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STUDY: UK police officers confuse diesel and gas pumps four times a day, cost taxpayers £1 million

British police have an expensive problem. It's not crime and it isn't corruption, it's much worse. The £1 million problem is stupidity. Over the course of three years, UK cops have on 4,709 occasions put the wrong fuel in their police cruisers. That's an average of four cars damaged per day, with damages of £6,500 a week. That's more than $1.6 million USD. Blimey. Each time the wrong fuel is added, the very expensive fuel has to be drained, and in many cases engines have to be repaired. According to the Mirror, one force, The Met, ... Read more →

Prodrive sets up Essex police with 270hp Impreza interceptors Noah Joseph

If you watched the first episode of Top Gear's season 11, you likely smirked at the lackluster Vauxhalls that the British bobbies have to drive in pursuit of "the baddies". But once in a while the ...

UK policeman doing 91 mph in a 30 mph zone, crashes upon seeing speed camera Chris Paukert

A British police officer is licking his wounds after balling up his Ford Galaxy patrol car. That fact alone wouldn't be terribly noteworthy, except for the spectacular manner in which he crashed. As ...

STUDY: UK police officers confuse diesel and gas pumps four times a day, cost taxpayers £1 million 5 months ago on Autoblog

British police have an expensive problem. It's not crime and it isn't corruption, it's much worse. The £1 million problem is stupidity. Over the course of three years, UK cops have on 4,709 occasions put the wrong fuel in their police cruisers. That's an average of four cars damaged per day, ...

Prodrive sets up Essex police with 270hp Impreza interceptors 1 year ago on Autoblog

If you watched the first episode of Top Gear's season 11, you likely smirked at the lackluster Vauxhalls that the British bobbies have to drive in pursuit of "the baddies". But once in a while the constables in the UK gets something special in their motor-pools, like the Caparo T1, Lotus Exige, ...

UK policeman doing 91 mph in a 30 mph zone, crashes upon seeing speed camera 3 years ago on Autoblog

A British police officer is licking his wounds after balling up his Ford Galaxy patrol car. That fact alone wouldn't be terribly noteworthy, except for the spectacular manner in which he crashed. As the story goes, PC Scott Warburton was doing 91 mph in a 30 mph zone in Lancaster when he ...






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