PSA for anybody that drives on the GW Parkway

Kinja'd!!! "jkm7680" (jkm7680)
02/02/2017 at 19:49 • Filed to: None

Kinja'd!!!2 Kinja'd!!! 16

The Park Police has recently been using an unmarked white 2002 Impala 9c1. Looks like this.

Took me by surprise because of how old it is.

Kinja'd!!!

DISCUSSION (16)


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > jkm7680
02/02/2017 at 19:52

Kinja'd!!!2

Got a warning there in the late 70s ... joked how I was driving a Rabbit diesel that didn’t have the guts to go over 50MPH (would go 110 if pushed) so the cop laughed, and let me off.


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > Steve in Manhattan
02/02/2017 at 20:00

Kinja'd!!!1

By 110 you mean km/h right?


Kinja'd!!! Roundbadge > jkm7680
02/02/2017 at 20:07

Kinja'd!!!0

Don’t live anywhere near there...but this just reminded me.

Last week I saw a ratty blue Chevy Aveo hatch driving through a local mall parking lot. The back windows between the C & D pillars were taken out, and there were license plate scanners mounted inside of them. That just seems like some of the shiftiest crap I’ve ever heard of.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > Roundbadge
02/02/2017 at 20:09

Kinja'd!!!2

Brokeass repo agent probably, haha.


Kinja'd!!! Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Steve in Manhattan
02/02/2017 at 20:11

Kinja'd!!!0

Did you get a ticket for excessive black smoke?

I drove several of those VW diesels. Good cars. The last one I had was an ‘84 Jetta turbodiesel.


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > E90M3
02/02/2017 at 21:08

Kinja'd!!!0

No, MPH, if downhill and pushed. At least that was what was indicated - de ZEITZ instruments might have been a BIT optimistic.


Kinja'd!!! HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > jkm7680
02/02/2017 at 22:17

Kinja'd!!!1

Shadiest undercover I’ve ever seen was a purple Dodge Caravan.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > jkm7680
02/02/2017 at 22:43

Kinja'd!!!1

Sneaky. I got pulled over by a statey in a 9C1 Caprice in 2005. I was shocked to see it.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/02/2017 at 22:45

Kinja'd!!!1

Illinois State Pplice used to use an unmarked Grand Prix and an unmarked XJ Cherokee. They were both running soft plates. Sneaky bastards.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Roundbadge
02/02/2017 at 22:46

Kinja'd!!!1

Definitely a repo man.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > shop-teacher
02/02/2017 at 22:48

Kinja'd!!!0

They had a few of those in service around here until around 2007, haha.

But the Park Police have at least five 2002-2004 Impalas in service and at least three older CVPIs. That’s kinda weird for a Federal police agency.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > jkm7680
02/02/2017 at 22:57

Kinja'd!!!0

That is weird.

A semi-local police department was in the news recently. They had an old Caprice that had been sitting around for years, but only had like 2,500 miles on it. It had been used as a parade car. They decided to fix it up and put it in service.


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > shop-teacher
02/03/2017 at 00:41

Kinja'd!!!0

Mchenry Illinois! I saw that article, pretty awesome story. Guy who had it clearly likes it a lot.


Kinja'd!!! Roundbadge > shop-teacher
02/03/2017 at 06:58

Kinja'd!!!0

I guess I’ve just never seen one in action before.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > jkm7680
02/03/2017 at 07:09

Kinja'd!!!1

Yep!


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Roundbadge
02/03/2017 at 07:13

Kinja'd!!!0

I’ve seen it a few times. The first time I saw it the plate readers they where just screwed to the hood of an otherwise plain white tow truck, so that made it pretty obvious what was going on.