230 A. The safe use of Spikes, requires multiple solutions. Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. Proper training program for your officers.

B. A Spike system which is tough and will not come apart and require officers to enter the roadway to retrieve the spike system.

C. Any spike system is safe regardless if style of use.

230 B. Spike belt has built in solutions to make sure it does not fall apart in traffic, or dump parts on the roadway. Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. Spike-Belt is made from a tough materials, designed to take many hits and not fall apart.

B. Spike belt’s foam core holds Spikes tightly in place.

C. Spike Belts Top panel is made from cardboard and holds spikes in place.

D. Multi-sided systems are all made with cheap materials and falling apart is not an issue.

230 C. Spike belt has several designs to deploy quicker and retrieve better. Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. The loop winder

B. The deployment handles are much easier to handle under stress.

C. The strap helps keep the cord low and easier to handle.

D. Spike belt has no special features.

230 D. Spike Belt can be re-purposed into a trainer, which of these is not true or false?

A. A rebuild kit includes a replacement sleeve and Strips to rebuild your spike belt into a new system.

B. Rather than trash, the strips and sleeves, they are repurposed by pulling the spikes out to make trainer units.

C. Trainer units means officers can practice deployments, and become skilled with the system and its operation.

D. Other brands require you purchase trainers, Training with your issued system, causes damage to the sleeves and strips. Trainer units are pricey and many departments do not purchase multiple trainers.

E. Other brands can be deployed and used in a parking lot without damage to sleeves.

230 E. An important goal is to not provoke a reaction from the driver of the target vehicle. Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. The most covert deployment style for a multi-sided system is to pull, or drag the system, towards you. We call this, pre-deployment of the system.

B. Spike systems should always be used with hard cover and concealment.

C. Spike Belt goes an extra step by providing camo versions of our product. The Spike-belt uses a black sleeve and we also offer a Black and gray sleeve, designed to break up its appearance on a highway.

D. In our training we promote concealment and cover to be more effective and prevent the driver from trying to dodge the strip.

E. The chances of a car dodging the strip or going around it is rare.

Superior Winder, Cord-Reel and Deployment Sleeve

230 F. Spike strips require strong components that stay together and can be retrieved safely from the roadway. Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. A good portion of the incidents with multi-sided systems have been due to a Cord-Reel and or a sleeve that was defective. In such cases officers entered the roadway to recover spikes and were fatally struck. 

B. Spike-belt uses heavy duty sleeves, with webbing re-enforcement, at critical points.

C. Spike-belt uses a heavy duty cord, and a loop winder, that does not need to be elevated to function.

D. Cord reels are tempting to elevate and can snag the bumper of a car, dragging spikes down the roadway.

E. Not dangerous.

230 G. Winders can get you in trouble quick, which statement is not true?

A. Spike Strips are their safest, when the cord lays on the ground and is not handled by the officer.

B. A cord elevated subject to getting snagged by a car and dragged onto the roadway.

C. A cord elevated is easy to spot by the driver of the target vehicle, and he may try to go around the Spikes.

D. It does not matter how you handle cords, they are pretty safe.

230 H. Spike Devil’s loop winder is a yo yo style winder, no doubt the fastest, safest, winder on the market, which of these statements is not true?

A. The beveled edge allows the cord to freely leave the winder, no matter how fast the officer moves.

B. The winder can be tossed onto the ground and the winder will still dispense cord as its passes through your hand.

C. The loop winder if pulled to fast can actually pull the spikes onto the roadway.

D. Loop winder is slow and you need a crank.

230 I. A cord reel system is a winder with a crank, which one of these statements is not true. Please put a check mark on the correct answers and X on the incorrect answers.

A. The Spike Devil Cord-Reel is indestructible and has a wide mouth service port nd is fully serviceable.

B. We came out with the toughest one on the market and with the big mouth service port so you can service the cord.

C. We recomend the loop winder, because a cordreel is often elevated and snagging a car is the leading cause to spike incidents.

D. Cord reel winders are just as a loop winder.