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Bold new plan for police pursuits:
Constable Peter McAulay, 24, was hit early [on the morning of Sept. 27] after setting up road spikes to try and stop two teenagers in an allegedly stolen vehicle. A 16-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl have been charged with attempted murder after Constable McAulay was rushed to Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital with serious head injuries and broken bones and fractures.
After the horrific crash, Queensland Police Union President Ian Leavers is calling for remote vehicle immobilisers to become mandatory in new cars.
"I started in 2012. I have written to three successive prime ministers but it is now time for action, bipartisan support. With remote engine immobilisers there will never be a need for a police pursuit," Mr Leavers told Today. "The primary situation is to protect lives and property. It can improve safety. It is a great thing. It is a no-brainer. We need to change the Australian design regulation. Within five to 10 years there will never be another police pursuit. We will be able to disable any stolen car at any point in time and ensure safety. It is commonsense."
The proposed engine immobilisers wouldn't just be able to stop a car in its tracks, police would also be able to track vehicles through GPS.
(Score: 3, Troll) by aristarchus on Thursday October 04 2018, @06:08AM (11 children)
What is with all these bizarre submission from the nether world down under? Shirley everyone knows that Nude Zealand and the Former Penis Colony of Austrailing just a bit, do not form a normal data set for anything normal. There is always the post-Imperial British Derangement Syndrome to consider. So the Auzzie police think they need to have remote kill-switches in
the Linux kernelautomobiles, so as to, um, prevent situations such as we saw in the Original"Mad Max" [wikipedia.org] movie, where the bad guys force the good guys to become the bad guys, and then the entire world is nuked, or some such, to give us Mad Max 2, or, The Road Warrior. [wikipedia.org] No one knows where he goes, but whether it be Tina Turner, or Charlize Theron, it does not end well.My point? We could have been much better served, as a community, with an aristarchus submission. Of late the personal foibles of editors have be leaking on to the front page. I am not one to complain very much, but this has gotten so bad as to make even me question TMB's participation in The SoylentNews. I say, open the tank of nitrous, because all problems are solved by sufficient velocity.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday October 04 2018, @11:46AM (5 children)
"Shirley everyone knows that Nude Zealand and the Former Penis Colony of Austrailing"
I read for insight and I got this.
Sigh.
....
And don't call me Shirley.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 04 2018, @02:19PM (3 children)
Not only did we get that ^ but it was posted by someone who actually claims to be something of a philosopher. You'll find equal or better philosophy over at stormfront, which was discussed here very recently.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:19PM (2 children)
-10 humor impairment
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 04 2018, @10:26PM (1 child)
Sophomoric humor from a philosopher? Yes, someone is impaired here.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Friday October 05 2018, @07:35AM
Obviously you were never with Ludwig Wittgenstein when he was on a tear! You think Kavanaugh could be a foul-mouthed drunken Young Republican frat boy? Got nothing over philosophers! [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday October 05 2018, @06:55AM
You wanna share what you're drinkin'? :D
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @05:04PM (1 child)
> Shirley everyone knows that Nude Zealand and the Former Penis Colony of Austrailing just a bit
> My point? We could have been much better served, as a community, with an aristarchus submission.
The evidence points to "no".
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday October 05 2018, @08:55PM
Lack of evidence is not evidence of lack, so the censorship of aristarchus proves nothing.
(Score: 2) by AndyTheAbsurd on Thursday October 04 2018, @05:41PM
I've often wondered how those two movies are supposed to be connected - the settings are just so different. Apparently, there was a character known as "The Historian" that was supposed to appear in all of the films (except maybe the first) who would follow Max around, frantically writing down his exploits. I suppose that we're to treat "Max Rockatansky" and his actions very much as people today treat the legend of Hercules/Herakles - not as "fact" or "canon" but as a series of intriguing stories that have survived down through the ages.
Please note my username before responding. You may have been trolled.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 04 2018, @07:24PM (1 child)
I keep watching the submissions queue for your articles. They're fun to read! Plus, I'm wondering how long it will be before you've found a way to link World Socialist Web Site to the alt-right.
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday October 04 2018, @09:45PM
Patience, my young Paduwan! Only Sith deal in absolutes.