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Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:09 pm
by WTR
MAJOkie wrote:WTR wrote:Pariah3j wrote:I just set the cruise 5 mph over and forget it.
Please tell me you are not one of those that ends up passing the guy whose cruise is set to 4mph over.. so you take 30 minutes to pass.. blocking the left lane the entire time? I see those folks so many times on the Interstate.
Actually, people "camping out" in the left lane is one of my major peeves. I'll speed up to pass or slow down to be passed in order to keep the left lane clear. What is hard about reading and understanding the signs that say "LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING ONLY?"
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 1:42 pm
by MAJOkie
WTR wrote:MAJOkie wrote:WTR wrote:Pariah3j wrote:I just set the cruise 5 mph over and forget it.
Please tell me you are not one of those that ends up passing the guy whose cruise is set to 4mph over.. so you take 30 minutes to pass.. blocking the left lane the entire time? I see those folks so many times on the Interstate.
Actually, people "camping out" in the left lane is one of my major peeves. I'll speed up to pass or slow down to be passed in order to keep the left lane clear. What is hard about reading and understanding the signs that say "LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING ONLY?"
Thanks. Yes, folks camping in the left lane is also one of my pet peeves. And as you can tell, the guy passing the other when his cruise control is set to 1 MPH faster than the other annoys the bejeebers out of me. I want to shout at them.. "YOU CAN PUSH THE GAS PEDAL while the cruise is on ya know!!"
:)
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:38 am
by sjfcontrol
I wonder if that's legal tint on the side windows -- looks VERY dark to me!
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:03 am
by Right2Carry
mojo84 wrote:GeekwithaGun wrote:I have no problem with the police enforcing traffic laws - especially in our area where I35 is under construction, workers are present nearly every day and night, the average speed limit is 60 mph and people are driving an average of 77 mph. I did a ride a long a few weeks ago from 6pm to 3am and we did not stop anyone going under 79 mph.
If you choose to speed and you get caught, then you have chosen to take the consequences of your actions. Granted there are some agency's that have traps that are revenue profit centers, I would think there are ways to report abuse to the state.
Were you in an unmarked or stealth patrol car? If not, I don't think anyone has a problem with police officers enforcing the laws. Many see these stealth vehicles as a tool to catch someone breaking the law rather than preventing laws from being broken.
Visibility of law enforcement is an excellent deterent.
It's just a dress code for police vehicles. Out in the open is never a deterrent.
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:30 am
by Jusme
sjfcontrol wrote:
I wonder if that's legal tint on the side windows -- looks VERY dark to me!
That's why it says,exempt on the license plate. Equipment laws don't apply.
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:28 am
by JALLEN
In France where the major arteries are toll roads, you can be ticketed for speeding if the time between toll booths is too short.
The other major difference is the relationship between gendarmes and the rest of the world. They can stop you for whatever purpose suits them, detain you as they like, search you and your possessions and take their time, and they need not read you your rights, because you don't have any. They can be very "business like." My inlaws in France were very careful to explain how things were when we were there driving around.
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:12 am
by sjfcontrol
Jusme wrote:sjfcontrol wrote:
I wonder if that's legal tint on the side windows -- looks VERY dark to me!
That's why it says,exempt on the license plate. Equipment laws don't apply.
I always thought exempt meant exempt from licensing taxes because it's a government car.
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:40 am
by mojo84
Right2Carry wrote:mojo84 wrote:GeekwithaGun wrote:I have no problem with the police enforcing traffic laws - especially in our area where I35 is under construction, workers are present nearly every day and night, the average speed limit is 60 mph and people are driving an average of 77 mph. I did a ride a long a few weeks ago from 6pm to 3am and we did not stop anyone going under 79 mph.
If you choose to speed and you get caught, then you have chosen to take the consequences of your actions. Granted there are some agency's that have traps that are revenue profit centers, I would think there are ways to report abuse to the state.
Were you in an unmarked or stealth patrol car? If not, I don't think anyone has a problem with police officers enforcing the laws. Many see these stealth vehicles as a tool to catch someone breaking the law rather than preventing laws from being broken.
Visibility of law enforcement is an excellent deterent.
It's just a dress code for police vehicles. Out in the open is never a deterrent.
Nice swing but, strike.
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:02 pm
by Right2Carry
mojo84 wrote:Right2Carry wrote:mojo84 wrote:GeekwithaGun wrote:I have no problem with the police enforcing traffic laws - especially in our area where I35 is under construction, workers are present nearly every day and night, the average speed limit is 60 mph and people are driving an average of 77 mph. I did a ride a long a few weeks ago from 6pm to 3am and we did not stop anyone going under 79 mph.
If you choose to speed and you get caught, then you have chosen to take the consequences of your actions. Granted there are some agency's that have traps that are revenue profit centers, I would think there are ways to report abuse to the state.
Were you in an unmarked or stealth patrol car? If not, I don't think anyone has a problem with police officers enforcing the laws. Many see these stealth vehicles as a tool to catch someone breaking the law rather than preventing laws from being broken.
Visibility of law enforcement is an excellent deterent.
It's just a dress code for police vehicles. Out in the open is never a deterrent.
Nice swing but, strike.
Says you. I think it cleared the fence.
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:11 pm
by psijac
K.Mooneyham wrote:Nuts4hotwheels wrote:
I, too, have a problem when the traffic laws are used to primarily generate revenue for a municipality or other political entity, instead of actually enhancing safety.
Ticket Revenue, and Civil Forfeiture created by local police should go to the state or even Federal level, that way there is no monetary incentive for local cops to give tickets
Re: New Low-Profile Light Bar for Police Cars
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:33 pm
by Jusme
sjfcontrol wrote:Jusme wrote:sjfcontrol wrote:
I wonder if that's legal tint on the side windows -- looks VERY dark to me!
That's why it says,exempt on the license plate. Equipment laws don't apply.
I always thought exempt meant exempt from licensing taxes because it's a government car.[/quote
Police cars and other emergency vehicles are exempt by statute from nearly all traffic laws (allowed to run red lights, speed etc. )They are also exempt from equipment laws which allows them to use light bars etc. Tinted windows darker that allowed by the general public may also be used on emergency vehicles. I never got to drive patrol cars with tinted windows, but DPS, Texas Rangers always had tinted windows.