Wednesday 14th November 2001

Plastic Pig

South Wales Police take delivery of Aixam 500

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[r-bin]

boehahaha! what is the police going to do with this "thing"??? I am faster on my scooter and one kick against it and you will hit or the coppers inside or the engine!

[JonVickers]

There was a mad woman on the orad where I used to live that ran one of these. Basically you could outrun it on foot. They've got a top speed of ~40mph (okay, I can't quite manage that on foot). They are French and, I believe, designed to get around certain French rules for cars, so that they can be driven by two year olds (or possibly 16 year olds). I seem to remember that they call them quadricycles. Oh yes and they are about 4 feet tall (Aixams, not French 16 year olds)

[jmorgan]

Its so they can save more money to buy more camera's to make more money to etc etc etc.

[Cotty]

it does say they will be used by the foresics department. They dont need to be quick but I thought they would need something a little bigger for the sort of kit tey use
Paul

[ATG]

When you've finished with these you can scruntch them up and put them in the bin. They come in packs of eight, I think.

[Marshy]

Or a pack of six if you buy them at a vastly inflated price from a vending machine.