Police = Boy Racers?

[Paul]

Getting hard to tell who the boy racers are these days.

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=488998&in_page_id=1770

You think this is a good idea or not? discuss.

Personally i think its slow

[Paul]

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_03/PaulMastersonAPEX_468x326.jpg

[frankie]

i out ran it last nite.

[SaxoKez]

catch me if u can :)

[John]

Waste of tax payers money a scooby can do the job just as well.

[John]

i out ran it last nite.

hows the 250 bhp ebay chip doing???

[stiffler69]

Good idea would love to get me hands on that exige though be good to see them doing some track day events in it to prove they not out to get you just to get a message across

[Robbo]

waste of money!

fair enough they need a few faster cars to keep up with anything that tries to outrun them but come ooff it, surely a scooby/2 and a half litre astra/focus st does just the same job?

[Wayne]

subaru or an evo would of been better.

[Lee_P]

its bloody stupid they arnt even gonna use it for crime its just to relate to us youngsters (i feel really wrong calling myslef young at 22 wheres my pipe) as if a cop in a nice car is any different from a normal cop waste of money

what im saying is a car isnt gonna help a copper relate at all

[Euphoria]

ye i heard about this, i wouldnt mind one tbh... and anything under 6 secs to 60 is pretty quick in my eyes mate?

[frankie]

hows the 250 bhp ebay chip doing???

chips you mean? 500hp mate lol

[Paul]

ye i heard about this, i wouldnt mind one tbh... and anything under 6 secs to 60 is pretty quick in my eyes mate?

Obviously it isnt slow in comparison to say.. A Saxo (awaits bad rep :hug:) But most the police cars are chipped and modded to do about 150 and 0-60 under 6 seconds anyways.

And police are suppose to back off at high speeds. Which they dont these days (remember something being on tv about it, cops causing more danger than the criminal). If theres a boy racer, or someone with nothing to lose, no license and insurance etc.. and this thing
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_03/PaulMastersonAPEX_468x326.jpg
Comes in his rear view mirror... Theres a change he'd see it as a challenge and drive more dangerously..

[pageybaby]

that lostus comes round are area

[Barry123]

He added the car was not not an operational police car and unable to get involved in high speed chases: "The idea is that drivers will come to us and have a chat," he said.


class idea tbh.

[maynard]

have never been bothered by the police, so i have nothing bad to say about them but id imagine a few have. does seem like a waste of money though. could of bought something better but cheaper too.

[Paul]

class idea tbh.

Ahh missed that bit. My bad. :oops:

If it wasnt for practical use though.. Why do they need months of training to drive it :S

only driven by police class 1 drivers who have gone through months of driver training courses.

[Paul]

Would be interesting to know what salary the driver is on..

[MARTYN19588]

try gettin out that thing as fast as you can jump out a focus , astra etc :panic:

[lavo-vts]

bet it cant keep up with a 1.0 saxo at 50mph over speedhumps. the fools

[Barry123]

North Yorkshire has a fleet of Prodrive Scooby (which I've escaped from loads of time) each one costs +£30k

one lotus isnt a problem... plus the fact the po po will have got the car cheap anyway.

[saxowebby]

what bout these:


http://www.japanesesportcars.com/galleries/data/media/48/police_gtr.jpg
http://www.stormcenter.at/pictures/japan_police_13.jpg
http://www.sybarites.org/wp-content/Screenshot_1_10.jpg
http://www.rsportscars.com/eng/articles/images01/police_porsche.jpg
http://www.motorcities.com/media/image/640/06E9B304125210A/2006-Hummer-H2-by-GeigerCars.de-700hp-Police-Car-A-640.jpeg

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e212/real3121/dodge-viper-police-car.jpg

[jayboy88]

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_03/PaulMastersonAPEX_468x326.jpg

would nt it be great being a traffic cop with that car

[Paul]

Hmm good point.. The manchester police have a couple scoobys, they're not that good at catching the good drivers though. Remember seeing a video of an EVO escaping from one.

