• Woman buys police car used to advertise Need For Speed for her school run
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A woman has been turning heads on the school run by driving her children in a replica American police car. Rachel Sims, from Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, bought the car which was built to promote the PlayStation video game Need for Speed. The car's registration plate is PS 03 NFS, which stands for PlayStation 3 Need for Speed. [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81032000/jpg/_81032101_sbna_policecarschoolrun3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81032000/jpg/_81032102_sbna_policecarschoolrun4.jpg[/IMG] "I have been stopped by the police, but they checked and told me there was nothing wrong with it." [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-31485777[/url]
Doesn't really look like a UK police car.
How the hell is it allowed to drive around in a car that looks like a police car? Edit: Oh it's in bongland nvm
Man where do I buy shit like this that were made for props in movies, ads for games etc
dinky little avenger not a mopar dodge challenger hellcat
[QUOTE=Strontboer;47153345]How the hell is it allowed to drive around in a car that looks like a police car?[/QUOTE] [quote]Ms Sims said although "one man fell over a bin" when he saw it, it was clearly not a UK police car and an officer told her it was fine to drive.[/quote] [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81032000/jpg/_81032100_sbna_policecarschoolrun10.jpg[/img] vs. [img]http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1502121.ece/alternates/s615/Vauxhall%20Astra%20Police%20Car[/img]
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;47153336]Doesn't really look like a UK police car.[/QUOTE] Looks like something you would see in the US.
[QUOTE=Strontboer;47153345]How the hell is it allowed to drive around in a car that looks like a police car?[/QUOTE] Because it's in the UK and looks nothing like a UK police car. It would only be illegal if she used the blue lights, but it's fine if they're turned off.
[QUOTE=Strontboer;47153345]How the hell is it allowed to drive around in a car that looks like a police car?[/QUOTE] The light bar only has yellow lights and there are no official police markings
[QUOTE=matt.ant;47153368]Because it's in the UK and looks nothing like a UK police car. It would only be illegal if she used the blue lights, but it's fine if they're turned off.[/QUOTE] Oops didn't see it was in the UK
[QUOTE=matt.ant;47153368]Because it's in the UK and looks nothing like a UK police car. It would only be illegal if she used the blue lights, but it's fine if they're turned off.[/QUOTE] If you didn't read the article, she has yellow lights on it. Seems like she replaced the siren and all.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;47153368]Because it's in the UK and looks nothing like a UK police car. It would only be illegal if she used the blue lights, but it's fine if they're turned off.[/QUOTE] You're not allowed to have blue lights on it, even if they're unused
[QUOTE=BFG9000;47153350]Man where do I buy shit like this that were made for props in movies, ads for games etc[/QUOTE] You just gotta look around. Those things sometimes appear on car auction websites. I saw a video-game ad car once in a while and a lot of old rally cars complete with liveries.
Also it's a fake police department created for the game.
[QUOTE=LordCrypto;47153355]dinky little avenger not a mopar dodge challenger hellcat[/QUOTE] Dont dis the Avengers. They make great undercovers.
[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;47153336]Doesn't really look like a UK police car.[/QUOTE] Indeed. It may be Right Hand Drive but wtf is with the 911 on the side?
[QUOTE=DemonDog;47153362][img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81032000/jpg/_81032100_sbna_policecarschoolrun10.jpg[/img] vs. [img]http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1502121.ece/alternates/s615/Vauxhall%20Astra%20Police%20Car[/img][/QUOTE] Oh man that comparison makes the UK car really look like a silly clown car.
Now there's a kid who's about to score some SERIOUS points with his classmates.
[QUOTE=proch;47153556]Oh man that comparison makes the UK car really look like a silly clown car.[/QUOTE] the thing is though, they are silly clown cars
[QUOTE=Scot;47153415]Also it's a fake police department created for the game.[/QUOTE] It's not even that. That livery is just what Dodge uses to promote their cars to police departments in the US. [IMG]http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/dodge_charger_police_recall.jpg[/IMG] The only thing I can see that has anything to do with NFS is the number plate. It also looks almost exactly like [URL="http://www.avengerforumz.com/PHOTOPOST/showphoto.php/photo/2450/title/complete-avenger-pol/cat/500"]this car I found on an Avenger forum[/URL], made by someone who also lives in the UK.
