Tire lock
A tire lock was a device used on early 21st century Earth, designed to incapacitate an automobile and thereby prevent the driver from moving it elsewhere.

Upon arriving from 2153 to the year 2004 in the city of Detroit, Michigan, Jonathan Archer and T'Pol were searching for transportation in order to find Xindi-Reptilians who had also time traveled. Archer decided to break into a car, though T'Pol noted that there was an "apparatus" on the car's wheel. Instead, Archer and T'Pol stole a Dodge Ram pick-up truck. ()

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Transportation technology
Security technology