I would have damn near committed that if I saw this on my car....
“We took a big step back and looked at the whole picture,” he said, “and we determined that the windshield is a pretty important piece of equipment on your car, and being able to see in front of you is necessary to drive,” he said with a smile, “We didn’t want to only improve on what existed; we wanted to create something totally new.”
I asked the inevitable question,
“What if the driver sticks his head out the window and tries to drive?” Dougherty’s reply:
“Oh, you mean the ‘Ace Ventura’ move? We estimate that 1% to 3% of people are going to attempt to remove the device or drive with it attached, no matter what the device is,” he said.
As a deterrent, The Barnacle comes equipped with a motion-sensing alarm, which will sound if the vehicle is in motion or the device is tampered with, he said. Due to the high-profile nature of the device and the difficulty of driving the vehicle in that manner – not to mention the legal ramifications – we are confident this will be an exception to the rule,” Dougherty said.
