Just ran across this photo on the web. Any of you chaps from the great white north seen this spiffy HHR out on your highways and byways?



From the markings, it looks to maybe be a public relations or administrative vehicle instead of an enforcement one but you never know.

 

Haven't seen any around here.

On the rear fender it says Highway Safety Division.

 

They should have used an SS..... Would have surprised any performance cars trying to outrun them

 

 

Looks like an LS with no running boards. Canadian market HHRs come with running boards. Hmmmm.

 

Probably use it for school safety programs. Elementary schools.

 

Surprisingly no flashing lights which they have on almost all their vehicles, even those not designated for patrol.

 

it's a fleet vehicle, so that may explain the lack of a running board.
I don't know if Canadian cars are different, but the wheels (rims) are different than mine (mine are star-shaped -- there are gaps between the spokes of the wheel cover and you can see the rotors
there looks like emergency lights inside, mounted to the inside ceiling near the center. Local police have cars like those, we call them "stealth bombers" (no visible emergency lighting on the roof or in the grille)
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looking at http://www.policecanada.ca site (scroll down to the bottom) there's a separate section with a couple shots of the OPP HHR. According to the website, "Chatham-Kent OPP Highway Safety Division, Traffic Watch Courtesy Cruiser.
This is a new program being released on the 12th of February 2008 to promote courteous driving in Southern Ontario.
The vehicle has a number on the back 519-352-4444 that is answered at Blackburn Radio in Chatham. (CFCO FM 92.9 and CKSY 94.3)
Motorists can leave a message about random acts of traffic kindness experienced while driving."

 

I live in the Chatham-Kent area and I have not seen one of these around.

Pretty neat looking though.

 

I did see it once in june on the 401 at hwy 40 so it must be from Chatham it was parked on the on ramp.It looked like they were using it that day for speeders made me look twice.