The Lamborghini Aventador
It’s a blessed day for law enforcement personnel in
Dubai, who might get the occasion to issue some speeding tickets from behind
the wheel of a Lamborghini Aventador, a car that cost $550,000 and has been
decked out with definitely ugly police decal.
Why add such an high-priced
vehicle to the patrol line? Reasons of because
they can sideways, it is supposed to be fast
enough to deal with the high-speed drivers who travel Dubai highways.
The
Lamborghini Aventador is a 700 horsepower, 8,250rpm beast capable of speeds
over 200mph, featuring a carbon fiber and aluminium frame and a 0 to 62mph
speed of 2.9 seconds. Such power will be used to pull over drivers who speed on
the highway, with police figures in Dubai showing that 15-percent of drivers
there are ticket for driving over 130mph.
Still, such an extravagant purchase cannot be
merely for utilitarian purposes, something evidenced by a statement by Dubai’s
police force director that the Lamborghini displays the class of the city,
illustrating the nature of the location with gorgeous aesthetic appeal and the
statement unspoken but immediately implied by such an high-priced vehicle.
The Aventador has had some tweaks added for
the patrol purposes, and sports a license plate with the number “8″ on it.
Other sports cars will allegedly be added to the police department’s patrol
line over time. Reactions to the news have been mixed, with many decrying it
for various reasons ranging from cost to showboating, while others have praise
the addition and a few have asked, tongue-in-cheek, to be arrested so they can
go for a joy ride.
