If you watched the Super Bowl in February or have turned on the TV any time since, you’ve probably seen Toyota’s self-deprecating ad for the new Prius titled “The Longest Chase.” It features four bank robbers who, after someone snatches their getaway car, hop inside a new 2016 Toyota Prius to get away from the…
Similar to the high-tech dash cams that Coban Technologies tested this past autumn with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), a new company has issued their own contribution to make cops’ jobs a bit easier. It’s called the Ekin Patrol G2, and its multi-faceted functions promise to bring sensor technology one step closer to the…
We’ve said it a million times here at The News Wheel, but we’ll say it again: please do not leave your dogs in hot cars. Even if it’s only 70 degrees outside, the inside of your car will heat up like a greenhouse and it can quickly send your dog into a dangerous situation. In…
2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility The EcoBoost-powered, all-wheel-drive 2020 Ford Police Interceptor Utility will be the fastest police vehicle in America when it arrives on the market next summer. According to tests conducted by the Michigan State Police, the 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6-equipped Police Interceptor Utility with all-wheel drive posted the fastest 0-60 mph time, fastest…
Adam Levine and James Corden tackled both the road and the track during the latest episode of Carpool Karaoke. The three-time Grammy Award-winning artist belted out his hit songs, both old and new, from the passenger’s seat of James Corden’s car. As they drove down the streets of Los Angeles, a police officer drove up next to…
One of the nicest things a police officer ever does (if your local department doesn’t have a policy against it) is to unlock a car for you if you somehow lock yourself out of it. “I got your back, jack” So, when police received a call from 21-year-old Dylan Lee Hopkins asking for help getting…
Ford earlier this year announced the Special Service Vehicle iterations of both its 2018 Ford Explorer and F-150. Now, Ford has revealed that it will also be offering the new and improved F-150 in the form of the first pursuit-rated pickup truck ever built: the 2018 Ford F-150 Police Responder. In the immortal words of…
Inevitabilities: birth, taxes, the creeping dread that the world may actually be a terrible place full of terrible people, and the Ford LEO vehicles tearing it up in Michigan State Police testing. This time out, the new 2019 Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan and 2018 Ford F-150 Police Responder are the stars of the show,…
The following statement was placed on the official Instagram account for the Ukrainian police: “Nothing unusual here, just Chewbacca detained for being without documents while driving Darth Vader to the elections in Odessa. The Sith Lord has already claimed this was illegal as Chewbacca is his pet and general servant and thus does not require…
Earlier this week, police in California discovered a boat and Chevy Blazer filled with marijuana—a whole lot of marijuana—abandoned at Pescadero State Beach. Reportedly, the boat and the white Blazer were just chilling near the shoreline until authorities received tips that they had been left there Monday morning. Distracted Driving: Text Limit App Helps Keep…
Exactly who you want to see on your next international vacation, right? Now imagine this, except they’re all holding guns and screaming. Imagine how you would spend your first days as a tourist in a country that you have always wanted to visit. You’d see the sights that there are to see, walk until your…
So, you say your name is “D.B. Cooper?” Image: Coolcaesar When it comes to trying to lie to police to get out of a ticket, generally criminals try to stick to a few guidelines. First, they make sure they give a name that is believable. And second (and this one is the kicker), they try…
Here’s a scenario: You are painting with a nice bucket of blue paint. You have been drinking a little bit (to aid in the painting process, we guess?). Then police pull up in front of your house. They aren’t after you–they are just responding to a call from someone else’s house, but they still left…
Quick: what is the most expensive thing that regularly comes out of Russia? No, we are not referring to wars or Vladimir Putin—we are talking about caviar. For those unfamiliar, caviar is fish eggs, traditionally harvested from wild sturgeon. It is also worth around $100 per ounce. Notice that this image was shot the same…
Sometimes, the news can get a little dry and dark, with all of the rumors about the size of engines of cars that haven’t been made yet mingling with stories about how this year’s child car deaths are rapidly outpacing last year’s. Really, it’s nice to find a story sometimes where nobody got hurt, but…
