ORIGINAL: gmil6184
haha i'm a law student half way to becoming a "scummy lawyer" but just for the record if you start taking the law into your own hands you are playing a dangerous game. we have problems with trespassers too and the thought occured to use a nail board to take out tires and such, but we made a point to ask a DEC officer and he said we can be held liable if someone were hurt. You have to think about it this way, what if someone hits your trap and blows out a tire but it doing so they lose control, hit a tree and die.
You just have to be smart enough to set the trap in a spot where the vehicle has to slow down to a crawl such as a narrow spot or sharp bend, that eliminates the danger of them losing control and getting hurt. It also ensures that the vehicle will be disabled well inside your property line. It's also a good spot to set up the trail cam that's juuuuust out of their reach...
