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0V8 Supercar champ in Australia wants kids to learn to drive at age 12. How about you? [w/poll] 1280361420
Albert Einstein has commonly been quoted as saying that stupidity (or insanity, depending on your source) is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Which begs the question, with over 100 years of traffic enforcement behind us, why are we still relying on the ...
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Guessing cops allowed to give speeding tickets in Ohio 1275584340
Bad news, Buckeyes. The Ohio Supreme Court just ruled that a police officer needs nothing more than his or her informed guess on how fast a vehicle is traveling in order to issue a traffic citation. Yep. You can forget the radar gun, LIDAR or even the archaic pacing method. As of right now, ...
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LaHood launches first federally funded distracted driving crackdown campaigns in CT and NY [w/video] 1270740540
The NHTSA is combatting distracted driving – Click above to watch the videoStarting on April 8 in Syracuse, NY and April 10 in Hartford, CT, drivers who are caught using a cell phone behind the wheel can expect to get a little more familiar with the local justice system. Transportation ... -
Report: Carbon Motors still awaiting Fed loan approval, hoping to have first patrols on streets in 2013 1269895080
Carbon Motors E7 - Click above for high-res image galleryCarbon Motors Corp. plans to deliver its first police car in 2013 – assuming the company's request for a $310 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy is approved. As we mentioned nearly three years ago, Carbon is diving into ... -
BREAKING: First images of Ford's new Taurus-based Police Interceptor revealed! 1268399400
2012 Ford Police Interceptor – Click above for high-res image galleryvar digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Know_Your_Enemy_First_snaps_of_2012_Ford_Police_Interceptor'; Later today, Ford will officially unveil its new Police Interceptor at a private fleet sales event in Las Vegas, but ... -
DetNews: New Ford Police Interceptor to be Taurus-based 1268344560
Will the new Police Interceptor be a toughened Taurus SHO? - click above for high-res image galleryJust a quick note: The Detroit News is reporting that the next Ford Police Interceptor will be based on the same platform as the Taurus. For you platform geeks out there, that's the Ford D3 chassis ... -
BREAKING: Ford announces it will build all-new Police Interceptor for 2011 1258130400
In a surprise move, Ford has announced that it will pursue the development of an all-new Police Interceptor model. The move comes on the heels of General Motors' announcement that it plans to challenge the Crown Victoria's law enforcement dominance with its own heavy-duty Chevrolet Caprice sedan. ...
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REPORT: Parents of teen with speeding ticket fighting citation with personal GPS data 1253277000
It seems as though there may just be a positive side to those unwelcome GPS-based vehicle tracking devices... especially if you are a teenager. Shaun Malone, a 17-year-old California resident, was cited by radar-yielding authorities for driving 62 mph in a 45 mph zone in 2007. Faced with a $194 ...
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REPORT: D.C. police chief says drivers who use iPhone to find speed traps are "cowardly" 1247927940
D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier, frustrated that iPhone technology is one step ahead of the red-light and speed cameras in her jurisdiction, has announced that those who use their hand-held electronic devices are "cowardly" and "...are going to get caught" in one way or another. The ...
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National Motorists Association ranks states most hostile to drivers 1242948600
For as long as there has been traffic enforcement, drivers from different states have gathered to compare notes on whose police and legal systems are the most oppressive and toughest to deal with. While most such conversations rarely progress beyond the anecdotal, the folks over at the National ...

