News: "Most technically advanced police car revealed&qu

Post by **vk6hgr** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:30 pm

It might not be Knight Rider's K.I.T.T, but the "world's most technically advanced police car" was unveiled at the SmartDemo 2007 intelligent transport systems conference and exhibition in Melbourne today.

Developed by the National Safety Agency, General Motors, Motorola and Monash University under the auspices of the Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Automotive Technology (AutoCRC), the car is available to emergency agencies around Australia and will shortly be evaluated by the New South Wales Police.

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14004/53/

xli · Post by **xli** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:17 pm

Very fancy..

I was a bit upset they didnt show a picture there, but after a quick search i found the SmartDemo's website and this appears to be a picture of the car..

http://www.gener8.com.au/smartdemo2007/ ... %20NAS.jpg

its 4.4mb in size though.. so those wanting a peek probably need broadband

Post by **Tyranus** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:42 pm

Wooot that'll light up! Like the 3 LED's under the fog lights!!!

Post by **gkoutlis** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:52 am

Now that...... IS IMPRESSIVE.... bring them in to WA....

Post by **celestial_insight** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:12 am

Just saw a good bit on it on the Kerri-Anne show (no - I don't watch that crap, but we have tv monitors in the news room covering many different channels at once as well as scanners and stuff.... headache......just from Kerri-Anne!). That is channel nine so they may run the footage again in the news tonight...(or someone my have recorded it??)

Post by **Tyranus** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:46 pm

There's an article on it in todays paper! Sounds flash, and finally sticky transponders!!!!! Get one of them on, then just need to sit back and wait for them to get home and as the roll up the driveway, everything lights up red and blue with lots of sirens!!!

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:57 pm

I prefer the Finnish idea of a spike on the front of the pursuing police car. The pursuing car rams the back of the purused car with the spike and injects a heap of tear gas.

JG-103 · Post by **JG-103** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:19 pm

i like the LED's in the grill

Markmywords · Post by **Markmywords** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:00 pm

I have to say the real time video for the supervisors during a chase would be great !!!

Post by **vk6hgr** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:20 pm

Markmywords wrote:I have to say the real time video for the supervisors during a chase would be great !!!

Not that it's likely to happen any time soon.

Ever made a video call on a mobile? (Even on Telstra's new fang-dangled NextG network?). The best you can hope for is probably 5 frames per second. It would be next to useless as a tactical display for police HQ, I reckon.