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Radio pulse technology to end pursuits?
A UK company is trialling a device that stops modern vehicles -- including motorcycles -- in their tracks with a concentrated pulse of radio wavesA new technology that scrambles a modern vehicle’s electronics, bringing it to a halt, was recently trialled in the UK.
E2V, a British firm, demonstrated its ‘RF Safe-Stop’ technology at an airfield in Worcestershire, effectively bringing a range of passenger cars and motorcycles to a gentle stop with a concentrated blast of radio waves.
Speaking with the BBC, E2V’s Andy Wood described the technology’s operation in broad terms.
“The RF [radio frequency] is pulsed from the unit just as it would be in radar; it couples into the wiring in the car and that disrupts and confuses the electronics in the car, causing the engine to stall,” he said.
The report goes on to say that a police officer attending the trial was particularly interested in the application of the technology to “safely” bring motorcycles to a stop, although there is no mention of the potential implications of halting a bike while it’s cornering.
Wood said E2V’s technology was still a safer option than halting a motorcycle with any of the tyre-puncturing systems currently in use by law enforcement bodies.
According to the BBC, a number of companies are currently trialling similar technologies.
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