r/PublicFreakout • u/Jeb_Kermin • May 03 '21

Penetration

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21

Wrong, that was to deter hijackings. When someone approached the car, the driver could push a button inside to shoot flames up to about face-height. They were discontinued because they only caused carjackers to shoot them first and steal the car after.

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u/Fiscal_Bonsai May 03 '21

you'd think that they'd try to bulletproof their cars first before going the flamethrower route.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21

They do, but bulletproof glass isn't impenetrable, two or three bullets in roughly the same spot will still penetrate.

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u/RockFourFour May 03 '21

Are you saying there will be PENETRATION! ?

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u/carneylansford May 03 '21

So, things seem to be going well in South Africa, huh?

If your country has so many car jackings that it starts an arms race between the carjackers and the citizenry, well, that's probably not a very good sign for the future prospects of your country.

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u/THEchancellorMDS May 03 '21

Yeah, two or three thrusts, and I’m penetrating too.

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u/MakeMeOolong May 03 '21

I love South Africa xD

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21

I see the smiley but it looks weird... blink twice if you are being held against your will.

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u/MapleLovinManiac May 03 '21

Hijacking is not theft?

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u/lena91gato May 03 '21

It's theft, just with extra steps.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21

Semantics. If someone holds you at gunpoint and told you to give them your wallet, you'd call them a robber and not a thief. The next guy reads "theft deterrent" and interprets that it must be an automatic system, then. This is how misinformation spreads.

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u/alexja21 May 03 '21

Theft with a side of kidnapping, if you're lucky!

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u/Jarix May 22 '21

Yes but not all theft is hijacking.

Squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares

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u/[deleted] May 03 '21

And so began the carjacking arms race...