Police in the Bolivar State region of Venezuela were yesterday proudly showing off their latest acquisitions, namely five Toyota Hi-Lux patrol cars (list price without the policial add-ons of 158,251 Bolivares Fuertes (VEF) each) by parading them in caravan style along the local highway for everyone to see. They get to just outside the local ironworks and the lead car suddenly notices a speed control bump (aka sleeping policeman) in the road and slams on the brakes. The result of the sharp braking was that all five vehicles managed to do a good impression of an accordion, causing "considerable damage" to all five.
Adding insult to injury and in true Police Academy style, the regional police bigwig, General César Fuentes Manzulli, was present to watch the parade and was standing at attention at the very spot were the multiple pile-up happened. According to the report (and I'm going to translate this bit directly cos it's so cool) the General "showed signs of great annoyance on seeing the magnitude of the accident and the results of the same".
Adding insult to injury and in true Police Academy style, the regional police bigwig, General César Fuentes Manzulli, was present to watch the parade and was standing at attention at the very spot were the multiple pile-up happened. According to the report (and I'm going to translate this bit directly cos it's so cool) the General "showed signs of great annoyance on seeing the magnitude of the accident and the results of the same".
Something Special 18 Year Old Single Malts served, the end.