The police pursuit 'Grappler'

[PranK]

The police pursuit 'Grappler'

This thing is awesome!

 

 

 

[GTofuS-T]

NIce. at 2:16 I was hoping to see it work on the running assailant!

[PranK]

15 minutes ago, GTofuS-T said:

NIce. at 2:16 I was hoping to see it work on the running assailant!

Or at least the hefty, killer bull bar.

[Coullsy]

That's a fantastic idea, definitely a lot safer and more controlled then the PIT, but the non tethered style is a bit questionable

Edited November 15, 2016 by Coullsy

[r32-25t]

That's awesome 

[PranK]

21 minutes ago, Coullsy said:

That's a fantastic idea, definitely a lot safer and more controlled then the PIT, but the non tethered style is a bit questionable

Why do you think its questionable? Just dangerous, causing a rear wheel lock?

[Coullsy]

At high speed, a single wheel lock with an inexperienced driver, the chances of the car spearing off into other traffic would be quite high

[Spressy]

true, but at high speed you pretty much are waiting for the guy to screw up, unless you want to do a PIT at 120+ km/h....

[tridentt150v]

Do they have one for kids with skateboards on footpaths????

[PranK]

17 minutes ago, tridentt150v said:

Do they have one for kids with skateboards on footpaths????

Yep.

 

[PranK]

3 hours ago, Coullsy said:

At high speed, a single wheel lock with an inexperienced driver, the chances of the car spearing off into other traffic would be quite high

What about an inexperienced driver being in a PIT maneuver.  

[Coullsy]

This is true

[PranK]

4 minutes ago, Coullsy said:

This is true

That said, the ole PIT maneuver is not that common in AUS I don't think. Police round here tend to give up on chases before anybody gets hurt. I'm not an expert enough to have an opinion on what is the better approach. 

[tridentt150v]

Open season for all licenced shotgun or western action participants is the best approach................but I don't think the government will go for it!!!

[Steve85]

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That said, the ole PIT maneuver is not that common in AUS I don't think. Police round here tend to give up on chases before anybody gets hurt. I'm not an expert enough to have an opinion on what is the better approach.

I think here in VIC there was talk of abandoning pursuits all together as a matter of safety. There was a bit of an uproar at the time, so I don't know if it was actually happened...

From memory there were a couple of serious incidents (crashes) that involved innocent 3rd parties so VicPol were looking to minimise this chance.