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"so hard to run a mile of wire across a field?" It's hard to keep that mile of wire from being pinched. I remember how the highway authority here in Punjab ha
by kranner 16y ago
"so hard to run a mile of wire across a field?"
It's hard to keep that mile of wire from being pinched.
I remember how the highway authority here in Punjab had embedded blinking lights into the road's surface, over some stretches of road, to help drivers during our foggy winters. A few days after the lights went in, they were dug out and stolen. So new ones were put in. Gone again. New lights. Gone again. Finally the highway authority gave up and left the citizenry to its fate.
- sanjayb 16y agoonce a bus-stop was stolen. http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/oct/151008-Borivali-bus-stop.htm http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/oct/151008-Borivali-bus-sto... . wire - hrmph ...
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- jacquesm 16y agoWire - sometimes even high voltage cabling - is stolen all over Europe (and probably the world) for the copper. Not a few accidents happen with people trying to steal a live wire. http://www.google.com/search?q=cable+thieves+electrocuted http://www.google.com/search?q=cable+thieves+electrocuted
- meric 16y agoWhen I was in a small city in China visiting my relatives, they pointed at some of the 50cm by 50cm "drains" on the street gutter filled with shattered stones. In the beginning, they had metal guards but they kept getting stolen. Then they had concrete guards with a metal wire skeleton. Those covers got smashed and the metal wires taken out of them. Now they just have concrete guards but people smash them anyway.
- RodgerTheGreat 16y agoThis may be an overly simplistic approach, but if you're worried about something in a fixed position getting stolen, isn't it easy to stake the location out for a day or two and nab your thief? Even if it's a systemic problem, making an example of a few criminals should discourage others from stealing.
- kranner 16y agoSorry, too simplistic. The police and highway patrol have bigger problems and you'd need to stake out long stretches of road indefinitely, pretty much. Also, making an example of convicted criminals doesn't work. I'd assume thieves risking life and limb to yank LEDs and cable from the middle of a highway in the dark are desperate (and probably poor) enough not to care about precedents.
- ajju 16y agoIn Atlanta, there are gangs stealing A.C. units from outside offices for the $50 worth of copper wiring they contain!
- extension 16y agoWhat prevents the rest of the pump system from being stolen?
- suraj 16y agoIt is usually housed in an metal enclosure founded in concrete. Much harder to steal than a wire.