I was cruising down the 10 freeway in So Cal this afternoon and umph to my belief a Volvo Highway Patrolman cruising down the other side, looked like an s70, it was BITCHEN, i heard they were using them but never have i seen one till today. WOOOO HOOOOO , only problem now is every time i see volvo headlights in my rear view mirror i wont know if its a cop or not.

Yes, S70 indeed. CHP has a couple of them to test - I've been told they didn't end up standardizing on them because they're too small. All the electronics won't fit in the center console, the gun rack seems cramped between the seats and the officers weren't too happy with the smaller seats compared to the crown vics.

Still pretty nice cars, with full eqpt, and people _do_ move over for you.

And that's speaking from having been on a ride-along/photo shoot a couple of years ago courtesy of a friend of mine in CHP recruiting.

pbrown asked for pics, so here are some that that friend took (mine are on slide, haven't scanned them yet):

http://www.buvic.com/personal/images/chp/

Click on the images for a high res version.

Bram

Boy wish i had one, would be a hell of a car to drive around in all painted up and tweaked.

Thanks Bram,

So cool.


Reminds me of when the Tennessee Highway Patrol tested it's first European car.

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/hwyptlpics/images/Ltbug1.jpg

Not smart enough to go with a Brick though....

Get a pic!!!