Marauder on Dateline segment this evening

[GeoffK]

If any of our West Coast friends want to watch there is a segment on Dateline NBC tonight about ricer racing on freeways. Seems the Florida Highway Patrol has Marauders for pursuit interceptors to keep a lid on this.

[Dennis Reinhart]

If any of our West Coast friends want to watch there is a segment on Dateline NBC tonight about ricer racing on freeways. Seems the Florida Highway Patrol has Marauders for pursuit interceptors to keep a lid on this.


FHP has ten Mauaders I also sold them tuners to remove the top speed limiter

[Patrick]

FHP has ten Mauaders I also sold them tuners to remove the top speed limiter

Thanks Dennis, now I have to do the speed limit!!!!!!!!!
:bop: :lol: :lol:

[Rollin'Thunder]

FHP has ten Mauaders I also sold them tuners to remove the top speed limiter
Did they replace the drive shafts? :burnout:

[chrish]

saw the show ...the interior was first...right then i new it was a MM.....they had good shots of it in persue.black car


thoe ricers they found sound like people i would NOT want to be any where nere on the highway or anyware else

NO respect for others on the road....kind of scarry the footage these idiots where doing.........O whell....we ALL must die or be mamed at some point in time...............RIGHT... :help: :argue:

[oldekid]

I caught the show, thought I would come on and mention it. . .damn, you guys are quick. Nice to know that our local law enforcement uses our favorite vehicle to run these guys down.

[shannon corkill]

My wife just told me about it and sure enough this site is on it..Does anyone know when they are going to show that Dateline again? I know they repeat these shows on MSNBC, just wondering if anyone knows when they would show this one......This is what I get for working late, the one time something good on TV and I miss it! : :mad2:

[teamrope]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Cobra25]

Florida Highway Patrol in the Davie area has 2 Black & 1 Silver Marauder, Now and then they Join us at our monthly meets. A really nice bunch of guy's.

[CRUZTAKER]

Damn Dennis....don't share ALL our secrets!:P


J/K of course. Great client to have on your side though. :up:

[MyTMerc]

I caught the show. Good report on a scary craze. I hope these kids live long enough to gain some wisdom. Did anyone notice the look on the reporter's face riding shootgun in the Marauder? Might have needed some papertowels for the seat after that ride.

[carfixer]

Saw it too. Here's a couple that showed at one of our meets
http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/data/500/1105000_0008-med.jpg
Photo courtesy of Firedab

[Patrick]

Saw it too. Here's a couple that showed at one of our meets
http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/data/500/1105000_0008-med.jpg
Photo courtesy of Firedab

Thats cool!!!
:high5:

[teamrope]

FHP has ten Mauaders I also sold them tuners to remove the top speed limiterJust watched the segment. The FHP said that the heavily modded tuners out run them. Maybe you should sell them S/C's. :D

[Krytin]

My wife just told me about it and sure enough this site is on it..Does anyone know when they are going to show that Dateline again? I know they repeat these shows on MSNBC, just wondering if anyone knows when they would show this one......This is what I get for working late, the one time something good on TV and I miss it! : :mad2:

I think you can get it @ their website - not 100% but might be worth a search!

[CrazyCor15]

Here's a tidbit. No videoclips though.
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=2766679/K=Dateline+Florida+Highway+Pat rol/v=2/SID=w/TID=F406_127/l=WS1/R=2/H=0/IPC=us/SHE=0/SIG=11pgiijr0/*-http%3A//www.fhp.state.fl.us/PhotoGallery/PG020404.htm

[Krytin]

Good link CrazyCor15! Thanks!

[troopcar]

I didn't know this was going to be on, but I caught it by accident. Was having a bite to eat and had Dateline on in the background. Started watching the segment about the ricers videotaping their own highway street-racing hijinx and, lo and behold, there was a real pretty FHP Marauder chasing them down. Commentator noted that the Marauder can pursue at speeds up to 140 MPH.

Seeing the Marauder on TV really made my day.

CrazyCor15, thanks for the link. On their site, the FHP says their three Marauders were donated. Any idea who may have donated them?

troopcar

[PJR]

I didn't know it was going to be on either. I'm glad I was watching. Being an LE Officer, I was intrigued when I saw the 'teaser' before the broadcast. Getting to see an MM was an unexpected benefit! I drive a police unit everyday, but I’ve got to tell you that seeing the MM blazing down the highway with the strobes activated was very cool. Now, if I could just catch the darn show on again so I can tape it and show it to my squad. Purely for 'training purposes' of course.

[PJR]

Found another link.

http://www.fhp.state.fl.us/PhotoGallery/PG011604.htm

[captJ696]

...reminds me of when NYPD confiscated a 5.0 mustang and added it to their highway fleet; nearly everyone wanted to be assigned to drive COLOR=Blue]her[/COLOR]

[wesman]

Here is a link to the Dateline video. Keep a barf bucket handy, there are lots of ricers and sensationalistic geraldo types vying for your attention. And a bad ass FHP Marauder.
right click save as
http://nikita.arheim.no/Dateline_Street_Racing.wmv (http://nikita.arheim.no/Dateline_Street_Racing.wmv)

[TechHeavy]

Here is a link to the Dateline video. Keep a barf bucket handy, there are lots of ricers and sensationalistic geraldo types vying for your attention. And a bad ass FHP Marauder.
right click save as
http://nikita.arheim.no/Dateline_Street_Racing.wmv (http://nikita.arheim.no/Dateline_Street_Racing.wmv)
Awesome Wes! You turned me on to this site, and you've come through again with this video footage. I've got it saved now! Yeah! Will be added to the MM Media Presentation!

[jgc61sr2002]

Wesman - Nice video. :up: Thanks :D

[FLMARAUDER]

I drive Dade and Broward County roads all the time.
Now that there are FHP Marauders, people get out of the way in a hurry when you close on them, its kinda funny

[ncmm]

Fierce video, thanks for the link!

FL ricers beware. . .:sweat: . . . the MM's are watching:2thumbs:

[wesman]

Awesome Wes! You turned me on to this site, and you've come through again with this video footage. I've got it saved now! Yeah! Will be added to the MM Media Presentation!
How did I turn you onto the site? Losing my memory....

[TechHeavy]

How did I turn you onto the site? Losing my memory....
Duh! Sorry Wes! Brainfart. I was thinking you were one of our sponsers, Wes from Innovative Interceptors. lol.

[marauder307]

Marauder...The Thin Black Line :2thumbs: :hotrice:

[Patrick]

Great vid!! And with a little help from Dennis. :woohoo:

[Firedab]

Troopcar - "On their site, the FHP says their three Marauders were donated. Any idea who may have donated them?"

They were actually donated by one of their own. A fellow FHP officer, who is also independently wealthy, apparently purchased three marauders and donated them to FHP. His stipulation was that he would get to keep the silver Marauder as his personally assigned take home vehicle... Which they happily accepted!

http://www.mercurygallery.net/mmnet/data/500/1105Marauder-med.jpg