flash Spike Strip, aka. portable remote control hidden vehicle interceptor. It's the the first invented remote control and automatic immediate deployment design in the world which brings absolute safe and 100% effective features to police officer and Swat operator on stopping chasing tasks. http://www.quanyong.com.cn/
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Please find below news from US police pursuit safety expert Travis about comparing all of modern TDD product. Safe usage of TDD product is a trend and old-fashioned manual deployment TDD will be out of date sooner or later definitely. http://www.policeone.com/suspect-pursuit/articles/1636915/
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A light-weight variant used by various [[police]] forces is the ''Stinger''. In the UK it is officially known as  the Hollow-Spike Tyre Deflation System (HOSTYDS). It is designed to be easy to deploy, to puncture all four tires on the pursued vehicle, and to leave no debris which could affect following vehicles. It is packaged in a [[concertina wire|concertina]] form, with a tough frame of [[nylon]] strips holding pointed hollow steel tubes. In use it is spread out across a surface from one side of a road to another or even thrown below approaching vehicles, spreading out during flight. An attached rope makes it easy to regather after use before pursuing vehicles also run over it. The construction of the strip points the spikes into the path of tires as they pass over, achieving the goal of stopping the vehicle safely.
 
  
 
Homemade spike strips, cheaply constructed using a steel pipe and household nails, were banned in [[New South Wales]] in 2003 after being used against a police vehicle. [[John Watkins (Australian politician)|John Watkins]], a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, stated they would be added to the New South Wales prohibited weapons list.<ref name=banned>
 
Homemade spike strips, cheaply constructed using a steel pipe and household nails, were banned in [[New South Wales]] in 2003 after being used against a police vehicle. [[John Watkins (Australian politician)|John Watkins]], a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, stated they would be added to the New South Wales prohibited weapons list.<ref name=banned>
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
* http://trafficspikesusa.com/
 
* http://trafficspikesusa.com/
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* http://stinger-spikes.com/
 
 
* http://www.cheshire.police.uk/uploads/policy%20-%20vehicle%20stopping%20device.pdf
 
* http://www.cheshire.police.uk/uploads/policy%20-%20vehicle%20stopping%20device.pdf
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* http://www.quanyong.com.cn/
  
 
[[Category:Law enforcement equipment]]
 
[[Category:Law enforcement equipment]]

Revision as of 16:38, 16 September 2009

A spike strip (also known as traffic spikes, tiger teeth, alligator teeth, tire shredders, one-way traffic treadles, Cobra, Enforcer, Python, stinger, spike belt or stop stick, and formally known as a tire deflation device), is a device used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. Generally, the strip is composed of a collection of 35 mm to 75 mm (1.5" to 3") long metal barbs, teeth, spikes pointing upward. The barbs are designed to puncture and flatten tires when a vehicle is driven over them. The barbs may be hollow or solid.

Hollow barbs are designed to allow air to escape at a steady pace in an attempt to reduce the risk of the driver crashing into oncoming traffic or the surroundings.

According to a national law enforcement memorial organization in US, records show that since 1996 as many as 20 or more police officers in the United States have died on duty while manually deploying old-fashioned road spikes or similar manual tire-deflation devices.


Check below news report about officer down when deploying old fashioned TDD product in US recently:

http://www.odmp.org/officer/18965-officer-douglas-scott-russell

http://www.odmp.org/officer/16915-deputy-sheriff-john-wayne-musice


100 years ago, first manual deployment TDD(tire deflation device) was invented in UK. The device itself is very good to leak the tire thereby stop the vehicle effectively but the problem is it's too dangerous to manually deploy it aside the road just in time before high-speed reckless chasing coming. Nowadays, is it surprising that people is still risking their life and using very dangerous manual deployment method like tool from stone age for stopping chasing tasks in UK/US?


Please find this URL link for more details of the modern age electronic and automation TDD product -- Flash Spike Strip, aka. portable remote control hidden vehicle interceptor. It's the the first invented remote control and automatic immediate deployment design in the world which brings absolute safe and 100% effective features to police officer and Swat operator on stopping chasing tasks. http://www.quanyong.com.cn/


Please find below news from US police pursuit safety expert Travis about comparing all of modern TDD product. Safe usage of TDD product is a trend and old-fashioned manual deployment TDD will be out of date sooner or later definitely. http://www.policeone.com/suspect-pursuit/articles/1636915/



Homemade spike strips, cheaply constructed using a steel pipe and household nails, were banned in New South Wales in 2003 after being used against a police vehicle. John Watkins, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, stated they would be added to the New South Wales prohibited weapons list.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ban on home-made road spikes after car chase, The Sydney Morning Herald, December 10, 2003

See also

External links

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