No one wants to see this in their rear-view mirror! Photo: Dubai Police via YouTube If you think the Dodge Charger make a cool police cruiser, wait until you see the beauties the Emirati police department in Dubai has. This metropolis in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the most luxurious and futuristic…
One person is dead and several others have been detained following a traffic stop and shootout in Harney County, Oregon, after FBI and state police attempted to stop Ammon Bundy and four other people en route to a community meeting in John Day, Oregon. Members of the group were scheduled to speak at a meeting…
The 2016 Toyota Camry Hybrid There are some cars that just look like they are made to be police cars. Models like the Ford Crown Victoria, Chevy Impala, and Dodge Charger are often seen out on patrol, emblazoned with sheriff or police badging and just waiting to see you speed past them so they can…
Sure, wine is great, but is it worth risking your kid’s life? Photo:Mick Stephenson, Wikipedia If you’re a parent, chances are that you work hard to find a reliable babysitter or family member to watch your kids before making plans to go out with your partner to a wine tasting. That was not the case…
Because some days, the War on Drugs is easier than others Selling drugs is a risky game. As such, it tends to attract people who are excited by the possible gains, dancing along the razor’s edge while trying not to get caught by the Law. Now, selling drugs and asking a police deputy for a ride…
Seattle is going to use 28 Nissan LEAF police cars to cut down on gas lost while idling We see a lot of powerful SUVs and fast sedans employed as police cars across the US, including the Chevy Tahoe and the Ford Police Interceptor, but it’s not very often we see police departments opting for…
Photo: RBAdrenalineFactory via Facebook Say what you will about the 25-year federal ban on imported cars, but Robert D. Bell of Topeka, Kansas is one incredible jackass. Just last week, he led Kansas Highway Patrol officers on an early morning high-speed car chase on I-35 reaching speeds of up to 176 mph in an illegally…
Click for Large Size People being pulled over and arrested on suspicion of DUI is nothing uncommon. If you’re someone like, say, former Baltimore Ravens running back Bernard Pierce, you might even try to leverage your fame and your standing as an excuse to just forget the whole thing ever happened. (Side note: if you…
Last week, Ford celebrated another major milestone in its storied history with the production of the 100,000th Ford Police Interceptor vehicle. Produced by Troy Design and Manufacturing, a wholly-owned Ford subsidiary, the milestone model will do precisely what so many other Ford-built LEO vehicles have done—serve the purpose of helping officers protect and serve communities…
Ugh, don’t you just want to chew on this until you can wriggle free? Remember that thing where, if a coyote gets caught in a trap, it’ll chew its own leg off to get away? Well, we humans like to think that we’re smarter than that. For Pete’s sake, silly coyote, why don’t you just…
Sobriety Checkpoints and the 4th Amendment. Photo: Versageek The Police force in the state of Michigan adopted the practice of conducting random sobriety checkpoints in an effort to catch drunk drivers and encourage sober driving. During this operation, all drivers passing through would be stopped and questioned. If an officer suspected the driver could be…
Police suspect Amish buggy in hit-and-run…looks like someone’s getting shunned. Either someone had a little too much hooch during Rumspringa, or else he’s got some ‘splainin’ to do. That’s because an Amish buggy was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident in Pennsylvania this past Saturday. Reportedly, the incident happened at an intersection in Wilmington Township,…
If you walk past a parked police car, especially if it’s in front of a business, it is oftentimes still running. Regardless of how long a police officer’s task outside of the car might be, it’s not all that uncommon. But why do they do it, if it wastes gas? A reader of the Answer…
A young Jake Lloyd stars in the 1996 Christmas classic Jingle All the Way South Carolina police have arrested former child star Jake Lloyd, who is best known for portraying a young Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, but who should be best known for portraying 9-year-old Turbo-Man enthusiast Jamie Langston…
San Francisco police are using quadskis to patrol both land and sea Photo: YouTube via YouTube Cops in the San Francisco Police Department might just start calling themselves Bond. James Bond. Like something out of a low-budget James Bond film, the select San Francisco cops have taken to the open road—and the open sea—thanks to…
Alaska has recently seen a rise in a surprising and strange criminal activity. The latest occurrence happened early on Sunday, the 21st. Don Dyer was driving about 100 miles north of Anchorage, when he finally arrived at his destination: Talkeetna Spur Road, and the dead moose that was hit and killed by a car there….
