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Record 1 1994-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
OBS

Autoturn Engineering in the U.K. has developed a new form of barrier against vehicles known as Catsclaw. It consists of a series of rubber humps with retractable steel blades that can be raised or lowered electrically. Police can plug sections together across the roadway in less than two minutes. A motor box is added on one side. Inside each section are knife blades that normally lie fully retracted inside the humps. In an emergency, the battery-powered motor box raises the blades.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes

Spanish

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