Six Surprising Things You Learn Driving a Cop Car - Yahoo Autos (blog)
Growing up loving cop cars like those from TJ Hooker, for the past couple years I’ve fantasized buying a law enforcement Dodge Charger —in particular, a supervisor’s Dodge Charger, complete with push bumpers and A-pillar mounted spotlights, but... Being too lazy to attend a car auction filled with decrepit Pontiac G6s, or getting ripped off on eBay, I never took the plunge, but Dodge sent me something even better to try out for a week: a 2015 Dodge Charger Pursuit. When I first saw the email, I figured it’d be a black Charger with some upgraded internals, but I was shock how it exactly looked and acted the part, save for the dubiously phrased “Dodge Law Enforcement” decal on the side. You learn a lot driving a cop car and how people react (or don’t), and here are six surprise takeaways in driving the Charger Pursuit:. Dodge/Chrysler PR assured me it’d be OK provided I didn’t use any of the buttons or the loudspeaker, and the manufacturer plates gave some credence to my driving the car. I even pulled up to the local Sunnyvale police station to get some impressions from local law enforcement, but only an admin was available, who gave the thumbs up. Of the half-dozen law enforcement vehicles I passed by, none pulled me over. Source: www.yahoo.com
