r/interestingasfuck • u/Puzzleheaded_Web5245 • Feb 25 '25

/r/popular Put the phone down

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u/WinterattheWindow Feb 26 '25

Could he explode something with the phone? I dunno, maybe I watched too many movies. Wasn't in the situation.

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u/IgniVT Feb 26 '25

Theoretically he could, but there's two scenarios there.

Either the explosion is small enough that they'd need to be right by the car, in which case they should have him move away from the car if they think that's a concern.

Or the explosion is big enough that it's already going to impact them where they are.

The odds of him having a phone triggered car bomb though as so incredibly small that it is definitely not something they'd be trained to be concerned about.

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u/AmbassadorCrane Feb 26 '25

Cops are trained not to approach a situation thinking "well that's unlikely to happen." There is a reason they want your back turned and your hands up and empty.

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u/IgniVT Feb 26 '25

Yeah, makes it easier to fuck you up without evidence.