Date:         Sun, 13 Dec 1998 16:46:38 -0800
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Fwd:  Bus security strategies.....
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This a cool gadget, maybe mount it under the rear bumper to keep tail-gaters away?

PerL
88 Syncro

Steve Lashley wrote:

> Anyone up for a group purchase of these?  Maybe you NYC and LA listees need
> this?
>
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>
> Subject: Bus security strategies.....
> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 02:31:15 -0700
> From: "HMF STOERMER" <klamjoose@classic.msn.com>
> To: type2@bigkitty.azaccess.com
>
> An innovative addition to the Type 2 security measures/equipment catalog.....
>
> Fred Stoermer
> Tacoma, WA  USA
> ______________________________________________
>
> S. Africans Fight Crime with Flamethrowers in Cars
>
> Reuters
> 11-DEC-98
>
> JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Crime-obsessed South Africans have a
> new, potent weapon with which to deter potential criminals: the car
> flamethrower.
>
> Casting a man-high fireball with no damage to the paintwork, the aptly named
> Blaster has been fitted to 25 South African vehicles since its launch last
> month.
>
> At 3,900 rand ($655), it offers a cheap, dramatic defense against would-be
> carjackers. It has also yet to be deemed illegal.
>
> South African courts sanction lethal action if they can be persuaded that
> someone acted in defense of his or her life -- not unheard-of in a country
> that suffered over 13,000 carjackings last year.
>
> The Blaster fires liquefied gas from a bottle in the vehicle trunk through two
> nozzles, positioned under the front doors, which is then ignited by an
> electric spark, with ferocious consequences.
>
> Both sides fire simultaneously, regardless of whether the attack is coming
> from just one side of the vehicle -- or whether passersby are on the other
> side.
>
> "My personal feeling is that it would definitely blind a person -- he will
> never see again," said Charl Fourie, the Blaster's 33-year-old inventor.
>
> But he dismissed fears that the flamethrower -- whose breadth and depth of
> blast can be adjusted to need -- could ever be responsible for a death.
>
> "This is definitely non-lethal. ... A person won't just stand there and let
> you roast him," he said.
>
> Fourie has filed an international patent application and anticipates thousands
> of orders, nationally and from abroad.
>
> "The demand is huge," he told Reuters Television.
>
> The Blaster's first buyer was Police Superintendent David Walkley of
> Johannesburg's crime intelligence unit, who is satisfied it is all above board
> -- provided it is used correctly.
>
> "There is nothing that says this is illegal. It depends entirely on the
> circumstances and whether you can justify self-defense," he said.
>
> "Yes, there are certain risks in using it, but there are also risks in not
> having anything at all."
>
> Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited.All rights reserved.
>
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