Polizei friend, ally and occasional contributor Jordan Vega took some time out from his MBA studies to watch the new Knight Rider…er…in hopes of re-living his mispent youth. Click below to read his review of the first episode.
Continue reading ‘New Knight Rider Makes Original Look Like Citizen Kane’
People who knew Serena Sutton-Smith said she had a history of erratic behavior. The 54 year-old bartender emerged from a side road without stopping, nearly causing an accident with Paula Small. Small then pulled over to speak with Sutton-Smith and while Small was getting out of her car, Sutton-Smith rammed her Vauxhall Nova into Small’s Fiat Punto and then kept her foot on the accelerator.
The Newspaper.com reported that nation’s two largest red light camera vendors both have plans to turn their photo-ticketing cameras into a nationwide surveillance system. "We are moving into areas such as homeland security on a national level and on a local level," Redflex regional director Cherif Elsadek said. And in a proposal to the Arizona state police, ATS, the second-largest vendor, told the agency that their cameras could be integrated into a national vehicle tracking database. This is similar to the plan in the UK that will utilize their average speed cameras to help police "keep tabs on criminals and political opponents."
BREAKING NEWS: A traffic accident occured today at approximately 1305HR PST on I-5 South, and the initial SigAlert report stated that "…sev Lamborghinis Caused this Traffic Collision…"
Watch the video and decide for yourself. The witnesses got the cars wrong, and the SUV/trailer appears to have lost control before the Gumballers passed. My gut tells me that the 2008 Gumball 3000 cars nearby probably weren’t the cause of the jack-knifed SUV/trailer accident seen in the right lane above.
See the accident location in Google Maps and the original SigAlert screenshot after the jump:
Continue reading ‘VIDEO: Gumball 3000 Drivers Are…Then Aren’t Apparent Cause of I-5 Accident?’
If you’re caught speeding in Holly Springs, Georgia, expect to pay an extra $12 surcharge to cover the cost of the police department’s gas bills. The city’s police chief, Ken Ball, said he got the idea after hearing about airlines, florists and pizza shops tacking on surcharges to cover the spike in fuel prices. Ball said he’s been inundated with calls from other police departments and city managers, so this surcharge cancer might be spreading. Atlanta just approved a similar bill that’s awaiting the mayor’s signature.
Sources: National Motorists Assoc. via USA Today
Image: JohnLewis.com
No one listened.
"Two Wachowski, one script," I wrote on December 7th.
"Madness? THIS! IS! SPEED RACER!" I wrote on December 9th.
And now Speed Racer is finaaaaally here, and my scatalogical references were clearly faaaar, faaaaar too merciful. Madre de Dios, this looks worse my foulest, porcelain-bowl filling predictions. If you think you can stomach the first seven minutes, here they are…or just take my word for it….
My blackberry is dead, my voicemail box is full, and yes, I’m getting a new one today. If you’ve sent me an SMS since Thursday, April 24th, I haven’t seen it! More to follow.
Polizei M5 144B was attacked by New York’s infamously skilled car thieves last night whilst briefly parked on the street. Yes. I’m an idiot, but I’ve parked 144A and B - fully stickered - on numerous streets in dozens of countries throughout the world, and never had a problem.
144B won, of course, surviving with only a broken passenger window, a well-abused yet-still-functional ignition cylinder, and the loss of but two of its four Garmin GPS units.
Given the surreal deterrent effect our Polizei livery has had on both law enforcement and civilians in the past, I’ve been grappling with the psychology of these particular thieves. The questions:
Continue reading ‘Polizei 144B vs Car Thieves! Pyrrhic Victory Ensues.’
WARNING: The video above is not for the squeamish, and I’m not just referring to the opening shot of the kids driving gas-powered karts bare-headed. I didn’t spot belts, or am I blind?
| Top 10 Reasons To Wear A Helmet When Karting | |
| 10 | You skipped the class on Little Big Horn. |
| 9 | The Fiesta Fun Center doesn’t require…er…those things. |
| 8 | Your libertarian views include giving drivers licenses to the blind. |
| 7 | You enjoy Shaolin training ordeals. |
| 6 | You think Custer is a kind of ice cream. |
| 5 | You’ve never had long hair. |
| 4 | You’ve never worked with large tooling whilst wearing a wig. |
| 3 | You’ve never used a chainsaw whilst prone. |
| 2 | You’ve never stood near a jet air intake just before takeoff. |
| 1 | You might end up on CNN. |
Looks like my Facebook profile is back up, 28 hours after the as-yet unexplained decision was made to pull it. Whatever the reason, I owe big thanks to New York Motor Club member Andre Betz and Fast Lane Daily/Garage 419 honcho Emil Rensing, who moved heaven and earth to gather support for its reinstatement. To wit…the rapidly-formed "Bring Alex Roy Back To Facebook" Group, which had people joining up even after my profile went back up. Thanks for that one, Andre…
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