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Ever wish you were a LEO for 15 minutes?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by SlurpeeBlueMetallic, Mar 24, 2010.

  1. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM
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    SlurpeeBlueMetallic

    SlurpeeBlueMetallic [OP] FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

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    Man, people like this just piss me off. I've seen lots of folks with smoked, polarized, tinted license plate frames but this is the worst one I've ever come across. If I was a cop I'd pull them over in a heartbeat!

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  2. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:52 PM
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    i wish i was a cop all the time!
     
  3. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM
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    That pic was when I was 5 feet off their bumper and 2x zoom on my phone. I could just barely discern the characters with my eyes from that distance.
     
  4. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:54 PM
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    lol. Yea I would love some red and blue strobes on the taco
     
  5. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:55 PM
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    tiger... would ya'lls computer be able to read that or would it set off the alarm?
     
  6. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:57 PM
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    it should be able to read it
     
  7. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:57 PM
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    applawman

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    Won't be long before an NC State Trooper fires him up for that. They are tight on this kind of stuff.....
     
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    i've got red and white.... does that count? :D
     
  9. Mar 24, 2010 at 5:58 PM
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    and that plate cover could result in a stop in SC...dunno the law in NC
     
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    :rofl:
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  11. Mar 24, 2010 at 7:39 PM
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    mntbiker2008

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    ok... ive always wondered... what is the point in these plate tints? if its to keep your car from getting snapped by a traffic camera or something... slow the hell down... either way it gets you a ticket some how.
     
  12. Mar 24, 2010 at 9:14 PM
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    Thats for vol ff right?
     
  13. Mar 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM
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    I would think its more for regular fire. Where I am, volunteer firefighters have a single blue light.

    As for the cop question, I wish I was one all too often. I watched two cars go into on coming traffic today so that they could pass a slower car. That was after they were so close to my truck that I couldn't see the hood of the car behind me. The one had a FOP sticker next to the license plate, which was a Virginia plate.

    Too many stupid people on the roads.
     
  14. Mar 24, 2010 at 9:25 PM
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    Two words, CITIZENS ARREST. :D
     
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    well you are correct in the fact that i am a vol firefighter.. but here police run straight blue lights, fire and ems run red and white.
     
  16. Mar 24, 2010 at 9:30 PM
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    I guess I stand corrected.
     
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    everywhere seems to be different on what color combinations they run... and some places even has ceratin colors for volunteer personally owned vehicles.... so you very well may be right for your area....
     
  18. Mar 25, 2010 at 5:20 AM
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    I think in WV they are completely vol. so they get to use emergency lighting on their vehicle. NY however you only get a blue light. I might go for my vol. sometime next fall.
     
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    Yeah, personal vehicles for volunteers are blue, but the engines themselves are red and white. Cops here are blue and red. I've been interested in becoming a volunteer, but I live in the city, where its a paid department, so I'd be helping a community I'm not even apart of, hah.
     

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