Stealing a Greygound coach in the US looks like a particularly dumb idea. Beyond the prospect of a beheading, the company can shut your joyride down from Greyhound HQ.
The revelation popped up when one fellow tried to make a run for his pal’s place in Syracuse via busjacking. All was going well until “Greyhound disabled the wayward coach electronically,” the NY Daily News reports. Cool! But also, what?
It’s nice to know Greyhound could stop a hijacking in the unlikely event that a terrorist plans to ram a dingy bus into a nuclear plant or something, but the fact that it can remotely stop one of its vehicle in transit is a little disconcerting. Doesn’t this seem highly dangerous? What if a coach were killed by accident? Our call to Greyhound corporate hasn’t been returned. [NYDN via NY Mag]
Me
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 9:04 AMTheres a few car alarms around that can do it too. They just have a relay or two that can be remotely triggered via SMS.
*cough* Rhino RAM
I cant say its a good idea to hook them up to your fuel pump & battery… but theres nothing stopping you either…
Paul
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 4:41 PMMakes sense doesn’t it. Yeah if they do it by accident they suffer the consequences and annoy a few travllers. Look on the other end of the scale they could stop a potential attack, I would rather have potentially annoyed customers over possible dead ones any day.
Curious to know that would it engage te brakes or just disable the engine?
Geoff
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at 8:42 PMSomehow… I don’t think ol’ Huey in that there pic has got one of those fitted. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.