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ADS Crossing Enforcement
For use at intersections where jaywalkers are significantly more of a problem for vehicle traffic than the norm. | |
The Active Denial System is, in layman's terms, basically a heat ray
mounted on a truck. Doesn't cause any lasting injury, as it only
penetrates a few mm below the skin surface, but causes intense
pain.
Right. So let's mount them on poles (not Poles) near problematic
intersections where lots
of
pedestrians cross against the light
resulting
in either or both increased traffic congestion and pedestrian injury,
and synchronize them with the crossing signal. If you try crossing
against the light, you get zapped by the ADS ray. Hey presto, no
more
jaywalking. Could be coupled with light-synchronized popup road
spikes to prevent red light running for fairness.
ADS
http://en.m.wikiped...ctive_Denial_System
[21 Quest, Oct 19 2013]
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Tinfoil ... oh, so many uses. |
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According to the linked article, metallic objects can create
hotspots, so I'm not sure foil would do much good. It might
make it worse. |
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According to Jane's, the only reliable defense against ADS is
lead or gold. Luckily I've got a couple of x-ray aprons, so
they'll have to resort to more traditional methods of
subdual to put me down, such as water cannons, tear gas,
andor letting me tire myself out running around
wearing two stiff lead-lined aprons and sporting a five-
pound gentleman's protective on my head like a tiara. |
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//wearing two stiff lead-lined aprons and sporting a five- pound gentleman's protective on my head like a tiara.
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So that was you in that footage on youtube... |
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It's a reasonable assumption. |
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YES!
Yes _this_ is what we need to spend tax dollars on...
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Yay, screw fixing homelessness, government corruption, and the education system.
Let's fry pedestrians instead. |
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Why does it have to be done instead of all those
other things, rather than in addition to? By that
logic, 2 fries, we shouldn't spend money on roads,
defense, or, indeed, police. Would you rather your
little brother or niece/nephew, being an
irresponsible youth, walk in front of a moving car and
die because nobody was standing right there to yank
them out of the way? I suspect not. |
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//Hey presto, no more jaywalking.//
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There's an easier way to prevent the crime of
jaywalking, which is to remove it as a crime. Here in
the UK, grownups are considered competent to
cross the road unsupervised when there is a suitable
gap in the traffic. This generally works well, and is
certainly better for traffic flow than innumerable
light-controlled pedestrian crossings. |
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Please see the description below the title, Maxwell. |
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I guess it doesn't have to be instead-of rather than in-addition-to... except that I jay-walk all the time.
I also drive through intersections with red lights not smart enough to realise that I am the only person there. I don't like my tax money being spent on curbing victimless crimes, which aren't really crimes, until those more relevant topics are addressed.
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As an idea, this is a workable one. |
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// I jay-walk all the time.
I also drive through intersections with red lights not smart
enough to realise that I am the only person there. //
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Those are crimes in Canada? |
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//Please see the description below the title,
Maxwell.//
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What, you mean I've got to read? Aww, shucks. But
I'm still in favour of the interplay between common
sense and natural selection. |
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I'm in favor of those things, too, Max, and would gladly propose legislation decriminalizing the running over of jaywalkers EXCEPT that an adult human body can cause significant damage to the front end of a moving vehicle. |
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//Those are crimes in Canada?//
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That's what they tell us. So is spitting on a sidewalk, defacing currency, and, for a while there, not registering the firearms your grandpappy gave you. Some colonial hold-over thing I think.
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