Prius Police Car!

That is so COOL! :lol:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(gaddamnit @ Dec 9 2006, 02:28 PM) [snapback]359816[/snapback]</div>

Looks like we have a troll here. Can't afford the gas for his Hummer, so he has to come and troll.

 

I've driven in Berkeley. They are the WORST drivers in the country (and I regularly drive in Boston, and have ridden in Miami when I say that). The rest of the Bay Area are actually some of the best drivers I've seen, but hit the Berkeley border...

You could easily use this as a pursuit car. Just turn on the red and blue lights and the guy you're chasing will stop right there and think, "Oh, wow, man! Groovy lights!"

 

Just an FYI, NYC has many Prii, both Classic and newer ones that it uses for a number of city departments. They can be seen frequently, if you are looking for them.

There are also many hybrid buses.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(VinceDee @ Dec 9 2006, 02:32 PM) [snapback]359817[/snapback]</div>

And if there was a Prius patrol car, can you imagine the fuel economy penalty from the strobe light bar atop the cruiser? (Especially at high speed?)

Okay, so the Prius isn't the best choice for high-speed pursuits. But, in stealth mode, we could probably follow that troll on his sister's bicycle without him hearing us. And we've got better range, too, unless he's in shape for a 500-mile pedal...

 

Seattle also has first and second gen Prii in their motor pool, and you can see them (they are all white) driving around the city daily, not to mention scads of people driving Prii in the city as well. We saw quite a few down in Portland today as well.

Dave

 

Cool!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(VinceDee @ Dec 10 2006, 08:14 PM) [snapback]360170[/snapback]</div>

Oh, I've driven in lots of other places; I just picked the two that are notorious for having the worst drivers. You can add New York City to that, too - Berkeley drivers are worse than NYC drivers. I left Italy out of there, because they make even Berkeley drivers look like paragons of sanity.

I've never driven in Arizona, though. But if they regularly make U-turns in the middle of the street on a one-way street (something I've seen more than once in Bezerkly), then I don't think I want to drive there!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Dec 10 2006, 08:01 PM) [snapback]360241[/snapback]</div>

Don't leave Italy out. I made the mistake of driving there once. How often on a two way street (one lane each direction) do you get passed on the right and left at the same time, while you're slowing down to make a left turn?

Dave M.

 

Here's a Prius from the Dutch police academy. It's in the official police colors but is only used for demo purposes...

 

Kind of off topic, but think of all the law enforcement, fire departments, city, country, state, federal organizations. They often buy domestic vehicles. Now tell me Detroit can't make money selling hybrids to this market.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(CH @ Dec 19 2006, 07:21 AM) [snapback]364087[/snapback]</div>

Very cool Dutch police car. Believe me I was a cop for 25 years and we drove some real POS cars back in the early 80's- these cars were so bad, (Dodge and Chrysler) that they could barely get up to the speed limit and would top out at around 85 MPH. Thank goodness for the Chevrolet Malibu and the Nova - those were quick and handled very well. Then along came the Caprice and the Ford Crown Victorias (my favorite) and now crooks can't get away unless they are driving something substantial -and even then the crooks generally crash becasue they can't drive.

The Prius does have a place in police work - crime scene unit, court runs, school/training cars, maybe even personnel & training assignments.

 

Does every police car have to be a pursuit vehicle? If not, why not a Prius.

The Prius is great for city departments. And if it's a lease, when they sell it it would be a much better buy at the auction.

I saw one down at the County Tax Assessor's office. I don't remember which department but I think it was water.

 

hehehe The reason Prius would not make good pursuit car...
Patrol officer telling the Desk SGT "I had to let the perp get away because speeding would kill my MPG." :lol

 

big cities dont need their police cars to all be pursuit, they have these things called helecopters

beverly hills has meter maids with a prius

 

The Fresno County Sheriff's Department has Prii, complete with horizontal green stripe and other accouterments.

 

I thought many of the pursuits I see on TV end when the car the police are chasing runs out of gas. Maybe the perp should be the one considering the Prius.