Police car (“Lunar explorer”). In historical Soviet/Russian urban slang, the term was cheekily applied to police patrol vans (like the UAZ-452) due to their rounded shape and slow, bumpy cruising speed.
Я лично каждый луноход за километр обхожу. Хоть я как тот парень ни разу не попадал, но ментов просто терпеть не могу.
I personally away every paddy wagon a mile away. Even though I’ve never been caught like that guy, I just can’t stand cops.
(Serg Polyakov @ fido7.spb.sport.fans, 04/1999)
