system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: If handcuffs are so easy to pick, why hasn't a new design been popularized to prevent escapes?
gpt
Plastic wrist ties are becoming more popular among law enforcement because they're much cheaper and easier to use than the old steel cuffs. They're immune to lock picks and they're almost impossible to break out of (don't believe those youtube videos of people snapping these off their wrists - those are not police issue plastic restraints, they are usually cheap cable ties).