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VIDEO: Finnish Him: Nordic authorities' harpoon chase-ender amazingly never approved

The place is Finland. The car is a Mercedes 300 wagon. The place is Finland. The protrusion, like the figurehead adorning Ahab's Pequod, is a harpoon. Instead of catching whales, however, this harpoon was reportedly to be used to catch cars leading police on high-speed chases. We won't even spoil it for you by telling you if or how it worked, or tell you about the extra prize for miscreants hidden inside the harpoon. Follow the jump to check it out. And then, even though the lance was apparently never adopted, we remind you: Don't get ... Read more →

OnStar prevents its first high-speed chase Chris Shunk

We were wondering how long it would take before OnStar's Stolen Vehicle Slowdown service was used to prevent a high speed chase. Though announced nearly two years ago, the service that allows ...

Armless, one-legged man proves elusive for police in downtown chase John Neff

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Chicagoans launch a pair of Oldsmobiles from 18 stories into river Erin Mays

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VIDEO: Finnish Him: Nordic authorities' harpoon chase-ender amazingly never approved 1 month ago on Autoblog

OnStar prevents its first high-speed chase 1 month ago on Autoblog

We were wondering how long it would take before OnStar's Stolen Vehicle Slowdown service was used to prevent a high speed chase. Though announced nearly two years ago, the service that allows OnStar to remotely disable a vehicle's gas pedal is still not yet available on all GM models – for ...

Armless, one-legged man proves elusive for police in downtown chase 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Triple_amputee_proves_elusive_for_police'; If one were to create of list of things needed to successfully elude the police in a chase, you'd think a full assortment of limbs would be pretty high on the list. Michael Francis Wiley, 40, from Florida ...

Chicagoans launch a pair of Oldsmobiles from 18 stories into river 3 years ago on Autoblog

Those crazy folks in the Windy City... they shot not one Oldsmobile Cutlass off the top floor of the Marina Towers' parking deck into the Chicago River, but two. The staged accident was really part of a recreation of the famous scene from Steve McQueen's "The Hunter," remade by marketing agency Leo ...

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