Being kissed is an occupational hazard of police work.

You might find your battery is not up to that.

There's no question in my mind that USB is going to happen. There's a lot of activity for inclusion by model year 2009, with some offerings coming sooner.

The power technology in lamps and windshield wipers today are really quite sophisticated. It is under the control of the microcontroller, which tells it how much power to allow. Rather than just turn on, it says 'I know this load on this lamp to be 4A,' and if the load exceeds that value, the lamp will turn off immediately. A traditional relay control would just turn it on, despite the short, and would burn up. Then you would have to buy all kinds of expensive pieces instead of replacing a bulb or a small wire.

If they end up spending 4 or 5 weeks there, it won't surprise me.