A vehicle can still be driven some distance on a flat tyre or even two, so how do the police-deployed tyre spikes stop a vehicle so completely over such a short distance?
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Well, first, there is a significant difference between 1 flat tire and 4 flat tires. Floor flat tires is gonna be significantly harder to drive on with any kind of speed.
But you’re right, you could keep rolling on floor flat tires. But at that point, what’s the point? You’re never gonna be able to maintain speed or properly turn, you’re never going to get away, why bother keep running? It’s just prolonging the inevitable. Because some people DO keep driving after their tires get popped, but again, they can’t go nearly as fast and eventually just get caught.
Also, a sudden flat tire can make a driver lose control of the vehicle, causing the driver to crash bringing them to a stop.
There are also more advanced “road spikes” that don’t just pop the tires, they actually wrap around and get tangled up in the tires/axle. now THESE spike strips actually do physically stop the person from driving because they physically jam up the wheels/axle and prevent them from spinning.
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