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contractors
and manufacturers of vehicle checkpoints for Iraq and Worldwide
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Vehicle Checkpoints
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Vehicle
check points present many dangers and there is no foolproof method of
eliminating all dangers. Here are some of the problems: |
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a) |
People driving
straight through on purpose, perhaps using weapons, putting VCP staff,
passing public as well as themselves in danger. |
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Suicide or other car
bombers intending to stop with the same dangers. |
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c) |
Innocent persons
accidentally driving through and being killed or injured by VCP
obstacles and/or by VCP staff, with very bad effects for the victims,
for the in Iraq and Worldwide publicity and for morale of VCP staff. |
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d) |
People of evil intent
being able to see staff routines and the methods of checking, and
discovering weaknesses, and thus reducing the value of the VCP. |
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Long hold ups,
dismaying road users and causing bad publicity. |
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Difficulty prioritising
vehicles to be searched. |
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Apart from the above,
the difficulty of actually training the staff and doing the checking
and running the VCP. |
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Defence-Structures
Vehicle Check Points can offer some remedies to some of these problems.
It should not surprise anyone that the end result is like a motorway
fuel station, or an efficient cross border customs post.
The checkpoint must provide: |
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A labyrinth forcing at
least 2 sharp changes of direction which have to be taken slowly. |
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The straight-on route
has to be very clearly seen to be impassable, by day or night, with no
by-pass. |
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The route through has
to be divided into several lanes, as many as needed to keep the queues
down. |
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Each bay needs an easy
way of preventing vehicles from leaving; chain hedge hogs can help
here. The exit must also have a gate covered by observation posts
and the rapid reaction room. |
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Each bay should be
separated by cover from
view screens or blast
walls, depending on the threat. |
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Each bay must be
observed by a sangar which either covers the bay with armed equipment
or at least appears to, as well as the 1 or 2 vehicle checkers per bay. |
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The VCP should provide
secure and comfortable accommodation, rapid reaction guardroom, observation posts. |
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The normal security
systems are needed, depending on the perceived threat, as well as
grillage floors. |
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Steel road bumps
discourage high speed. |
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An overall roof
provides weather protection. |
A multi-lane vehicle checkpoint
The above sketch shows the
following:
a) |
Climatic or other
protection. |
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Crew rooms, observation
posts, rapid action room. |
c) |
Climatic or other
protection. |
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Cover from view screens
or blast walls. |
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Search bays. |
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Entry. |
g) |
Highly visible signs
make straight-on impossible. |
h) |
Ditches prevent by-pass. |
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