Cops Attempt Absolute Worst Road Spike Deployment in History
You didn’t think this one through, did you?
Published 2 months ago in Facepalm
You didn’t think this one through, did you?
One way that cops try to stop a runaway car (apart from chasing after it with a gun) is by laying down road spikes. These are exactly what they sound like: Spikes that can be laid on the road that pop a car’s tires, causing it to stop.
While these may sound easy to deploy, using them correctly is harder than you’d think. You have to time it right so the person approaching can’t avoid them, and you also have to throw it in the right place. Basically, you have to not do everything this cop does: