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The T3 Makes a Guy Wearing a Bike Helmet on a Scooter Scary as Hell
Posted by Sean Fallon at 7:20 AM on July 1, 2008
For the most part, I wouldn't consider a police officer or military personnel riding down the road on a scooter as intimidating. However, if that scooter happens to be Lamperd Less Lethal's new T3 Mobile Defender, there is definitely something to be worried about. The vehicle comes equipped with a powerful air gun that is considered non-lethal in a body shot, but could potentially kill someone if they were to take a synthetic bullet to the head. That is why the gun utilises a holographic sight system to ensure accuracy.
"An eyepiece shows a red target dot, and then transmits an image of the target to a monitor, which relays the information to the gun." According to creator Barry Lamperd, if the holographic sight is on target, you can't miss. Let's hope so--because the company plans to sell the scooter to the US Army to use in crowd control situations (presumably in Iraq), and it will probably make its way down to local law enforcement somewhere down the line. [Lamperd Less Lethal via Sarnia Observer via Danger Room]
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aec007
Posted 8:01 AM 1/7/08
So where the lazo? You gotta have a lazo right cowboy?
How about shooting a net?... or boleadoras [en.wikipedia.org] ...
Come on people!... they are taking the fun out of arresting thungs!
aec007
strider_mt2k
Posted 8:00 AM 1/7/08
What could possibly go wrong?
strider_mt2k
lpranal
Posted 7:58 AM 1/7/08
I want to knock this thing over and watch it freak out, portal-style. At least then you'd incapacitate people with laughter.
lpranal
ps61318
Posted 7:56 AM 1/7/08
@Gann: Ah, yes, the special George Bush model....
ps61318
Rabid Penguin
Posted 7:56 AM 1/7/08
It looks like the newest model of the BumBot. I wonder if this one has the napalm everyone was hoping for.
Rabid Penguin
adamator
Posted 7:55 AM 1/7/08
@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Nah, doesn't matter that much. After, all, worst case scenaraio is a couple dead hippies.
adamator
Gann
Posted 7:51 AM 1/7/08
Looks like a segway with a training wheel.
Gann
x23
Posted 7:50 AM 1/7/08
EXTERMINATE!!!
x23
LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
Posted 7:42 AM 1/7/08
What if there was a gust of wind?
That would screw up its accuracy....
Does the computer system account for when there is a light breeze or blustery day?
Its wonderful to know that our officers and brave men overseas are armed with the same technology that powers nerf guys. It basically has the same warning not to aim at aim at face...
LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
ps61318
Posted 7:40 AM 1/7/08
I am reminded of Ralph from "Mouse and the Motorcycle" and can imagine the guy riding this making "vroom, vrooom" noises as he goes.
ps61318
Garrison Dean, King Awesome
Posted 7:33 AM 1/7/08
Oh and that gun is less lethal? Ask Greedo's widow how she feels about that designation.
Garrison Dean, King Awesome
Valicious
Posted 7:31 AM 1/7/08
@sisiay: that thing from Duck Tales franchise? Disney VS cops?
Valicious
Garrison Dean, King Awesome
Posted 7:31 AM 1/7/08
Yeah terrifying. Unless you're behind it. With a stick.
Garrison Dean, King Awesome
Lupison
Posted 7:31 AM 1/7/08
We trust the old school bullies who become cops with tazers, now we're giving them a "non lethal gun that can kill". yeah.. great idea.
Lupison
sisiay
Posted 7:29 AM 1/7/08
let the lawsuits begin!
sisiay
txpunk
Posted 7:29 AM 1/7/08
Saddest thing I ever did see.
txpunk
ihatethekids
Posted 7:27 AM 1/7/08
pew pew pew!
ihatethekids
Stang70Fastback
Posted 7:27 AM 1/7/08
A gun-equipped scooter with the word "EXPERIMENTAL" on the front is not something I would want to be within 5 miles of...
Stang70Fastback
innout3x3
Posted 7:26 AM 1/7/08
@adamator: Agreed.
innout3x3
Log1c
Posted 7:24 AM 1/7/08
Its the L3T3.... so close on the acronyms... so close..
Log1c
adamator
Posted 7:23 AM 1/7/08
Crowd control gun or not, it's still a tricycle.
adamator
FullyShadow
Posted 8:40 AM 1/7/08
Vroom,Vroom!!!! quickly to the scooter mobile!!!!
FullyShadow
styrofoam
Posted 8:37 AM 1/7/08
Oh, I get it.
That's just a 'shop of this photo:
[www.t3motion.com]
Not even a very good one.
(I thought the barrel looked like it was kind of just floating there. And those fonts are horrible.)
The T3 is the in-use-deployed scooter, and the "mobile Defender" is the photoshopped air-gun with holographic sights. Kind of a "Dork My Ride" experience.
styrofoam
styrofoam
Posted 8:32 AM 1/7/08
I saw something that looked very similar to this in the MSP airport last week- I didn't notice the Airgun, but that Dalek-looking profile with chrome bike mags in back and the phat front tire is tough to mistake.
styrofoam
birdgirl39
Posted 8:28 AM 1/7/08
"Ooooo...wook at the wittle powice man on his wittle scooter..."
Bang
"OW, my eye!"
birdgirl39
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 8:12 AM 1/7/08
MMMMMM-O!
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
tr
Posted 8:51 AM 1/7/08
tr
DRW-E
Posted 9:14 AM 1/7/08
It's more likely to kill from laughter than the gun. That thing is hilarious, and I couldn't help but imagine the George Costanza scooter chase when I saw it.
DRW-E
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 9:59 AM 1/7/08
@tr: Oh man. I totally forgot about that...
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Kingteddybear
Posted 9:50 AM 1/7/08
Who gonna protect the policeman when his air gun runs out of LEGO bullets.
Kingteddybear
burnsds
Posted 9:46 AM 1/7/08
...because the company plans to sell the scooter to the US Army to use in crowd control situations (presumably in Iraq)...
That thing will work great in Iraq - imagine what an RPG will do to the cop or soldier driving it, crowd control my ass, might as well sign up as a test duck during open duck season. Can anyone say painted target? Might as well be a pee-shooter. Some muslim extremist is drooling at the thought of planting an IED and taking bets on how high that thing can fly (in pieces). They'll be picking up body parts in Afghanistan with that thing.
burnsds
jbrecken
Posted 10:12 AM 1/7/08
It's a chariot!
jbrecken
bobx3
Posted 12:29 PM 1/7/08
It looks great for crowd control.
But in Iraq? Where there's a sniper and rpg on every rooftop?
It's starting to look more like a coffin.
bobx3
hnkelley
Posted 2:13 PM 1/7/08
Wow... I think I just saw two of these last week here in Pasadena, CA, in use by our esteemed PD. They looked.... kinda geeky. I guess these are good for for parking patrol, maybe traffic control in areas where traffic suffers the slow drive (I've seen foot-cops and bike-cops pull over cars).
hnkelley
iaintgoingthere
Posted 3:21 PM 1/7/08
I saw one while I was in Philly. Some dudes were getting arrested near South street. I wanna join the PPD, so I can maybe ride the new toy.
iaintgoingthere
klew
Posted 3:15 PM 1/7/08
Time to start printing t-shirts with my face on them
klew
Mr.Wilson
Posted 4:59 PM 1/7/08
(staring at front wheel- which reminds me of one of the front wheels of my current movie-car obsession, also amused it's also a military prototype) Does it come in black?
Mr.Wilson
Jrsy
Posted 7:41 PM 1/7/08
Looks like the bastard love child of Robocop and a Segway...
Jrsy
DaSmith
Posted 7:35 PM 1/7/08
Is this the beta of WALL-E?
DaSmith
MrPuppet
Posted 7:25 AM 1/7/08
Wierd. It says that it's experimental right above the wheel, yet I see these at my local mall, the Glendale Galleria. All those officers that were riding those were fat. Figures.
MrPuppet
EngSellOut
Posted 2:57 AM 2/7/08
@LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M: Probably not that big of a concern given the small size of the projectile and the velocity it would have to be going in order to really work as a "non-lethal" weapon. That being said, if the officer had to fire quickly or the target moved or any number of other factors came into play...
Blamo right in the face.
EngSellOut
OmBass
Posted 5:16 AM 2/7/08
Some of the security guards have these here at Apple. I would definitely not call a dude rolling around on it "scary as hell" though... More like embarrassing ;-)
OmBass
StonegateGuy
Posted 5:53 AM 2/7/08
@styrofoam: I thought the same thing when I looked at this picture. I recently flew out of MSP and while I was there I saw that "scooter" just parked in the middle of the concourse outside the food court (most likely the owner stopped for a doughnut). I wanted to take it for a spin but decided that probably wouldn't be wise...lol. As styrofoam noted I did not notice the airgun but it was absolutely this "scooter".
StonegateGuy
kswiss19
Posted 7:24 AM 2/7/08
The local police have 1 of those things that they use just for the shopping center i work at (i work at at the multi-plex there) and they store it at my work think of it as a segway on steroids and it accelerates like a motorcycle does and steers the same way too. but still
kswiss19