Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!qumix!rcf From: rcf@qumix.UUCP (Robert Field) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Protection against B&E... booby trap liability Message-ID: <192@qumix.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jul-83 19:39:10 EDT Article-I.D.: qumix.192 Posted: Wed Jul 6 19:39:10 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 16:13:00 EDT References: tekid.1359 Lines: 17 About booby traps -- In the last century in England landowners would often set up traps on their land with the expected results that a few poachers and a lot of stray children got shot. The question then and now is the following -- Are you justified in doing something by an automatic mechanism that you may not do yourself? Now I started out by saying that the razor blades in the radio is a good way to get your car trashed, not to get sued, but remember, if someone gets hurt they are likely to find a lawyer, and don't doubt there are plenty of lawyers who would be glad to sue on behalf of a thief. Of course if you hit the jackpot and a mechanic/tow truck driver or best of all a peace officer got cut up I suggest you move to Paraguay on the next plane.