[Jungle_Jim]

they should have bought this badboy :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1989-MAZDA-626-GTI-COUPE-R34-SKYLINE-2-FAST-2-FURIOUS_W0QQitemZ110181689108QQihZ001QQcategoryZ18 211QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphoto hosting

[Robbo]

just think its funny when an escaping driver decides to cut across a field....... hows it going to catch up without ripping the bumpers, exhaust, manifold and sump off?

[Jungle_Jim]

also doesnt he know he has stuck his 'ICE' sticker on back to front :P

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10_03/PaulMastersonAPEX_468x326.jpg

[Vinny_VSX]

They are only borrowing it from Lotus, so I heard

[bide_furio]

applied to be in the sussex police force traffic patrol division! haha! nah glad my taxes are going on something fun! NOT!!!

[willsy]

Pah wannabe's tbh, Warwickshire has the best Traffic policing in the country by a large margin.

2 x subaru impreza's
2 x Focus ST
a few BMW 335 twin turbos

all of the above are unmarked vehicles aswel FTW its like shooting rats in a barrel out on the streets catching the poor drivers.

Still got some of the volvo's and bmw estates as the marked cars aswel

A fleet off offroad bikes which have cleared out a hell of a lot of mini moto's, and other bike nuisance.

And they've also got a few new Honda Blackbird motorcycles which are unmarked aswel now.

[Barry123]

*cough* north yorkshire dicks on those cars willsy :cool:

[GRAHAM2000VTR]

id give it a go lol stupid as said waste of tax payers money

[willsy]

*cough* north yorkshire dicks on those cars willsy :cool:

not a patch sayer lol

Comedy to think West Mercia want to pay Warwickshire to use their kit/resources on overtime as they only have a diesel astra as their best car

[Barry123]

prodrive scooooooobies ftw :cool:

[willsy]

They are top of the range, the best thing that scooby can supply with a few added extras here and there ;)

[JonoPhillips]

waste of taxpayers money, hows that gonna chase a boy racer over the speed bumps on their home estate, better off wid scoobys.

[ScottyB]

May well have a fast car, but they still suck at driving :y:

[Matty_VTR]

bet it cant keep up with a 1.0 saxo at 50mph over speedhumps.

lol, you seen in Italy they have a few Murciélago's in their police force.

[smiith]

adsayer, where in north yorks you from :o

i used to get stopped by a dark gray scoob around whitby/middlesborough on the coast roads all the time. he seems to have gone by now, would always do about 90 though the villages to show off when pulling away aswell :/

Anyway, with the lotus, how are they gona take anyone into custody with that thing??

can see it getting repetative calling backup to arrest someone :)

[Barry123]

North yorkshire po po base is in a village called South Otterington (just near naffallerton), seen a few obviously pop in and out off there but they usually chill out on the motorways.

[smiith]

not a clue where them places are :P but them scoobs have some mean power in em, its supprising how fast they can catch up with you, even more suprising how loud they are, when out local bobies always stop us for exhaust noise :/

[Ben_L]

What difference will it make if it can go over speed bumps fast or not if its not going to be used for chases? Waste of money really. The police would have more luck mixing in with the "Boy Racers" in a Scooby than an Exige tbh.

[Payney]

Shit idea tbh, as soon as someone sees that in the mirror there just gonna try out run it and be even more dangerous.

[Easty]

not sure how a scooby would be much cheaper bear in mind they only buy brand new cars

[SaxoJamie]

Don't know if it will work tbh. Sure they could have found a cheaper car to do the job but the typical boy racer doesn't drive a lotus so I don't know why they thought it would work cos criminals will just seek even more powerful cars for their getaway vehicle

[lighters]

the thing cant be good on MPG, just keep going until they run out of petrol HAHA!

I hate police zooming around doing fucking 45 in 30 zones and then when i do spot on 30 they OBVIOUSLY follow me, i hate driving when they are behind me!

p.s then again there always behind me in my 1.1 ;) zooom!

[James]

Hull has better cars..

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Proton_wira.jpg/260px-Proton_wira.jpg - I lol at our old protons.

