Joyride Gone Wrong
April 25th, 2008
On my way to work this morning I came across the following headline plasterd across the lightboard at Broad and High: “Man Allegedly Steals, Crashes Police Cruiser“.
Apparently someone involved in a 2 car collision waited for the Cop to be distracted and then hopped into the cruiser and took off. In the end he crashed the cruiser and was hospitalized (and cuffed to the gurney), but even so I have to give the guy kudos for some pretty rock solid cahones.
Having said that, my first reaction to the headline was to cheer him on.
Seriously, haven’t you ever wanted to take a joyride in a Police Cruiser? I’ve come across running (and empty) cruisers in the past, and I will freely admit that I’ve been tempted to just hop in and take off. Why? Well, first of all they’re some of the most powerful cars on the road. I don’t care what kind of acceleration your riced little RX can pull off, that V8 cruiser can catch up with you AND smear your lightweight frame across the highway.
Add to that all the various gadgets that cops get. The lights and siren that really lets you barrel through intersections, the radio, the speed gun, all those things would just be fun to have at one’s disposal.
Legally, of course. Ahem.
I don’t watch cops. Frankly it’s a fairly silly show, and no TV will be able capture the feeling of actually pulling someone over. Yet I think our boys in blue have an untapped source of funding and revenue here: Get a couple of cruisers, a racetrack, and then charge by the lap.
lustig so lange wie sie dich nicht rechts ran winken…;-)