Car chases may become much safer after a company called StarChase introduced a GPS gun that will stick a tracker onto vehicles, Mashable reported.

Mounted on police cars at a few departments nationwide, the GPS gun shoots an adhesive that sticks to vehicles but isn't lethal if the officer misfires. The device will stick to a vehicle, sending data about its location to the police car every three to five seconds.

"We always try to avoid the pursuit," StarChase President Trevor Fischbach told Mashable. "We've had cases where there's been felony pursuits in progress and they'll actually use StarChase to help slow things down a little bit, because they'll be able to tag the felony vehicle and use different tactics."

The GPS removes the need for all police officers to watch the pursued vehicle, allowing them to set up strategic blockades instead of hotly pursuing the car. High-speed chases result in 360 deaths each year with around one-third of those killed being bystanders, USA TODAY reported.

One example is a recent accident in Texas, where an intoxicated teenager trying to flee police in a pick-up truck sped through an intersection and hit three vehicles. The 18-year-old killed six people from a family of seven, with a 3-year-old being the sole survivor, ABC News reported.

Fischbach is dedicated to preventing these accidents and has worked to convince police departments to implement the GPS tracking system.

At $4,400 to $4,900, the system is on the pricey side, but Fischbash said the cost hasn't been an issue for police departments. He said he hopes as the device becomes more common, police departments will realize it lowers risk while pursuing a suspect.

"The mission it's out there to accomplish is to make the roads safer, to make law enforcement's jobs safer--and frankly, to make it safer for you and me driving home from work," Fischbach said.

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