[JoeFurio]

try gettin out that thing as fast as you can jump out a focus , astra etc :panic:


bet it cant keep up with a 1.0 saxo at 50mph over speedhumps. the fools


:clapping:

[Saxy1]

i like that Lotus Exige :y:

[Hanuman]

they dont even drive it!
He added the car was not not an operational police car and unable to get involved in high speed chases: "The idea is that drivers will come to us and have a chat," he said.

"We generally turn up at events where youngsters hang out.

"With this vehicle they actually come over and want to talk to us. Then we introduce the road safety message."

what a waste of money fr fk sake, its like scoobies mercs and all the stupid cars the coppers have blatently no need for a massive brand new top spec bmw 4x4 for a traffic cop car, blatently police guys wanting an excuse to drive good cars

[craig180]

If they were following you in that thing and tried to pull you over what are you going to see in your rear view mirror???

You would see a coppers head poking out of the top of "something" because it's that bloody low!

[josh1989]

it would be a good idea in a county with very curvy roads...nothing can beat one of thise round a corner.

what's the point anyway, as long as the car can keep a visible distance to the one it's chasing before the chopper arrives then its job done

[yorkie]

i rememeber afew years ago norfork police has a nsx!!!

and hull police used to have a escort cosworth

york had a wrc spec scoob!!!

[yorkie]

wots next westfields????

[Agent-VIP]

TBH.. they stole that idea from italy.. (i think it is) Where they have a Lamborghini Gallardo as a police car.. which does go on duty and catch people.

Lotus VS Gallardo.. they didn't try hard enough =D

[R4T]

cant be arsed reading,police are scum end off

[djmartin]

my god ok this is pointless lmaoooooooooo

Its top speed is just shy of 150 mph which is what most of our patrol cars can do anyway."

why buy it if u know if ur normal T5's scoobies evo's can do that LOLS 35K wasted there tbh.

He added the car was not not an operational police car and unable to get involved in high speed chases: "The idea is that drivers will come to us and have a chat," he said

basicly making all the chav boyracers think hmm can we out run this lotus hmm lets try tonight shall we lmao.

We generally turn up at events where youngsters hang out.

Mcdonalds car parks i guess

With this vehicle they actually come over and want to talk to us. Then we introduce the road safety message."

they dont wanna know fk all about safty lol they wanna know what BHP it is 0-60 times how fast u driven it is it on petrol or Lpg'd lol


what a waste of tax money seriously.

[lighters]

petrol or lpg'd ROFL

[JimoVTR]

We have a few Evos used by the police around here.

[gregory87]

What a complete waste of taxpayers money. How many normal panda cars could they buy for that and actually use them patrolling streets for genuine criminals.....instead of goin to car shows and tossing it off, pretending they're workin and getin paid 30 grand a year to do it.

Even if they did use this as an operational vehicle they'd probably chase u, pull you over and then spend 20 minutes tryin to climb out of the thing....while in the mean time you've pulled off and disappeared into the distance!

Anybody thats ever sat in one of these knows how hard they are to get in and out of.

Wish i could decide where my taxes got spent.

[v3nnie]

Years ago Suffolk police use to use Ford rs 200's

If anyone goes along the M40 the police are using a silver st focus 07 plate, it's so convert you won't know its the police till the blue lights come on. Also they are using silver,black and red skoda Octivas

[VTR_Nick]

subaru or an evo would of been better.

there is atleast 1 Evo cop car in plymouth already

[Scattle]

Few Evo's kicking about my way, waste of money imo.

[bridgesvtr90]

they should stick to Volvos

[nazz1]

theres a few of the top of the range mondeos in my area they are nippy!

[djawesome123]

try gettin out that thing as fast as you can jump out a focus , astra etc :panic:

lol Ive seen it at some car shows and the guy that drives it is about 6'5!!:P thats probably the only reason they dont use it in car chases

[MikeCracknell]

I saw this car yesterday at the Uni of Sussex, and I spoke to one of the cops, who told me they are not actually gonna use it on the road, its to promote road safety...

As for the £35k cost, they have been "Sponsored" it by some Lotus garage!