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Offline Maik

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World's fastest police car
« on: Thursday, 05 June, 2014 @ 07:05:31 »


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It already holds the record for the quickest lap round the Top Gear track but now the Ariel Atom has become the world’s fastest panda car.

Avon and Somerset police force has taken delivery of one of the 155mph cars which has been painted in the force livery and fitted with special aerodynamic blue lights.

Able to accelerate from 0-60 mph in under 2.5 seconds, the £38,000 vehicle will be used by traffic officers to deter speeding motorists and encourage motorcyclists to slow down.

The vehicle, which looks more like a Formula One racing machine, rather than traditional road car, is thought to be the quickest police car in the world, able to outrun the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Polizia used by Italian officers, the Audi R8 driven by German police, and the Ferrari FF used in Dubai.

Avon and Somerset Police borrowed the Atom from local manufacturer Ariel for the summer while it promotes a new road safety campaign aimed at slowing down speeding motorcyclists.

Motorcyclists are currently 35 times more likely to be killed in a road collision.

While the car, which weighs just 612kg, is capable of keeping up with many high power road bikes, there are no plans to use it in operational police duties.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/10875978/Worlds-fastest-police-car-unveiled.html

Offline Maarm

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Re: World's fastest police car
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, 05 June, 2014 @ 12:43:58 »
Able to accelerate from 0-60 mph in under 2.5 seconds, the £38,000 vehicle will be used by traffic officers to deter speeding motorists and encourage motorcyclists to slow down.

Yeah right, I bet they've already got some sort of daily raffle going as to who get's to "go and play" today.

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Re: World's fastest police car
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, 05 June, 2014 @ 14:41:51 »
Think there might be a few boy racers tempted to take it on!!

Tony