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Vehicle Improvements
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Listed below are modifications which will enchance both the performance
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and reliability of a vehicle. Also listed are modifications which will
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serve as deterrents to an attack.
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Tires - Get the best radial tires you can afford. Radials offer increased
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durability, superior handling, and better gas mileage than old-fashioned bias
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ply tires. Also, to some degree, radials are bullet resistant. Be sure to
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slightly overinflate them and fill them with run flat foam.
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Heavy Duty Shocks and Springs - Other than good tires, nothing will improve your
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car's handling more than top quality shocks and springs. Shock and springs are
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items where price is an indication of quality, so get the best you can afford.
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Lights - You should replace your old-fashioned sealed beam headlights with
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quartz-iodine lights. These give off twice the light of the sealed beam units
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and will enable you to drive much faster at night. There are quartz-iodine
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lights to fit almost every vehicle. Auxillary lights should be mounted low and
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angled slightly outward.
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Spotlights - Four high intensity spotlights should be mounted high on your
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wehicle. These will effectively blind an attacker. Three of the spotlights
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should be directed to the front, one aiming straight ahead and the other two
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angled slightly outboard. A forth light should be aimed to the rear.
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Cut Out Switches - Cut out switches enable you to independently control each
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light on your vehicle. The addition or elimination of various lights at night
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will alter the appearance of your vehicle and might allow you to lose a pursuer.
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C.B. Radio's - Even though C.B. radio's are a virtual party line, the fact that
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somebody is always listing in could prove useful in an emergency. Also to be
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considered is the use of two-way radio's between the car and the home.
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Locking Gas Cap - A locking gas cap prevents anyone from using the tank as a
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receptacle for explosives. It will also prevent Halloween pranksters from
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putting unwanted items in the tank.
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Guns and Crowbar in Trunk - Kidnappers have been known to throw the victim into
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the trunk of his own car. A gun and a prying bar instrument such as a crowbar
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could prove useful in an escape.
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Pressurized Oil Slick - A pressurized device which sprays oil onto the roadway
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will eliminate almost any pursuer.
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Calthrops - Calthrops are metal spikes constructed so that one point is always
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up. If thrown in the road behind you, they will flatten the tires of a pursuing
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vehicle. One company who sells them is Beaver Products, P.O. Box 1580, Anna
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Maria, FL 33501.
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Thick Bolt Through Tailpipe - A thick heavy bolt put through the tailpipe and
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welded into place will prevent a bomb from being placed in the exhaust system.
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Smoke Screen - A cheap but effective smoke screen can be made as follows: First
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drill a hole into the exhaust manifold of your car, and weld the nozzle of a
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small plant sprayer over it. A gas line is then run from the nozzle to a pump
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and container containing castor oil inside the vehicle. Clouds of ssmoke are
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produced by pumping the castor oil onto the hot exhaust manifold.
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Reinforced Ram Bumpers - Bumpers can be reinforced by bolting or welding extra
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supports from the vehicle frame to the bumper. Further reinforcement can be made
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by welding a two-inch metal pipe to the vehicle frame, right in back of the
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bumper. These extra reinforcement could prove useful in a ramming situation.
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Surveillance and Antisurveillance
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One of the keys to avoding a terriost attack is recognizing when you are under
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surveillance -- sometimes for as long as several months prior to the attack.
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In order to stop an attack before it occurs, you must develop a surveillance
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awareness. To develop this awareness you must be constantly alert to suspicious
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people in the vicinity of your home and at work.
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In stalking their victims, terrorists have posed as laborers, hookers,
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derilects, and used numerous other ruses. I do not expect you to become a raving
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paranoid constantly on red alert against everyone and everything, but it should
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be in the back of your mind that someone's eyes might be watching you.
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Tactics of Professional Surveillance
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To my knowledge, there have been no instances of terrists using the
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sophisticated techniques of surveillance employed by professional investigators.
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Nevertheless, it can be assumed that sooner or later they will be using these
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methods. In any case, it is always best to be prepared for anything.
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The Single Tail
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The easiest type of surveillance to detect is when you are being followed by a
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single surveillant. The lone surveillant must stay close enough to keep you in
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sight, yet far enough away to avoid detection -- no easy feat. In residential
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areas, he can remain a few cars back due to the density of traffic. Also he has
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the option of following the victim on a parallel street. In rural areas, about
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all he can do is remain well back and hope for the best.
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The single tail may employ certain tricks of the trade to make his job easier.
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At night, he may break a taillight or place a small luminous sticker on the rear
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of the victim's vehicle to make it more distinguishable. To decrease the
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possibility of detection, he may change his seating position or use various
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types of disguise.
