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- bubbameister33, on 07/06/2009, -2/+66What's the use of all that ***** if the car can't talk and ridicule it's driver?
- PlusTheBear, on 07/05/2009, -4/+65Automatically cross checks all liscense plates >>> Dissidents targeted
- inactive, on 07/06/2009, -17/+76Criminals need not worry - it's running Windows.
- bakedpajamas, on 07/05/2009, -4/+58Most people get caught up in the "WOW" factor of these new police tools. Never really considering that these tools will be used against the public.
- AndrewDB, on 07/06/2009, -5/+55How fast does it get to the doughnut shop though?
- bhussobama, on 07/06/2009, -3/+40I'm sure this won't be abused in any way.
- LuckyASN, on 07/06/2009, -4/+36Chevrolet Impala - $25,000
Ford Interceptor - $29,600
Dodge Charger - $30,600
Chevrolet Tahoe (2wd) - $35,750
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Carbon Motors E7 - $50,000 - $60,000 (rumored)
Don't see this thing taking off. - inactive, on 07/06/2009, -2/+33Broke states are supposed to purchase these to help the economy? I don't think that's going to work.
- inactive, on 07/06/2009, -12/+43Just another tool that police can use to hassle, errr "protect and serve", the public.
- ralphthemagi, on 07/06/2009, -3/+30Sounds like you should get some insurance yourself.
- Kwipper, on 07/06/2009, -0/+25So if a person who drives around without insurance, will this car detect that the driver has no insurance and pull them over for that exact reason?
You were just pulled over for operating a vehicle without insurance. Here's your ticket. - Voide, on 07/06/2009, -2/+23No, not really. These are prototypes created by a private company that they hope to sell to Police Stations in the future....no tax money has been spent YET.
...but nice try. - yocouchdigga, on 07/06/2009, -3/+23was my first thought...
- Rogor, on 07/06/2009, -2/+21This is a scam, all the useful computer stuff could easily be fitted onto a cheap toyota. In any case the rest of the world's police forces are going for small 4 cyclinders to save fuel and running costs, with modern radios and urban electronic coordination theres absolutly no need to outgun/outrun a felon. I can guarantee the price of fuel WILL go up again and then anyone paying for the cost of running these muscle cars is going to get chumped bigtime.
- joebus, on 07/06/2009, -1/+19Of course it will work! It's the American way. When you have no money to spend, spend more!
- Adwt0125, on 07/06/2009, -4/+22Does this freak anyone out?
- Eurynom0s, on 07/06/2009, -7/+23Hooray for the growth of the surveillance state! The vibe I got from the video was, "This thing is a CCTV camera...except it's not because it's on wheels."
Golly, I feel so much safer now! - sexybobo, on 07/06/2009, -3/+17I sure as hell hope so I hate have to keep buying new cars because some ***** with out insurance runs into me.
- slainbyte, on 07/06/2009, -1/+14well if they say so it must be true!
- timothiuz, on 07/06/2009, -18/+31So this is where our tax money went..
- Spuy767, on 07/06/2009, -4/+17We hosted an NCEA convention at our hotel, and the Carbon Motors CEO is a ***** prick.
- JT114881, on 07/06/2009, -5/+16Wheres the button that fires the tasers?
- inactive, on 07/06/2009, -0/+10yah he should pay extra to cover protect himself from criminals. Not everyone can afford that
- LuckyASN, on 07/06/2009, -0/+10The figures for the ford and the charger were from the oregon state police.
http://www.allpar.com/squads/police-cars/charger.h ...
The Chevy's were directly from GM
http://www.gmfleet.com/government/products/police. ... - soyl3ntgr33n, on 07/06/2009, -3/+12Advanced Technology = Brighter flashing colorful lights which may induce seizures for criminals in a given radius.
- liquisoft, on 07/06/2009, -1/+10Is your comparison with cars that have been converted into police cruisers, or just with the factory MSRP? Because it costs a lot more money to actually convert a car into a police car.
- euaneggs, on 07/06/2009, -0/+9Yeah I imagine it would.
They've had these in the UK for a few years now and that show up whether it's insured or not.
There was some initial teething problems though and people were getting pulled over for no insurance when they had it. The database wasn't getting updated frequently enough, but i think this has been solved now. - 3The3Dude3, on 07/06/2009, -2/+11Yep. And my WOW boner was instantly suppressed by reality nausea, when I heard that little tidbit.
