Someone sent us a link to this BBC article from 1998 describing the "blaster," a pedal-operated flame-thrower that can effectively incinerate would-be carjackers. We remember thinking the device recalled the "Harry Canyon" story of the 1981 movie "Heavy Metal," in which a New York Cabbie of the dystopian future drives a taxi outfitted with similar security measures to thwart those who would do him in. We only hope those who've had the blaster installed don't suffer from pedal confusion.
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