400 Crashes in Two Years?

[Zim Hosein]

BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin police rejected accusations Wednesday that their high-powered cars made them bad drivers, despite causing nearly 400 collisions, including 21 vehicles totaled, in two years.
Opposition leaders said the sharp accident rise coincided with police adding 260 high-performance BMWs to their fleet in 2002.

"You can't say Berlin police are bad drivers based on those statistics," a police spokesman said. "You have to differentiate. Some of those incidents were merely a wing mirror breaking off or a dented bumper."

Berlin newspapers suggested the accident numbers were so high because police were insufficiently trained to drive the 177-horsepower cars. Either that, or they were just bad drivers.

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400 Crashes in Two Years? :Q

 

[MikeMike]

177 hp = high powered?

MIKE

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
177 hp = high powered?

MIKE

exactly what i was thinking.

 

[TitanDiddly]

We need more statistics on how many are broken mirrors etc.

 

[nsafreak]

I fail to see how that's high powered. IF anything that's on the pretty low side since most police cars are heavier than stock.

 

[toant103]

hahha, 177HP

 

[b0mbrman]

Anyone know what model these cars are?

 

[OffTopic1]

Eroupe roads are narrower than America roads, therefore 177hp can be alot if you don't have much road. I can't image what the accidental rate would be like if they use American V8 cop cars.