It may seem a no-brainer that playing Pokémon Go while driving is a bad idea—and by “bad” we mean unsafe for you and everyone around you. Still, the urge to find a Vaporeon or a Zapdos (good luck with that) is apparently too strong to overcome for some. It’s not the first accident we’ve seen…
Just for reference, don’t do this in public Old Man Dancing Photo: Christopher Schmidt Dancing has a time and a place—your living room, a club, your car when you hear your favorite tune. But one man in Florida decided that the best place to show off his moves was the roof of a car in…
Pig Pig, the jolly ol’ swine gets a ride home Photo: Shelby Township Police via Facebook It was around 7:00pm, and the phone rang–a 911 call from a woman who survived a startling encounter just moments earlier. The dispatcher couldn’t believe what was being reported. There was a pig on the loose in the neighborhood….
Few things will make your stomach drop more quickly than seeing bright red and blue lights flashing near you when you’re driving—not just in your rearview mirror, but anywhere in your peripheral. It’s undeniable that we’ve come to associate the pairing of those two colors with law enforcement or other emergency vehicles. They quickly and…
Most of the police cars you see today are special models, with improved brakes and turbocharged engines that make it difficult—if not impossible—for anyone to slip away. But speed is not all that police officers need, which is why Ford has come up with a completely new technology designed to help protect officers instead of…
When your car is stolen, probably the only thing that you really want is your car back. So, when a woman from Calgary, Canada, received her car back from the police, she hit the proverbial jackpot. That is, if she likes cocaine, crack, and shooting pellet guns. Legally Amazed: Watch Autotrader rave about the 2016…
The Shortcuts app A new iPhone shortcut allows you to more easily record video when you’re pulled over by a police officer. Working in an app called Shortcuts, Robert Peterson of Arizona created the “Police” shortcut in September and shared it on Reddit. Shortcuts uses Apple’s voice-activated assistant Siri to quickly initiate custom actions that…
Photo: Nissan The Gloucestershire Constabulary doesn’t just keep the streets clean from crime — these cops are also protecting the public from air pollution. The constabulary recently added 75 Nissan electric vehicles to its fleet. This bold move will cut the force’s yearly carbon emissions by a whopping 190 tons. But that’s not all —…
This guy’s badder than old King Kong. He’s probably mean than a junkyard dog too. Photo: LiveLeak Channel Sereymanta Kong, a 22-year-old Connecticut man, led New Jersey police on not one, but two different car chases on Sunday afternoon. First he stole a Mercedes SUV. Then he managed to swipe a police cruiser. When it…
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Usually, you’d expect Elsa to be the cause of persistent winter weather Photo: Disney Yesterday may have been the first official day of spring. However, that hasn’t stopped certain parts of the country from experiencing some of winter’s worst this week. In fact, the New England area has been hit with several snowstorms during the…
The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more articles from The News Wheel.
When you’re putting your life on the line chasing criminals, you want to make sure you have the best of the best on your side. In order to ensure that the members of their force have just that, the Los Angeles Sheriff Department has tested multiple police vehicles in a 0-100 mph test and have…
2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility Just hours ahead of opening curtain at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, Ford is giving us our first full look at the new Police Interceptor Utility that bad drivers and non-law-abiding citizens will come to know and fear over the next several years. “Our Police Interceptor Utility is the best-selling…
2015 Chevrolet Tahoe Police Edition The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more articles from…
Imagine you are driving and see a police car parked in a handicapped space, so you take a picture, add a sarcastic caption, and put it on Facebook. Pictured: the image of the police car Do the cops: A. Issue an official explanation B. Discipline the officer responsible C. Ignore the incident D. Track you down…
The anatomy and interior of police cars can be a mystery to those outside of the law enforcement field. Here are five surprising facts to expand your knowledge of cop car features. Advanced technology Minimalistic interiors for police vehicles are now a thing of the past. Today, the majority of police cars incorporate Data-Driven Approach to…
Have you ever gotten so mad that the police demolished your illegal sidewalk-house that you just went and stole a forklift so you could flip some cop cars? No? Just this guy? Huh. You sure? Well, ok… Photo: Mike Mozart Well, after an incident where Shanghai police demolished the illegal street-side building that the 50-year-old…
Photo: Jim Bowen Fantasy novel plot: Arthur Pendragon, aka King Arthur, described famously in Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur as well as many older texts, is pulled to modern times, and longing for something to connect to his own age, goes to Stonehenge, where he can’t pay for parking and is turned away. Real world…
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