This is genius in action. So a court just granted class status to a law suit by some police department in Florida which is claiming that Ford’s Crown Victoria Police Interceptors are faulty and dangerous because they explode in high-speed rear-end collisions. The department alleges that this engineering problem has resulted in the death of police officers. We’ll ignore, for a moment, that of the 14 incidents of the above that have occurred, none of them have been in the complainant’s department — hopefully next year I’ll figure out how on earth they can get standing to sue on something that might potentially happen in the future… but we’re ignoring that for now. Got it? Good.
So Ford says “You’re suing us? Neat. You can buy your police cars from somewhere else.” (Paraphrased) So this police department complains and asks a judge to order Ford to continue selling police interceptors to the police department which is alleging that they’re faulty. The judge said: “Um… no. That’s absurd.” (Paraphrased) Now, aside from this being the stupidest thing I’ve read this week — don’t you think that it would look bad if you bought some new police cars, ones that you are (very publicly) alleging are faulty and dangerous, and one of them happened to blow up and kill an officer of yours?
Don’t you think SOMEONE would say: “Hey! You knew those things were faulty! Why’d you buy another one??”
Honestly… what on earth is this guy thinking?
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September 29th, 2004 at 2:20 am
My first car was a white Crown Vic. I loved that car. Never blew up, not even once.
September 29th, 2004 at 2:33 am
Did people slow down when you tried to pass?
September 29th, 2004 at 9:25 am
White Crown Vic, bah, until recently I had a BLUE Crown Vic. People did tend to slow down. The effect was amplified, my family noticed, if the driver were to wear a big hat with a brim that completely incircled the head.
The problem was that it was a police intercept model sold at market so it had strange parts. The last time I changed the alternator the pulley for the new alt. had 6 grooves, but the pulley for the old alt. (and thus the belt) had 7 grooves. Yeah, much anguish ensued. These complications plus the fact that the engine had about 250,000 miles on it caused me to decide to trade in for something a little newer.
September 29th, 2004 at 9:50 am
Did your police interceptor, to the best of your knowledge, ever explode when rear-ended?
September 29th, 2004 at 11:19 am
Well, there was this one time….
September 29th, 2004 at 12:47 pm
Oh, I loved that car. People defintely drove a little differently. I’d follow my friends every once in a while, scare the crap out of them. Hehe. You’d think the red fuzzy dice and the antennae ball would have tipped people off, but it really didn’t (I had a hoola girl too, but she broke).
September 29th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
I have noticed that a friend of mine who owns a new model impala would always have people slow down and move out of the way ever since he got the limo tint.
September 29th, 2004 at 4:04 pm
At least here in Louisiana… if you want a lawsuit to carry on you have to have shown that you have a past issue to sue on… if you sue on potential the judges will usually throw it out.