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Old 09-12-2010, 08:44 PM   #73
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Yeah I see the unmarked f150 pulling speeders over all the time here, one time they were using a riced out eclipse as a police car kinda weird.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:45 PM   #74
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I usually just lay on my windshield washers til they stop tailgating it actually workd 95% of the time.
LOL That's a good one.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:49 PM   #75
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Huh?? Troopers in unmarked cars can and do pull over people all the time in the US. Maybe in your particular state they don't but no need to call out Canada like that.

A good 10-15% of our state cops up here are in plain gray Chargers.
Once in Utah I saw somebody pulled over in an unmarked Mustang.

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I usually just lay on my windshield washers til they stop tailgating it actually workd 95% of the time.
Oh yeah! That reminds me...

In high school I drove my mom's 1994 Plymouth Voyager. I re-aimed the back window washer and used it on tailgaters.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:50 PM   #76
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never heard of the 2 car length rule I always thought it was 3 seconds behind no matter how fast they are going.
The common rule of thumb, and the one taught in driving schools, is one car length for every 10mph to allow proper stopping time if the car in front suddenly jams on their brakes or hits something.

So on the highway, that means a good 6 car lengths. Naturally, most people don't follow this especially in the left lane.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:52 PM   #77
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Oh yeah! That reminds me...

In high school I drove my mom's 1994 Plymouth Voyager. I re-aimed the back window washer and used it on tailgaters.
Haha. Did you fill the washer container with oil slick?
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:54 PM   #78
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i guess it doesn't really matter now but i work in new mexico and yes unmarked cars can pull you over. same in texas. i think that's bs but it's just the way it is. but there is also always that situation where it's dark and you can't tell what the car is behind you. i came so close to brake checking some a-hole who came up on me all fast on I-10 while i was passing another vehicle. i decided against it and just sped up and moved over into the right lane. turned out it was a highway patrol. few miles up the road he's got some corvette pulled over on the side of the road. frankly i don't see why he didn't just have his emergency lights on but oh well he didn't and if i had brake checked him he probably wouldn't have been happy at all.
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Old 09-12-2010, 08:56 PM   #79
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Huh?? Troopers in unmarked cars can and do pull over people all the time in the US. Maybe in your particular state they don't but no need to call out Canada like that.

A good 10-15% of our state cops up here are in plain gray Chargers.
Here in Canada (or at least where I am), the police cars aren't "unmarked". If you actually drive by one and look closely (or see one in a parking lot when you're both parked, that's alot safer ) you can see the word "Police" on the sides. There's a few around here that are black, with a dark gray "Police" lettering on the sides.
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Old 09-12-2010, 09:07 PM   #80
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Since everyone on the road does the opposite, we might as well just play the reverse psych game. Fast cars to the right, slower ones to the left. Should fix that
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Old 09-12-2010, 09:33 PM   #81
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Even "unmarked" state cops aren't necessarily unrecognizable as cops. There are clear signs when they are fairly close. The cars have to have police lights in the windows which are usually quite visible. Then of course there's the extra antennae. And many times the plain car will still have the ramming steel bumper on the front.
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Old 09-12-2010, 10:02 PM   #82
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Even "unmarked" state cops aren't necessarily unrecognizable as cops. There are clear signs when they are fairly close. The cars have to have police lights in the windows which are usually quite visible. Then of course there's the extra antennae. And many times the plain car will still have the ramming steel bumper on the front.
Also cop plates.
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Old 09-12-2010, 10:07 PM   #83
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Black Charger,limo tint, small lights on the edges of the windshield you just CAN'T see!
Scary @ss looking car....
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Old 09-12-2010, 10:15 PM   #84
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I am wrong for this but it seems like everytime I tailgate a cruser on the left lane they get the hint and move over and I normaly thank them with me waving my hand to them
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Old 09-12-2010, 10:17 PM   #85
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Old 09-13-2010, 12:22 AM   #86
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You don't need to tailgate. Just high-beam the guy up a couple of times, and he'll get out of the way (at least he should)
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Old 09-13-2010, 01:44 AM   #87
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I don't know about your backwards ass country, but here, unmarked cars can't pull you over.
Maybe in NM... I've seen unmarked cars pulling people over in CA, so you should research your facts a bit...
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You don't need to tailgate. Just high-beam the guy up a couple of times, and he'll get out of the way (at least he should)
in Indiana/Kentucky that doesnt work I tryd it
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Old 09-13-2010, 10:22 AM   #89
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Black Charger,limo tint, small lights on the edges of the windshield you just CAN'T see!
Scary @ss looking car....
That's the same way the ones in AL look. They look identical to those FIB cars in GTA4. The FPD does have a tweaked out Mustang and a couple of other cars though that look normal other than performance modifications and shiny wheels. They can and will pull you over. Also, I know for a fact that unmarked cars have pulled people over in NM and gave them tickets. Several of my friends live over at the Air Force base there.
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My sides are hurting from you too. The speeders don't cause any accidents. evar!

An unmarked car can't pull you over for one, and impeding traffic? I'm sure like 2 of those get written a month in the entire US.. You guys are out there man... lol

Oh and careful, people have been prosecuted for telling people to kill themselves... hahaha

Here's another one, I've been driving for 16 years and have never been in an accident. Its amazing I'm still alive!!!!!!
Poor bastard had it coming lol BANNED HAHAHA that's what you get when you think you know it all and have no common sence what so ever. Ppl like you need their lic. Taken away.
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