Iowa State Patrol has one car with the Fastrax system on the rear. It is half strobe and half LED. When they are on, they are very bright and visible. I wouldn't mind my car having one on the rear.

whelen dose not sell them anymore and i don't blame them they quit making them about the same time they came out with there new undercover light bars which i have installed and there bright when off you can't see them at all. Whelen rocks... Code 3, Tomar, sound off, sho me, and 911 ep ALL SUCK!!! I install police lights and i gota say whelen is just the best no question about it!!! 911 ep only has on nice product the WL & TD series lights.

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"they use them in minnesota"
Thanks for repeating what I said 3 days ago in case someone missed it the first time....

they use them in minnesota and south dakota as well

I am sure more than the four state agencies mentioned earlier have bought them or Whelen wouldn't still be making it. I think it is safe to say that it is not well liked by the people here that have commented on it.

Okay, I am not here to add any more fuel to the fire. I just want to say that I saw this same lighting system once on a San Francisco police car. I'm guessing that that was short lived just like with all the other departments mentioned. My first reaction upon seeing it was WTF?

bottom line is this lighting system is rarely used. from what i can tell, this fastrax system isn't all that popular. i haven't seen it mounted on anything other than a whelen demo car. the question you really have to ask yourself is if a police vehicle has this lighting system on it, does it really qualify as a slicktop? just wondering.

Man, it must suck to be you when you realize I'm right and that's your only feeble comeback.

Thanks for another spelling lesson.

I think I've figured out why you are anonymous. Based on your posts, you probably can't spell your own name either, even though it's only two letters. Right, jw? Then, the only barb you can toss at me is that I did not mention the Connecticut ( <- notice the proper spelling) State Police specifically? A very weak shot to say the least. No doubt you're too embarrased to sign your posts. I can't say that I blame you.

But, I can back up what I say. Here's the Georgia State Patrol car that you say doesn't exist. It's right in the contributor's album. Can you spell contributor?

http://images1.fotki.com/v6/photos/4/42477/2738683/MANNINGA-vi.jpg

Where are the, as you say, "several pitures on the internet of Conneticut"?

I will take youre word that GSP and KSP bought a few of them on a trial basis. I have never seen any pictures of their cruisers with Fasttrax. However there are several pitures on the internet of Conneticut and Minnesota State Patrol cars that have this system. I find it interesting that Mr. Tater who is such a know it all, did not know that the Conneticut State Police used them on their marked cruisers a few years ago.

GSP did use them on a trial basis as did Kentucky State Police of which they bought 4 of the rear units pictured above, they were not well liked and they were removed a few months after they were installed.
nascar uses them on a regular basis as well

Fasttrax or Fasttraw, which is it? I'm sure CT had them as Whelen is/was HQ'ered there. But I believe GA used them too because that was the first place I ever saw one.

(PS Whelen's name for their product is Fastrax)

Thanks for the spelling lesson. However it was Minnesota and Conneticut that used them. I have never seen a GSP cruiser with a Fasttraw system. So see you don't know everything Mr. Tater. The GSP slicktops have to large blue halogen flashers in the rear window.

yeah what he said!!!! let that be a lesson to ya.

It might be a good system if you work for a Whelen distributor. To everyone else it's a hassle to install and it kills the resale value of any vehicle it's been installed on. I think there were only 2 state police departments that even tried them in great numbers- Georgia and Minnesota. Other than that they really only saw trial use in other departments.

And by the way, it's spelled WHELEN not Wheelen. It's on the trunk, the door and the license plate in the photo.

Its a Wheelen Fasttrax lighting system. Its a very good system for slick top cruisers.

That light along the back window looks stupid

I saw this car on the cover of whelen's catalog a few years ago.