Canadian company sells modern version of the banana peel
STONEY CREEK, Ont. (CP) - Vanguard Response Systems Inc. has won a $2.5-million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to develop equipment to spay a slippery gel. The "Mobility Denial System" will be used to make roads and surfaces so slippery that it will be impossible for mobs and rioters in a confrontation to stand or walk, or drive a vehicle. Under the terms of the contract, Vanguard will develop two new spray systems, one in backpack or other portable form and another to be mounted on a vehicle.. Its customers include New York City, the RCMP, FBI, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Army and Marines, various fire and police departments and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.