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The beginning of the end for police cruisers?

By Rain Noe - July 24, 2008

in Object Culture

You may be seeing more of these in the future. The T3 vehicle first started making headlines in 2006, when gas prices were approaching $100 per barrel; now that a barrel will run you $125, U.S. police departments are turning to the device in earnest, and depending on who you talk to, it beats foot patrols.

Seventeen large will get you two T3's, and the electric-powered trikes have an estimated operating cost of ten cents a day.

(Note: the above photos are from Flickr user alexplus100--s/he has better photos of the thing than the T3 website does!)

And now, since they're on the way out, let's take a look at some police cruisers over the years, from different countries. Hit the jump for tons of larger shots.

Photo sources: joe acevedo, 300c forums, era toys, photobucket rs3rs, photobucket y250, meta ua, wikimedia (sic), autospies, year of glad, wikimedia (sic) again, automobile mag, verizon user vzeopzls, military photos

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minhloc

16 years ago

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hi, interesting,

but you'd rather remove the chrysler 300, it is obviously photoshopped: police markings when they're supposed to be over some door protections, no police lights, and would a police force accept a public relation photography of one of their car blatantly crossing the yellow lines ?
here's a link to the original image:
http://www.theweeklydriver.com/content_images/2/Chrysler-300C.jpg

you could replace it with this :
http://news.caradisiac.com/Une-autre-Lotus-Exige-Police-091

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carton

16 years ago

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the t3 and the smart just don't project authority the way the charger and Mercedes do. When a Charger flies up behind you your heart races and you know your in trouble. When a cop on a segway cruises up to you, you just giggle and think, "did I put money in the meter?"
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