{"id":1441,"date":"2006-08-21T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2006-08-21T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/08\/admit_it_theyre_fun_to_drive.html"},"modified":"2006-08-21T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2006-08-21T18:27:07","slug":"admit_it_theyre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/admit_it_theyre.html","title":{"rendered":"Admit It, They&#8217;re Fun To Drive!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new 150-miles-per-hour Dodge Charger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/21\/nyregion\/21cars.html?ex=1313812800&#038;en=c53d0055c2f5de8e&#038;ei=5090&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\">is about &#8220;boosting morale&#8221; and building &#8220;diversity&#8221;<\/a>. Hmm:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The new police Charger is faster than the cars currently in use by the department. While some have questioned why an urban police department might need a car that reaches 150 miles per hour, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the main reason for buying the cars is to make the department&#8217;s fleet less monolithic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we like about it is the diversity,&#8221; said Mr. Kelly in announcing the department&#8217;s plans last week outside 1 Police Plaza, a lineup of Chargers nearby. &#8220;Chrysler is now back in the market, and this is the model they are offering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>The new cars may also provide a morale booster for officers, just as stylish new uniforms or more bullet-resistant vests or anything to give officers an edge can instill pride. &#8220;Cops always like something new&#8221; said Mr. Kelly. &#8220;So, I think that this will be a bit of a novelty.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Backstory: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/the_vroomvroom.html\">The Vroom-Vroom Era Begins On All Cylinders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/02\/dukes_of_harlem.html\">Dukes Of Harlem Go From Zero To Sixty Like A Bullitt<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new 150-miles-per-hour Dodge Charger is about &#8220;boosting morale&#8221; and building &#8220;diversity&#8221;. Hmm: The new police Charger is faster than the cars currently in use by the department. While some have questioned why an urban police department might need a car that reaches 150 miles per hour, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the main [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law_order"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1441\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}