Car Jacker Be Gone Device

[Old Moparz]

Pretty clever. 

I can't believe I didn't see this one before, it's from 1998. 

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Story Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/232777.stm

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc

Africa Firing On All Cylinders

Car drivers in South Africa are being offered a new method of preventing hijacking. A blaster, flame-thrower operated by a foot pedal inside the car, blasts a jet of fire at a would-be hijacker. A person confronted by an armed hijacker simply presses a pedal and the "blaster" ignites gas that shoots from the under-side of the car.

Doctors say the device is lethal - but the police have confirmed it is perfectly legal. 

Johannesburg seems to fill car drivers with fear. In the province which includes the city, there were 4,000 car hijacks between January and June this year. People pull up at traffic lights, they stop their car and then someone comes up to the window with a gun and tells them to get out.

Charles Fourie, who invented the blaster, says drivers should put their hands up and then step on the gas. "This is a case of opting for the lesser of two evils," Mr Fourie said. "Either you get shot, your wife is raped, your child is murdered - against him getting burned."

Police say they cannot see any legal problems with the blaster - so long as the right people are blasted. But Dr Kenneth Boffard, a surgeon who runs a trauma unit, said he is extremely concerned. "I don't think the average person on the street has any concept of the appalling damage that burns cause," Dr Boffard said. "The result of that is permanent, extensive and disfiguring. Innocent people are going to get caught. That's unacceptable."

[moparnole]

Already have it in my Supra, don't know what I would do without it!!!

[Mike DC]

Doctors say the device is lethal - but the police have confirmed it is perfectly legal.

[Tilar]

I bet people would be careful about going up and asking a stranger for a light. 

[dpm68]

"The result of that is permanent, extensive and disfiguring. Innocent people are going to get caught. That's unacceptable."

If someone wants to be Charles Bronson and come up to your car with a gun pointed at you, then they better be prepared to face the consequences - simple as that. 

[aussiemuscle]

Doctors say the device is lethal - but the police have confirmed it is perfectly legal.

i find that highly unlikely anywhere but in S.A.

in the usa, they'd probably sue you anyway.

[Charger74]

Doctors say the device is lethal - but the police have confirmed it is perfectly legal.

i find that highly unlikely anywhere but in S.A.

in the usa, they'd probably sue you anyway.

You got that correct.

[73chgrSE]

Best invention ever.

[Magnumcharger]

Just make sure you keep pressing that foot pedal until the guy falls on the ground....or he crumbles into black powder....you don't want a court case.

[69*F5*SE]

I like it.   

[mikesbbody]

I like it.   

X 2 

[A383Wing]

I'll be keeping an eye out for it to show up on ebay soon 

[paulgrr63]

Just make sure you keep pressing that foot pedal until the guy falls on the ground....or he crumbles into black powder....you don't want a court case.

[TUFCAT]

I'm sure that works during "white cain" week also.

[CharcoalCharger]

Awesome!  Yet another product that after seeing it I think, 'now why didn't I think of that?'   

[BB1]

Mmmmmmm toasty 

[mopar73]

Fry them like a crispy critter

[John_Kunkel]

I like the flame thrower idea better than The Trunk Monkey 'cause you don't have to feed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikKaC1D5vec