One of the most infamous car security inventions ever made remains South Africa’s “Blaster”—a vehicle-mounted flamethrower system designed to stop carjackers with literal fire. Developed in the late 1990s, the device was installed along the sides of a car and could spray bursts of burning fuel outward when triggered by the driver. The idea was to create an instant deterrent during an attempted hijacking. The system gained global attention for being both shocking and controversial. While it refle
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