Emergency braking system

An emergency braking system operably associated with a vehicle operated on a road surface comprising:

• anchor means releasably carried by said vehicle for adherence to said road surface, said anchor means comprising a vacuum housing structure with a pump device thereon to create a vacuum in said housing structure, whereby the vacuum housing structure adheres to the road surface, the rear edge of said vacuum housing structure furthermost from the front of the car being provided with at least one pump and exhaust passage, or at least one small rocket, so as to provide downward thrust to prevent tilting of the housing structure because of cable tension;
• actuation means in said vehicle for releasing said anchor means from said vehicle;
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• cable means joining said anchor means to said vehicle for braking the movement of the vehicle when the anchor means is adhered to the road surface, said cable means including a reel rotatably attached to said vehicle for carrying a flexible cable wherein said cable is fixed at one end to said anchor means and at the other end to said reel, frictional control means being associated with said reel to regulate the payout of the cable and thus brake the movement of the vehicle away from the anchor means.

An emergency braking system operably associated with a vehicle operated on a road surface comprising:

• anchor means releasably carried by said vehicle for adherence to said road surface, said anchor means including explosive bolt means for embedding a bolt into said road surface, said explosive bolt means being in a housing carried by a pivoted pendulum, so that when said pendulum is released, it pivots to the road surface and the explosive force thrusts said bolt means into the road;
• actuation means in said vehicle for releasing said anchor means from said vehicle;
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• cable means joining said anchor means to said vehicle for braking the movement of the vehicle when the anchor means is adhered to the road surface, said cable means including a reel rotatably attached to said vehicle for carrying a flexible cable wherein said cable is fixed at one end to said anchor means and at the other end to said reel, frictional control means being associated with said reel to regulate the payout of the cable and thus brake the movement of the vehicle away from the anchor means.

An emergency braking system operably associated with a vehicle operated on a road surface comprising:

• anchor means releasably carried by said vehicle for adherence to said road surface;
• actuation means in said vehicle for releasing said anchor means from said vehicle;
• said anchor means including a spike means having a first end pivotally connected to said vehicle, a second end releasably secured to said vehicle by said actuation means, said spike means being longer than the distance from the first end to the road surface and being positioned with the second end closer to the front end of the vehicle and the first end closer to the rear of the vehicle, whereby the release of said second end causes said spike means to pivot about said first end so that the second end sticks into the road surface and the weight of the vehicle moving over the spike means embeds the spike means into the road surface;
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• cable means joining said anchor means to said vehicle for braking the movement of the vehicle when the anchor means is adhered to the road surface, said cable means including a reel rotatably attached to said vehicle for carrying a flexible cable wherein said cable is fixed at one end to said anchor means and at the other end to said reel, frictional control means being associated with said reel to regulate the payout of the cable and thus brake the movement of the vehicle away from the anchor means.