TRAP FOR CAR THIEVES
STEEL-SPIKED MAT POLICE TEST IN ENGLAND (United P.A.—By Telegraph Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (United Service) Reed. 1.30 p.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The police, seeking ah effective measure to stop car bandits, have tested a steel-spiked mat weighing 51b, and containing 100 two-inch spikes. One man was able to stretch it across the road in a few seconds. A car approaching at 35 miles au hour had all its tyres punctured, and Its speed reduced to 14 miles in 100 yards.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 9
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85TRAP FOR CAR THIEVES Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 9
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