A vehicle travelling $130$ km$/$h passes a police car at rest. As soon as the vehicle passes the police car, the police car turns its lights on and begins to accelerate to its maximum speed of $140$ km$/$h$.$

 Part $1$: If the police car accelerates at a constant acceleration for $12$ seconds, how far will it have traveled before reaching its maximum speed? 

Part $2$: In the same amount of time, how far has the speeder traveled?

Part $3$: How much more time will it take for the police car to catch up to the speeder? Assume they both travel at constant speed until the police car reaches the speeder.  

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