QLD Police get 10 FPV Typhoons
20 Dec, 2006
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You know being a police officer has many responsibilities, I won’t go into them, because honestly, I wouldn’t be able to do it justice, but there are a few perks, one of which is that you get to drive around in a tax payer funded car, now for most police, these are generally pretty boring Commodores or Falcons, but for the QLD highway patrol unit, the QLD government has bought them 10 special christmas presents. 10 Ford FPV Typhoons.
Would you look at that? Even that picture scares me to death! If you wanna read more about the Typhoon and see why you should be scared this holiday season, click here. But the big question is, why waste all that money? Well according to QLD premier peter beatie its to reduce the road toll as the latest stats show that in QLD this year one person has been killed on the road every 26 hours. Which is worse than last year and the year before.
But that doesn’t still answer my question? The message is obviously clear, that more police and more cameras and more fines aren’t going to stop people killing themselves! It infuriates me when the government just throws more money at a problem that is excruciatingly complex. I wrote an article a few weeks back outlining a new approach to reducing the road toll, I just wish someone with some power would take some of the suggestions into consideration. Why not teach people to drive better as oppose to just scaring them into slowing down?
Some of my suggestions included, making relicensing compulsory every 5 years, requiring all drivers to undergo advanced driving courses to teach them the limits of their vehicle, and also to give them perspective on what todo when their vehicle has lost traction (to read the article click here).
The simple fact that these FPVs are highway patrol cars is enough to suggest that they are utterly useless in reducing the road toll, as most accidents occur on everyday roads and not on the highway. But hey, if you can’t be bothered to fix a problem from the fundamental grass root level, why not just through more money at it? Cause thats all this is! But at least the QLD government has good taste in cars!
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December 21st, 2006 at 12:13 am
Hi there. Nice blog you have and I think this blog deserves better coverage.
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December 22nd, 2006 at 11:33 am
cops just get paid to be wankers
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January 1st, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Yeh well they sure do have a good taste in cars, good to see they have gone with the fpv typhoons because they r one hell of a car.
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February 18th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Mate with all respect your deluded if you think they are doing this for road safety…they’re doing it a) to keep the pigs happy and b) to reward them for all the extra tax they’re raising…pure and simple…
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February 18th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
And, beat this! I saw a bunch of these up for sale via the Qld Public Trustee a few weeks ago (17-24,000km) - More wasted money!
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February 25th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
This will just make it easier for the police to speed and otherwise break road rules like we, the population see them do every day, enough is enough hypocrisy I say.
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June 13th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
yeah it does make you wonder why most of the ‘highway patrol’ SS Commodores tend to hang out in 40 kilometre trendy zones [in Melbourne] like Brunswick St and Chapel St.
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October 1st, 2007 at 10:50 pm
I see them on the road all the time
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October 8th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
you see the highway patrol cars in 40km/h zones coz there are no highways through the centre of melbourne
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October 8th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
y r the cops bringing in high powered cars during the day why not bring them out at night to fight the street racers and have heavy 4×4’s as roadblocks during a pursuit
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November 5th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Thats nothing compared to the UK Cops are getting.
Look what I found in an article
From Tokyo, to Las Vegas, and now to London with the MPH auto show, car enthusiasts the world over have been gorged with new product lately, and though we can’t cover it all we just couldn’t go past this new cop car.
“Getaway drivers and outside lane lovers beware!” reads the press release, “The Met Police has a teamed up with Brit supercar manufacturer, Caparo, to conceive a brand new Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) for the future – on show at MPH ’07 this weekend.”
The Caparo T1 RRV would have to be the quickest police car the world has ever seen. If you see this Formula 1 inspired carbon car in your rear view mirror don’t both trying to outrun it because not even a highly modified twin supercharged Ferrari F430 could outpace this thing - it’s really quite mad.
It’ll scramble from zero to 100km/h in less than 3.0 seconds flat, and will hammer from zero to 160km/h (0-100mph) in 5.0 seconds, which is fast enough to remind you what you had for breakfast.
The Caparo T1 RRV police pursuit car is powered by a 429kW (575hp) 3.5-litre V8 engine that revs to engine speeds that make the new BMW M3 look tired and breathless.
“Capable of accelerating from a Police lay-by to 100mph in just 5 seconds and onto a top speed of 200mph, the Caparo T1 RRV would be deployed to hunt down car criminals within the M25,” reads the press release. The M25 is the large stretch of highway that circles London city, home to more than a few speeders.
“Like everything else in the Met Police’s armoury, this bespoke RRV is intended as a deterrent. Just check your mirrors next time you fancy breaking the speed limit!”
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February 10th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
I saw one F6 was driving with XR6
XR6 was behind the F6 …
F6 give the lane to XR6 and after 1 minutes
I saw police came out from F6, gives ticket to
XR6 Driver…-_-
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June 29th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
to goodjjp: Uh huh, and did you happen to know WHY they might have been doing that? Why do people always assume the worst in the police? The police are here with a specific role. You should try doing the job or at least show some conceptual understanding of how the world works
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