Stinger Spike Tire Deflation System User Manual
When using a road barrier system, strictly adhering to the instructions for use is extremely important for the safety of security forces, the occupants of the fleeing vehicle, and civilians in the vicinity.
Following Distance
The police vehicle pursuing the fleeing vehicle must maintain a safe following distance to avoid passing over a road barrier that could cause tire punctures.
Application Training
Application training must be conducted under the supervision of expert personnel and in a closed-off area.
Officers must correctly identify the suspicious vehicle and place the system without damaging other vehicles in traffic.
Traffic conditions must be suitable for the safe placement of the road barrier.
The presence of natural barriers, such as overpass columns, roadside barriers, bushes, trees, and bridge supports, provides some protection and allows for concealment.
Road barriers should not be placed in crowded areas, road construction sites, or in locations with earthworks, hills, or curves.
Strategies for placing road barriers during routine patrol times should be developed. Personnel and vehicles must always be in a safe position and outside the road lanes, away from danger. If there is any doubt about personnel safety, the road barrier should not be placed in that area.
The effective and efficient use of the tire-puncture road barrier should be improved through practice exercises.
Prior training should be conducted on how to deploy the barrier and immediately retrieve it after a fleeing vehicle.
Since it is risky for untrained personnel to use this product safely, these exercises should be given attention and importance.
Practical training must be conducted under the supervision of expert personnel and in an area closed to traffic.
Attention should be paid to the deployment, retrieval, and pursuit distances and times depending on the speed of the vehicles.
The tire-puncture road barrier should be deployed and retrieved from the road repeatedly until a sufficient level of experience is reached.
The police vehicle pursuing the fleeing vehicle must pay attention to the following distance to avoid passing over the tire-puncture road barrier.
If the following distance between vehicles is not maintained, there will not be enough time to remove the road barrier from the road, and the tires of the pursuing police vehicle will also be punctured. The personnel who placed the roadblock must remove it from the road promptly and in a timely manner immediately after the fleeing vehicle has passed.