TRACKING OF MOTORS

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2426, 11 May 1931, Page 8

TRACKING OF MOTORS

TYPE I’BINTS AS GLUES NEW SYSTEM IN' BRITAIN The tracking of ears hy the imprints e>f l lu*ir tyres is a novel system under ednsideratiou hy police authorities in Britain, who are planning m w weapons io aid them in their war against criminals who use caps. li is slated that the system hinges "i n tfie filet, iluu no two ty-i*- patterns -hi-e 'i'S'iTettyatike in design and that wear causes- marks and sears whieh enable an expert to Identify ilie -trat-i-f they leave. A police expert who has >;u< cessfrilly introdneed the system in America stales jthnt iminedla,tely alter a ear crime police guard till the roads near by arid examine Ilie surfaces for the marks of Ihe ear’s wheels. By careful measurement of the tyre marks it is possible to deduce important* fact, such as whether the ear was loaded or unloaded, Hie number ■.I occupants and where they were sitting, its well as the speed of the car.