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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWatch out street racers, Dubai cops have Lamborghini
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/11/world/meast/dubai-police-lamborghini/(CNN) -- Dubai already has the world's tallest building, the world's largest shopping mall, and the largest man-made archipelago. So it's no surprise that the country's police would drive one of the world's most extravagant and expensive cars.
The latest addition to the force's fleet is a head-turning Lamborghini Aventador, finished in green and white -- the colors of the Dubai Police force.
The force made the announcement through its Twitter feed, @DubaiPoliceHQ, resulting in a flurry of tweets with the hash tag #OnlyinDubai.
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Watch out street racers, Dubai cops have Lamborghini (Original Post)
steve2470
Apr 2013
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Scuba
(53,475 posts)1. Still way slower than those radios!
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)2. Recently we had somebody actually get away from the CHP
and the interceptors could not keep up.
This, that boyscout would not have been able to.
Why? Night high speed pursuit... choppers are mostly not up.
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)3. Nope. No theft of public resources here.
Move along.
This is the obscenely rich's playground, you're not welcome here unless you are part of the help.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)4. What is the top speed for a camel?
I guess this ought to get the job done.
Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)5. This is more likely a show car than an actual enforcement vehicle.
Police departments do this all the time. They purchase or impound expensive cars and dress them up in police livery. But it's more often used to interact with the public at things like car shows than to enforce the law.