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Method of and apparatus for vehicle inspection and the like with security for the inspector and facility for radio tracking of a vehicle attempting escape from the inspector

  • US 7,106,211 B2
  • Filed: 05/20/2003
  • Issued: 09/12/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of stopped vehicle and operator inspection by a police or other inspector, that comprises, while the inspector approaches the stopped vehicle, but before reaching the presence of the operator, temporarily attaching a specially coded self-powered radio pulse transmitter externally to the vehicle and rearwardly of the position of the operator;

  • activating the transmitter;

    then engaging the operator of the vehicle and conducting the inspection such that, in the event the operator attempts escape by driving off and/or attacking the inspector, the vehicle is trackable through the transmissions of the attached and activated transmitter, either by a vehicle of the inspector or other radio-tracking vehicles; and

    wherein, upon completion of the inspection without hostile incident, the inspector removes and recovers the transmitter for future use and deactivates the same.

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