Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Tue, 25 Jun 91 19:03 CDT From: Allen Gwinn Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Is Cellular Phone Jamming Possible? Message-ID: Organization: sulaco Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 490, Message 2 of 9 Lines: 22 In article rubin@prism.poly.edu (Dave Rubin) writes: >> .... alert a central station as to the whereabouts of the stolen >> automobile, and the station can also send a signal to the car to >> turn off its engine. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > And suppose this results in an accident? I'll bet the lawyers are > drooling over this one! I don't know about other parts of the country, but in Texas, the only thing that you owe someone involved in this type of activity is not to *intentionally* injure them. I would argue that shutting off the engine of my car was to prevent a thief from driving it any further than he/she already had. If the person couldn't coast it over to the side of the road, well, thats what insurance is for :-) Allen Gwinn (allen@sulaco.lonestar.org)