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Shutter Speed: Tragedy strikes again and again!

November 3, 2009

During the next two summers we hit the race tracks when we could afford it, but mostly we just hung out and partied. There were three events that hit us all very hard over this period of time. The first involved one of my co-conspirators in the ‘blue movie’ caper in high school. Of the [...]

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UK coppers go road tripping to the beach!

March 3, 2008

They call them the Seaside Five. Five Welsh police officers who took squad cars gallivanting to seaside resorts across the UK for bragging rights. Rumor has it that one trip may have gone as far as Paris.
The funny thing is that distance is all relative. The officers went to places that were more than 30 [...]

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Are you a flasher?

January 26, 2008

Have you ever flashed your high beams to warn oncoming drivers of a radar trap? Like many of us, it is likely that you have.
In essence, the job of police is “To Serve & Protect”. That should mean that slowing speeders down is the goal of radar traps. Unfortunately, most police departments are under funded [...]

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12 Year old leads Alberta police on high speed chase

January 9, 2008

Early Monday morning, Edmonton police received a call about a potential drunk driver. Upon finding the vehicle in the town of Ponoka, south of Edmonton, Canada’s finest began a 40 km chase when the driver refused to stop. During the chase, speeds reached up to 170 kmh (105 mph). The Mounties finally deployed 2 spike [...]

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Proof that Toronto Police Services have too much time on their hands

November 28, 2007

In general, I’ve always found Toronto’s finest to be a pretty good bunch of guys. Every now and then though, you hear a story that just makes you wonder who peed in who’s corn flakes.
It seems that TPS pulled over Dean Baldwin while he was driving Michel de Broin’s Shared Propulsion Car. This is no [...]

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Dodge tries to steal market share

November 25, 2007

Which police cruiser is the most likely to pull you over?
A. Dodge Charger

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Don’t be a turkey

November 20, 2007

First let me preface what I am about to present to you by stating that if you speed, you certainly deserve a ticket. If you want to race your street car or test its performance go to a SCCA or NASA event.
With that said, nothing is more annoying that being “set-up” for a [...]

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Police Blotter

November 15, 2007

Want to get a 2008 Impreza for a steal? Here’s a scratch your head story from Dealers Edge, a trade publication I enjoy reading.
After hiring 20-year-old Benjamin Hammac as a sales trainee, Bennington Subaru’s sales manager (Bennington VT) had him study the Subaru products. On his second day at the dealership he was [...]

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Ever wonder how a bug feels on your windshield?

June 7, 2007

I have been on some wild rides in my days, some fun, some not so fun and some just plain crazy but all made for great conversation. Now this guy is going to have one of the best ice breakers of all time… “Did I ever tell you about time my wheelchair got stuck in [...]

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Friday Funnies – The SquadPacer

August 11, 2006

Thanks to the keen eyes over at Jalopnik for finding this gem. Somewhere down south, there’s a town called Freetown & they got’s themselves a real cool squad car. It’s even got those cool police issue center caps. This takes me back to high school, tooling around in my neighbour’s beige Pacer with the horrid [...]

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