SF Company Created a Bike Lock That Makes Thieves Vomit

San Fracisco Chronicle ^ | Friday, October 21, 2016 | Amy Graff

[nickcarraway]

Bike thieves be wary.

A pair of San Francisco entrepreneurs are developing a way to stop you—and you'll probably think it really stinks.

Daniel Idzkowski and Yves Perrenoud created a steel U-lock called the SkunkLock that emits a noxious, vomit-inducing odor into the face of the person attempting to cut it.

The acids in the pressurized formula are food-grade, sharing the same properties as those found in fowl-smelling Swedish fermented herring. Inhalation won't cause permanent harm but it does lead 99 percent of people to throw up uncontrollably.

As your angle grinder just starts to break through the lock's steel, you're probably going to back off once you get a whiff.

[nickcarraway]

Video at site.

[HerrBlucher]

Crime stinks!

I don’t think I have ever vomited controllably.

[Impala64ssa]

Can I somehow use these locks to boobytrap my Trump yard sign? Some SOB vandalized it last night.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

... I don’t think I have ever vomited controllably ..

That's about to change:

[80skid]

The street’s of San Fran Sicko didn’t make them puke already?

[Ken H]

I like the idea, but I see a huge lawsuit potential. Like that guy who vomited after eating a ghost pepper and tore a hole in his esophagus.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

.. can I somehow use these locks to boobytrap my Trump yard sign? ..

Can I suggest a more effective option?

[nickcarraway]

Is that a Claymore?

[HerrBlucher]

LOL!

[Fai Mao]

Get a motion sensor light and mount it under the eave of the house.

[GoldwaterCountry]

As long as they don’t vomit all over my bike!

[Bob]

Fowl-smelling???? Really?

What, it smells like chicken?? While that makes me drool, it certainly doesn’t make me vomit.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

DANG!

[Mark17]

I like the idea, but I see a huge lawsuit potential.

Yes, some asshat will sue, claiming that they are interfering with his ability to steal your bike. I have no doubt the asshat will win too. What a country.

[Fresh Wind]

“Fowl smelling”? The stuff smells like birds? /facepalm

[Does so]

If US Army, the sign would have to be in English and Spanish. (Spanish being the only language I hear in my central Florida Post Office).

:(

[silverleaf]

Sounds like a good cop tool for neutralizing riots

But the clean up after- ee www

[Dr. Sivana]

The acids [...] are [...]sharing the same properties as those found in fowl-smelling Swedish fermented herring. Inhalation [...] does lead 99 percent of people to throw up uncontrollably.

The one percent are immune.

[Arlis]

You’ve never been drunk.

[Gay State Conservative]

Some punk thief will sue for millions.Some jury with a collective IQ of 55 will rule in his favor.Just watch!