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editlast article and link perhaps some kind of advertisement?
- Please remember to sign your entries with four tildes(~). As far as the Stinger, I don't think its an advertisement, as there are several types of spike strips, but the brand name "Stinger" is most known to the public via television and ad campaigns. 68.254.188.148 20:13, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
Could use some information on when and where were first implemented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.148.100.170 (talk) 20:48, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
Police Officer Death Statistics
editThe article states (from an uncited source) that "as many as 20 or more" police officers have died deploying the devices, which would seem a particularly unhelpful means of numbering as it could concieveably be any number! Does anyone know where the figures came from? Jellyfish dave (talk) 17:15, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Earliest use
editThe Illustrated London Times 1 Sept 1928 shows "a new trap for motor-car bandits: spiked 'mats' across the road for puncturing tires". Marshape (talk) 12:23, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
Two topics
editThere are two very different things being discussed here - most of the article is about the kind of spikes used by police to stop a getaway car, but it also mentions the fixed one-directional spikes that are used to enforce one-way traffic at toll barriers etc. (also known as alligator teeth or crocodile teeth). I'd suggest splitting this into two pages. Rioja Posset (talk) 14:20, 19 August 2024 (UTC)