I always think it's interesting how there's the "typical" American police car even though police cars here can look entirely different on a local, county, city, and state level. Here's my county's police car, I quite like it. [img_thumb]http://policecararchives.org/maryland/annearundel_images/rnpca0433-vi.jpg[/img_thumb] Here's Maryland's State police car. People think it's ugly but there's no mistaking that it's a police car when you see the brown on black, so I like it [img_thumb]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8e/7d/19/8e7d19fb59175391fd56cf8131ea0006.jpg[/img_thumb] Finally, here's Baltimore's city police car. It used to be a typical white and blue car, but last year they changed it to this design. [img_thumb]http://www.trbimg.com/img-5466c697/turbine/bal-bs-bs-md-ci-police-cars-p-20141113/500/500x281[/img_thumb] I don't think I've ever seen a split black and white police car in person in the states. Even the FBI are white with a blue & black stripe, and DC has white with an American flag decal.
[QUOTE=DemonDog;47153362] [img]http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1502121.ece/alternates/s615/Vauxhall%20Astra%20Police%20Car[/img][/QUOTE] Where is the bullbar? How do you ram criminals off the road?
[QUOTE=proch;47153556]Oh man that comparison makes the UK car really look like a silly clown car.[/QUOTE] pshhh not all our cop cars are like that [img]http://www.totalexposure.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Police-Interceptors-2-600x350.jpg[/img] [img]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5176/5474340798_d4952a5dde.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=spiritlol;47154244]I always think it's interesting how there's the "typical" American police car even though police cars here can look entirely different on a local, county, city, and state level. Here's my county's police car, I quite like it. [img_thumb]http://policecararchives.org/maryland/annearundel_images/rnpca0433-vi.jpg[/img_thumb] Here's Maryland's State police car. People think it's ugly but there's no mistaking that it's a police car when you see the brown on black, so I like it [img_thumb]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8e/7d/19/8e7d19fb59175391fd56cf8131ea0006.jpg[/img_thumb] Finally, here's Baltimore's city police car. It used to be a typical white and blue car, but last year they changed it to this design. [img_thumb]http://www.trbimg.com/img-5466c697/turbine/bal-bs-bs-md-ci-police-cars-p-20141113/500/500x281[/img_thumb] I don't think I've ever seen a split black and white police car in person in the states. Even the FBI are white with a blue & black stripe, and DC has white with an American flag decal.[/QUOTE] NO WAY IM FROM ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
[QUOTE=meppers;47154279]Where is the bullbar? How do you ram criminals off the road?[/QUOTE] Ramming endangers the life of the perp, we can't go judge dredd on them and shoot them in the face 60 times after ramming them off the road with an MRAP bought from the army.
[QUOTE=spiritlol;47154244]I always think it's interesting how there's the "typical" American police car even though police cars here can look entirely different on a local, county, city, and state level. Here's my county's police car, I quite like it. Here's Maryland's State police car. People think it's ugly but there's no mistaking that it's a police car when you see the brown on black, so I like it Finally, here's Baltimore's city police car. It used to be a typical white and blue car, but last year they changed it to this design. I don't think I've ever seen a split black and white police car in person in the states. Even the FBI are white with a blue & black stripe, and DC has white with an American flag decal.[/QUOTE] Looks just like my hometown's chargers [img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8244/8482210211_906435398f_z.jpg[/img]
yes let's all post our town's police cars
[QUOTE=CanadianBill;47154415]yes let's all post our town's police cars[/QUOTE] 'Ey fuck off hes said hes never seen a police car like that and I had a very apt example. Unless you're only referring to spiritlol, then I'm cool.
The most menacing ones IMO [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/mY2POye.jpg[/img_thumb] Don't do like me and get pulled by one of these thinking it's some impatient mom in an SUV at 10pm [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/GtPXRmE.jpg[/img_thumb]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/4ICRztS.png[/img] It's rumoured that they can actually drive, unconfirmed though for now. I've only seen them in their natural habitat behind bushes with it's cub the lasergun
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