Steel Spiked Mat Stops Car Bandits, Police Find.
SPEEDING VEHICLE HAS ALL TYRES PUNCTURED, AND ITS SPEED REDUCED TO FOURTEEN MILES.
(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received August 22, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, August 21. THE police, seeking an effective method to stop car bandits, have tested a steel spiked mat, weighing fifty-six pounds, and containing 100 two-inch spikes. A man was able to stretch it across the road in a few seconds. A car approaching at a speed of thirty-five miles an hour had all its tyres punctured and its speed reduced to fourteen miles an hour in 100 yards.—United Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18547, 22 August 1928, Page 10
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