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Originally Posted by meilers
Before you joke too much about this, many cars in parts of South America are equipped with actual flamethrowers that shoot from under the passenger doors and out the rear of the car, as well as 20,000-volt shock systems mounted to the car body panels, fog and oil slick systems and 150-decibel alert horns. Kidnapping and carjacking are serious problems down there, and these type of car add-ons (as well as traditional car armoring) are quite legal.
They also have home security systems which can fire shotgun blasts up from the floor outside your door, or make spikes pop through the doormat -- pushbutton vigilante justice is here...
They also have home security systems which can fire shotgun blasts up from the floor outside your door, or make spikes pop through the doormat -- pushbutton vigilante justice is here...
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Everything I mentioned is quoted verbatim from a special I saw recently on the Discovery channel; they mentioned South America (especially Brazil) specifically. I'll see if I can get the name of the show for you.
Originally Posted by meilers
Everything I mentioned is quoted verbatim from a special I saw recently on the Discovery channel; they mentioned South America (especially Brazil) specifically. I'll see if I can get the name of the show for you.
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Originally Posted by scoobsport98
GUYS GUYS GUYS!
C'mon, give him a break, he's from Texas!
C'mon, give him a break, he's from Texas!
Oh and you must be that Fat Drunk from SNL who's burried by "the van down by the river"
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Originally Posted by kellie
IIRC that was South Africa and was illegal.
It's gotten better. It's still sometimes scarry.
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Here's the source story. According to the article, the superintendent of police bought an install of the system, so it can't be illegal :-)
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812...e.thrower.car/
I'm still looking for that special I saw (it was all about "extreme personal security") but for some reason Discovery.com's search engine keeps barfing. I'll check the TV listings directly and get back to you.
EDIT: CRAP, the *** cable TV listings only go forward; there is no archive. Lame!
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9812...e.thrower.car/
I'm still looking for that special I saw (it was all about "extreme personal security") but for some reason Discovery.com's search engine keeps barfing. I'll check the TV listings directly and get back to you.
EDIT: CRAP, the *** cable TV listings only go forward; there is no archive. Lame!
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Here's the source story. According to the article, the superintendent of police bought an install of the system, so it can't be illegal :-)
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The South Africa link is quite old, I just put it up to show that people were actually producing such a thing. The show I saw specifically mentioned South America, specifically Columbia and Brazil -- areas where drug cartels and rebel armies make traveling outside of town a risky proposition, at best.
BTW, the 20,000-volt car taser is common in a lot of countries; you can have one installed in Canada, for example. All it takes is an extra battery in the trunk and a little work to insulate the outside frame from your true electrical system (so you don't burn out the car's own electronics with the Taser).
BTW, the 20,000-volt car taser is common in a lot of countries; you can have one installed in Canada, for example. All it takes is an extra battery in the trunk and a little work to insulate the outside frame from your true electrical system (so you don't burn out the car's own electronics with the Taser).
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