That's the next town over from me, and Ed VS. As the article says we've had
three killed and one more horribly burned in a year. Has this been
happening else where?
Fuel Safe is making a racing style cell for them and they are being fitted
to some of the cruisers, but they're pretty expensive. The state has put a
hold on an order for something like 200 cars until Ford comes up with a
response.
My mom & dad have a Crown Vic and it scares me ...
Dale C.
Subject: Just Passing This Along : Ford police
cruiser safety .........
SAFETY OF FORD POLICE CARS IN QUESTION
Police officials in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler tell the
Arizona Republic newspaper that they are re-assessing the
safety record of a popular Ford car used commonly in police
work. The announcement comes in the wake of the death of
popular 25-year-old Officer Robert Nielsen, whose Ford Crown
Victoria cruiser was struck on a busy street this week and
burst into flames. Nielsen is the third Arizona officer to
die in the crash of that model of cruiser this year. The
car,
commonly called a "Crown Vic," is one of the few remaining
production line vehicles that is built to national police
standards. The other, in recent years, has been the
jellybean-
shaped Chevrolet Caprice. Nielsen died when his car was
forced
into a telephone pole and nearly exploded in what witnesses
call a "massive fireball." Meanwhile, the manager of one
fleet
of Crown Victorias in the Phoenix area told News-12
television
that many of that model of cars have been modified in local
garages to move a large bolt from away from the fuel tank.
That bolt is thought to have been responsible for puncturing
the tanks in previous crashes. Newer Crown Victorias have
been modified by Ford to lessen the chances of fire.
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