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Drivers beware! Italian cops get speedy wheels

Speeding motorists on Italian highways may find themselves being chased by a Lamborghini sports car with a flashing blue light.
ITALIAN POLICE SHOW OFF THEIR NEW PATROL CAR DURING CELEBRATIONS IN ROME
Italian police show off their new Lamborghini patrol car during celebrations in Rome Friday to mark the force's 152nd anniversary. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
/ Source: Reuters

Speeding motorists on Italian highways may find themselves being chased by a Lamborghini sports car with a flashing blue light.

Italian police took possession Friday of a sleek, 500 horsepower, two-seater Lamborghini Gallardo, which can hit a top speed of 185 mph.

The sports car, painted in the police’s distinctive blue and white colors, comes complete with a flashing blue light on the roof and will initially patrol the Salerno-Reggio Calabria freeway — a road notorious in Italy for wild driving.

The Lamborghini will also be used to transport human organs for emergency operations.