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Professional investigators, whether governmental or private, rarely conduct a
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surveillance using a single unit. The risk of getting burned is just too great.
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Parallel Surveillance
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This type of surveillance is conducted by two or more vehicles. One vehicle
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tails the victim at a reasonable distance. His comrades follow on parallel
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streets ready to take up close survillance should the victim turn. Obviously,
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this method will not work in area where there are no parallel roads.
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Eluding a Tail
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The following will give you some general ideas on how to detect and elude a
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vehicle surveillance.
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(1) After running a red light or driving the wrong way on a one-way street,
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watch to see if anyone follows.
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(2) While travelling on a freeway at high speed, suddenly cut across four lanes
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of traffic and make an exit.
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(3) After rounding a blind curve, make a bootlegger's turn and take off in the
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opposite direction.
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(4) After turning a corner, pull over and park. Take note of all vehicles
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passing by.
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(5) Go through alleys, dirt roads, or even cut across people's lawns.
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(6) While driving over a long undivided bridge, then make a bootlegger's turn
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(7) Have a friend follow you to detect any surveillance.
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Cornering
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It is commonly held belief that the best way to handle corners is to blast
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through them as quickly as possible. This is completely wrong. The speed at
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which you exit a corner itself. Assuming identical cars, the car which exits the
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corner at a greater speed will be going faster on any straight stretch of road
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that follows.
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Proper Apex - The apex of any turn is that point at which your wheels are
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closest to the inside edge of the corner. By choosing a relatively late apex,
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the drive can exit a corner at greater speed than if he had chosen an early one.
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The 90-degree Turn - This is the most common turn, particulary in urban areas.
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This turn is begun as far outside as possible. Obviously, if there is a lot of
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traffic on the road, you are going to have to adjust your turn. In that case,
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drive as far to the outside as you can within the confines of your lane.
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Approaching the corner, gradually increase braking pressure to heavy breaking.
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Be careful not to lock the brakes, as all this does is prevent you from
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steering. If you feel any of the wheels locking up, let off the brakes for an
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instant, then reapply them. After downshifting (manual transmission only), start
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trailing off the brakes into the first third of the turn. Then gradually
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increase the throttle to full acceleration coming out of the turn.
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S Turns - Actually, this need not be a turn at all, as you can go straight
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through it. Remember to set yourself up to take full advantage of and straight
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that might follow.
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Turns
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Bootlegger's Turn - This maneuver enables you to change your direction 180
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degrees, without stopping, within the width of a two lane road. The bootlegger's
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turn is eaisiest to do in cars having an automatic transmission and a hand
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emergency brake. Here's how it's done.
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(1) Speed at around 25-30 m.p.h.
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(2) Get off the gas and crank the wheel 1/2 to 1/2 of a full turn. At the exact
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same time, hit the emergency brake hard.
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(3) When your vehicle is at approximately 90 degrees, release the emergency
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brake, step on the gas, and straighten out the steering wheel. If you have a
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manual transmission, you will have to let out the clutch as you hit the gas.
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(4) Get out of the area fast.
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This maneuver is easier to do if you make the emergency brake catch inoperative.
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On hand brakes this can be done by putting strong tape across the release
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button. On foot type brakes, you can put a piece of stiff garden hose behind the
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handle of the brake release. Before practicing the bootlegger's turn, be sure
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to inflate your tires to 40 lbs. p.s.i. Otherwise, the tires might blow.
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Moonshiner's Turn (Reverse 180) - Looking like a bootlegger turn in reverse, the
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moonshiner's turn allows you to change your direction 1800 degrees within the
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confines of a two lane road, while going backwards.
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(1) Accelerate in reverse to 20-30 m.p.h.
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(2) Get off the gas and crank the steering wheel all the way to the left as
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fast as you can.
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(3) When the car is 90 degrees, shift into a low gear, hit the gas, and
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straighten out the steering wheel.
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(4) Get out of the are fast.
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Ramming
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The basic steps involved in ramming a single vehicle stationary roadblock are as
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follows.
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(1) Slow down almost to a complete stop and put the car in low gear. This will
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give the impression that you are going to stop.
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(2) Suddenly hit the gas hard and pick a ramming point.
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(3) Hit the target at an angle and keep the accelerator fully depressed through
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the collision. Your speed at impact should be between 15 and 30 m.p.h.
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(4) After breaking through, get out of the area fast. Even if your car is badly
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damaged, keep going.
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* The ramming points are (1) the rear wheel and rear fender area;
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and (2) the front wheel and front fender.
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When ramming two vehicals hit inbetween the two, and follow the above steps.
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