The Wodonga highway patrol team will be the envy of car buffs during the next fortnight as they test out a $160,000 Mercedes E43 AMG on loan to Victoria Police in a 12-month trial.
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The twin-turbo-charged V6 has go – though Sergeant Cameron Roberts won’t be testing out its top speeds if he can help it.
“We’re pushing the concept of a safe-systems approach and we’ve been fortunate enough to get a loan car that epitomises a very safe vehicle.
“It’s got more safety features than I’ve ever seen and it could almost drive itself – it has predictive breaking, it’s full of airbags and knows when you’re starting to depart a lane.
“It’s designed to highlight safer vehicles and it’s good to raise awareness of the sort of safety features that are available.”