Sirens are being removed...
Sirens are being removed from all non-pursuit patrol cars by Kent Police. Cops with only basic vehicle training will have to observe speed limits when attending incidents as part of an initiative designed to reduce the number of collisions involving officers. If successful, the policy could be extended nationwide. Meanwhile, when attending a road traffic accident all police will now have to record whether the driver was on work business.
The situation has made...
The situation has made 5-Series owners angry. Up to 12,000 of the unmodified cars have been sold in the UK, and several owners demanded BMW issue a recall. They want their cars changed in the same way the crash test models were.
But the BMW spokesman said that isn"t going to happen. "We want to reassure customers that changes were made for Euro NCAP, not to improve safety," he explained.