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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was confused for a second because I read "ICE" as internal combustion engine. In my defense: I'm not American and "ICE" is commonly used that way in Formula 1

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

Never throw a sharp piece of ceramic at a car window it will shatter the windows.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ya'll, ice enforcement vehicles have run-flat tires. This would work on a fleet car, but those aren't labeled, they're just cars.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Those are still only rated to go 50 miles once depressurized.
They also wouldn't even know their tires are flat until they start their car and get a tpms warning. Imagining them giving chase with depressurized run-flat tires is laughable too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

A funny mental image, no argument here. But my point is that this isn't going to disable a vehicle like some people in here are fantasizing - a high speed chase might be ruled out, but they're still a very active threat, and they will easily be able to make it back to the motor pool with a minimum of damage. It's not much of an inconvenience.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

make it back to the motor pool with a minimum of damage

Yes, but it'll be taken out of operation until the damaged valve is replaced. With government procurement rules and chaos in the actual government workforce, a few valves might actually interfere with operational readiness.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Um... no. Sorry, I suspect you just aren't aware of how it works: Replacing a valve stem takes five minutes at most, and most of that is breaking and re-seating the bead. They'll have a bin of loose spare stems at the motor pool garage, and anyone with thumbs and access to youtube can make this fix. This is a good act of minor/petty resistance to remind them that we're here, but it's not going to be more than that and people really need to understand how disproportionate the risk:resistance ratio is here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Yeah it's an easy fix for sure. The ~five minutes of labor does require the vehicle to be sent to the garage though, which practically speaking takes them out of commission for an hour at least:

Notice tpms light, finish current task, go to garage instead of going to next task