Cops getting a ground shaking sub system

[hojna15 10+ year member]

My friend and I heard on the radio that there was a crazy new addition to the cop cars in Washington, D.C., It was said that the cop cars were going to be fitted with a powerful amplifier and a sub woofer system so that drivers can now hear and feel them coming as their so called ground shaking, loud systems vibrate the concrete so that it alerts drivers to police within 198 ft. of their vehicle. Heres the site and article where we also found it, and the radio station was 101.1 the WRIF. I think it's pretty crazy and wrong in some way, I'd like to see how they set it up though, cause i do remember jamie and adam doing an episode of mythbusters on vibrating a bridge down, and i think it tool something like 8 hz, maybe thats off.

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GOINDEF from cardomain.com

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22666759-38198,00.html

US police cars fit ground-shaking sirens

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October 29, 2007 05:29pm

Article from: NEWS.com.au

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A US POLICE department has launched the ultimate siren to make sure everyone knows officers need room to drive, the ground-shaking "Rumbler".

Patrol cars in Washington DC are currently being fitted out with the high-tech siren, which projects soundwaves inaudible to humans but powerful enough to shake everything around the vehicle.

One of the officers using the new siren, Lou Schneider, told The Washington Post that the new gadget attracted a lot of attention.

"You know when this is coming up behind you," Officer Schneider said.

"It vibrates everything."

According to the newspaper, the Rumbler consists of two subwoofers and an amplifier that pumps out soundwaves that people can feel from up to 60m away.

Police officials told The Post that they expect members of the public to be startled when a cop car drives by with its sirens blazing and the ground it touches shaking.

Several other police departments in the US are testing the new sirens, including in New York.

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[Yukonboy97 10+ year member]

Thats crazy but i wouldn't think much of it if they were behind me just another guy with slam coming up.

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Blah...

Kinda funny...

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

thats impractical and will most likely be a dropped project

 

[the727kid 10+ year member]

I'd just turn mine up louder and be like umm sorry officer.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

thats impractical and will most likely be a dropped project

x2

 

[CaliforniabOY5 10+ year member]

I'd just turn mine up louder and be like umm sorry officer.

lmao

 

[Captain_Ahab 5,000+ posts]

I'd just turn mine up louder and be like umm sorry officer.

Kinda funny...

Cop pulls you over for a loud music..Yet yours is so much louder than his "Rumbler" that you cannot hear his sirens or rumbles..

Get into a bump off with a cop?

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

I'd just turn mine up louder and be like umm sorry officer.

i'd turn it up louder and say "havin a hard day are we sir and i'm just crusin in my car enjoyin my music and you pull me over, you must have the mondayz"

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

get the sirens from britian, they are so annoying you want to get out of the way

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

wait this might be good, if the project does happen and they buy liek kicker or something, the demand for kicker products will go up which means inturn price will drop.....well according to my econ class

 

[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

thats pretty cool.. nice info..

Semi-related.. a cop came by the house one time while doing an install, and asked if we were lighting fireworks off.. no we werent.. then he proceeded to try and sell us 2 12" pioneers, and a sony amp.. lol i was like nah dont need it but ill let you know..

Andrew

 

[BassBallin]

i dont think this will happen

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

thats pretty cool.. nice info..
Semi-related.. a cop came by the house one time while doing an install, and asked if we were lighting fireworks off.. no we werent.. then he proceeded to try and sell us 2 12" pioneers, and a sony amp.. lol i was like nah dont need it but ill let you know..

Andrew

lol seriously?

 

[Pimpdaddyq 10+ year member]

lol seriously?

i swear to god..

he's actaully a pretty cool guy..

I don't know him personally.. but never heard a bad thing about him, he was cool about our stereos, and we seen him drunk as shit walkin down the bar strip here in town one night.. so he's an everyday guy, just with a job as a cop..

Andrew