"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
08/19/2015 at 13:19 • Filed to: None
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"jkm7680" (jkm7680)
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Living in Northern Virginia, I usually feel fairly confident that I can identity nearly every car that’s a police car on the road by the year and equipment that it has, specifically the unmarked ones.
My local department is in one of the wealthiest suburbs in the country and they usually uses cars on the newer end of the spectrum, so those are the ones to watch out for usually unmarked.
Yesterday, I’m just cruising along with somebody else driving and I casually say “cop” because I see a fully marked Taurus driving to the left of me, the driver slows down a bit and we pass him. A little down the road, a dark green ‘03 Crown Vic is sitting in the right lane going slightly under the speed limit, my instincts tell me it’s not a Police car because of the age of it, but then again in Maryland they consistently use older Crown Vics on the highway. Anyways, we pass it and I don’t say cop and it’s a cop driving an unmarked car. Next day, driving down the same road with the same person I see the exact same car again except I can say “cop” this time around.
Lesson: Don’t underestimate how old Police cars can get.
Looked exactly like the ones pictured.
William Byrd
> jkm7680
08/19/2015 at 13:24 |
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Oh yeah, we have tons of Crown Vics still floating around MD. Amazing how they keep them on the road. I still want to start a Panther flipping business.
We have a 2014 black Fusion, a car not even used all that often as a cop car, and still people will slow down if I come up behind them quickly.
(sounds like start of a prison story)
Sam
> William Byrd
08/19/2015 at 13:31 |
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Strange. It looks like NYPD are pretty much the only ones who use them.
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William Byrd
> Sam
08/19/2015 at 13:33 |
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The Fusion? Yeah, that’s surprising. It’s cheaper than the Taurus but the back seat is HUGE. Take a look at the next one you see, I swear the rear door is longer than the front door by a good margin. I’ll have to measure!
Goggles Pizzano
> jkm7680
08/19/2015 at 13:33 |
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A few weeks ago I merged onto the highway, got up to speed, and moved to the center lane. I found myself behind a Tahoe. Thought about pulling to the fast lane and passing, but then thought it may be a good idea to consider if this was a police vehicle or not.
It was black with tinted windows, but I couldn’t see the telltale steelies from my perspective. Stick figure family sticker on the rear window? It was all a go. Downshift, pull out, see the steelies. Felt like the longest pass of my life.
Lesson: Don’t underestimate police.
Gonemad
> William Byrd
08/19/2015 at 14:48 |
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We do that game with white GM minivans. You have 1:3 chances it is a taxi cab. The Chevrolet representative actually said that “one third of our sales are to taxi cab companies”. You just look it from the back and try to guess, before being able to see over the roof for the green marker.
GM Meriva.
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GM Spin.
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And if you see a Prius here in Brazil, you bet it is a taxi cab. They are hideously expensive to import.
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jkm7680
> William Byrd
08/19/2015 at 15:31 |
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The Maryland State Police has a surprising amount of ‘03-’06 models with the chrome hubcaps floating about. VSP only has a few of them, which mainly just chill at weigh stations.
My local department has one shift of half CVPIs and half new Tauruses but every other shift is only CVPIs.