"We'd ask the defendant where he was on March 10th, but we already know." - inactive, on 07/06/2009, -1/+8This is a perfect ***** example of how the local police state wastes tax payer money to further their sadistic agendas. Under the disguise of a public works project, the career politician in the video, would have you believe that the local populace would benefit by 10,000 new jobs to create super police vehicles in a already flat broke economy. What?...To put more people in jail? Maby that will lower the unemployment rate.
I am all for a public works project...Maby like a massive solar panel and wind turbine grid out west like Hoover Damn was in its time. Put people to work and at the same time reduce carbon emissions and are dependence on oil. Make the electricity generated go to the cost of maintenance and lowering anybody who pays a electric bill. - FuZi0nDET, on 07/06/2009, -0/+7@dredoggy: You know what I can't afford, paying my $2,000 premium because some ass with out insurances hits my car!
- ThanatosST, on 07/06/2009, -0/+6It's a mobile revenue generator.
- zebragrrl, on 07/06/2009, -3/+10My first thought was "wow this is predatory"... it can automatically look for the weakest link in the herd. Unpaid traffic ticket? some random warrant against you? we don't need probable cause to look into your case, we'll just look into EVERY case around the car and see who is an easy "kill" and take them down.
You may be driving legally, and because you've got a drug arrest from 10 years ago, they're going to watch your every move and sit behind you to make you a nervous driver.. and when you make a mistake, bam.
Sigh, I know I'm still living under the delusion that I have any privacy rights at all. - inactive, on 07/06/2009, -0/+6Many police departments already do this to check for stolen vehicles.
http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/282014 - sb66, on 07/06/2009, -1/+7I wonder how long it will be before cameras in every town will automatically check all plates they see and raise an alert for anyone with a warrant, stolen cars etc...
- vanzant38, on 07/06/2009, -0/+6I hope so. Cuz if it runs Crysis, then they won't spend all of that quality time running tags.
- Rhinox04, on 07/06/2009, -3/+9but can it run crysis?
- skinturtle, on 07/06/2009, -4/+9I'd like to see someone come up with an anti-taser vest. Soon as they haul that sucker out and tase...it sends the shock right back at them.
I am a law abiding citizen but I'm liking cops too much these days. They are never around when you really need them but don't worry they love to be parked in the bushes somewhere to catch people going a mile or so over the speed limit. - SaladCactusKing, on 07/06/2009, -2/+7Super immature headline.
- JimmyTheClam, on 07/06/2009, -2/+7Keynesian economics is much more retarded than any comment on Digg.
- LordMaude, on 07/06/2009, -0/+5The car's too scared. Might get tasered by the cop driving.
- FXNGLAS, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4Being hit by two people without insurance, it's ***** that I have to pay $500.00 deductible each time. Tried to take them to court, one didn't even speak english, and one was an drunk. Even though I won the judgment, the ***** guy croaked a year later from liver failure and I only got $125 of the $1,800.
***** the judicial system. - LawScholar, on 07/06/2009, -2/+6Or we can assume they will use it properly.
Funny thing, neither of our assumptions mean anything, because they are based on nothing but preexisting prejudices. - st0rmbrkr, on 07/06/2009, -2/+6It is really sad that money is spent on stupid things like this.
- Ymeg, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4no money has been spent yet
- SSUK, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4Naught-to-'nut in 1 minutes 32 seconds.
- boombume, on 07/06/2009, -2/+6"You may be driving legally, and because you've got a drug arrest from 10 years ago, they're going to watch your every move and sit behind you to make you a nervous driver.. and when you make a mistake, bam."
Yeah because cops have THAT much time to waste while on the job.
That license plate scanner runs every single plate they drive by. They don't sit there and read the registration for every vehicle they pass. The software checks the plate and if the vehicle is stolen or if it was a vehicle used to commit a felony, it sounds an alarm so the cop can investigate. - sevenalive, on 07/06/2009, -2/+6DOUCHE! It's Knight Rider
- jeffwmartin, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4200K on a cop car is like 400K on a regular car. My uncle was a cop for years and they treat their cars like *****.
- Pinkertinkle, on 07/06/2009, -1/+5Now they can give out more 5mph over the limit and failure to fully stop at a stop sign tickets.
- TheN4D, on 07/06/2009, -0/+4They already *can* do that, it's just not worth their time. Though, one tiny city near me does it all the time. Really lame!
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