Now here is an unforunate and ironic story — Apparantly a NY resident by the name of George Morales died in his minivan while parked under the Brookly-Queens Expressway. His death expectedly took place in the beginning of May as the man’s daughter, Jennifer Morales, reported him missing around that time.

Now, this is sad and all but the ironic part is despite housing a dead man, NYPD officers wrote him parking tickets until he was found when the car was going to be towed.

Unless this man was laying down in the back, how could an NYPD officer have not seen a dead body sitting in the drivers seat? The world may never know.

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The New York Post has recently reported that the NYPD has purchased 40 Nissan Altima hybrids that get 35 miles-per-gallon, as opposed to the 15mpg of the Crown Victoria which the fleets currect car of choice.

Other than that, the NYP says that marked cars will cost around $30,000, and $25,000 for unmarked cars, and that if the 40 already purchased cars do good they may replace the 3,200 vehicle patrol fleet currently in use.

My only worry is are these cars fast enough? The New York Post says they top out at 113mph, is that really fast enough? I mean they don’t really look as intimidating as lets say the Dodge Charger cop cars. 

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