I agree with the comment at the end. I'm no lawyer, but what about
the liability you have by activating a transmitter in a stolen car and
blowing up the thief and a gas station?

Are there laws against booby-trapping cars?

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:45:41 GMT, Jim Higgins wrote:

On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 22:42:27 +1100, in
, "peter berrett"
wrote:

Hi again

It looks like I've started World War III with this topic.

I think it is a shame that some are glossing over the topic because safety
with petroleum is a serious issue. Maybe APRS does not pose a hazard but the
topic deserves serious discussion.

Perhaps... but except for a few who have done some research and
posted that the original premise was nothing but an urban legend
to begin with, the most it's getting here is speculation.

[snip]

Say your car gets stolen. You send a particular code through the aprs system
and tell the notebook computer to start transmitting aprs packets every
minute. You then track the car until the police catch up with it.

Workable but safe?

Pretending for a moment the original premise is true... what
happens if the thief decides to gas up the stolen car? I don't
think this solution shows proper safety consideration for all the
children that might be killed by it. ;-)

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