VIDEO: Formula for Safety? Abu Dhabi Police unveil the F999
 

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<small>Abu Dhabi Police F999 - Click above to watch the video <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/26/video-formula-for-safety-abu-dhabi-police-unveil-the-f999/#continued">after the jump</a></small></em></strong></div>
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Wednesday evening before the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last month, crowds gathered along the Corniche, Abu Dhabi's seafront boulevard. Two police cars sped down the road, swerved to a stop, an officer got out, pulled out his gun and began opening fire at a masked man pulling a checkered flag off a formula racing car. A driver climbed into the cockpit and drove off down the closed-off street to the applause of the gathered crowd as a marching band played on and a helicopter flew overhead. The point? Why, to promote road safety, of course!<br />
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The F999 - a formula racer decked out with emergency lights on the rear wing and police livery - is a project of the Abu Dhabi Police, and could very well be the fastest police car the world has ever seen. It's part of a public awareness campaign that sought to capitalize on the fever that swept the gulf emirate leading up to its first F1 race. The F999 is only the most recent in a slew of special police vehicles in the emirate that has recently included a police-spec Nissan GT-R, Chevrolet Camaro and a customer chopper, to name just a few. It's Abu Dhabi's way of getting people excited about road safety, and while it may seem counterintuitive to the rest of us, it's certainly garnered its fair share of attention. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/26/video-formula-for-safety-abu-dhabi-police-unveil-the-f999/#continued">Follow the jump</a> to watch video footage of the F999's unveiling and read more in the press release. <em>Thanks for the tip, Ali!</em><br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.f999.ae/index_en.htm">Abu Dhabi Police</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/26/video-formula-for-safety-abu-dhabi-police-unveil-the-f999/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>VIDEO: Formula for Safety? Abu Dhabi Police unveil the F999</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/26/video-formula-for-safety-abu-dhabi-police-unveil-the-f999/">VIDEO: Formula for Safety? Abu Dhabi Police unveil the F999</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/26/video-formula-for-safety-abu-dhabi-police-unveil-the-f999/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19250462/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/26/video-formula-for-safety-abu-dhabi-police-unveil-the-f999/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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