Miata Mailing List: January 1999, Message #1492

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At 01/09/99 08:59 PM , Tony Cooper wrote:
>The NC HP has just started using truly unmarked cars to patrol our roads 
>here in North Carolina.  In the last week,  while commuting I-40 I have 
>spotted a White 
>F150 pickup with blue lights hidden in the backup lights and grill writing 
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>Not easy to detect - BEWARE!  These techniques may be coming to your state...

They've been doing that for years up here; using different cars,
non-uniformed, etc.  My favorite though, was in Rhode Island when they set
up a car on the side, with the trunk open and jacked up, looking like
someone changing a tire.  Lo and behold, right in front of it, out of view,
was a cop running radar and down the road a half mile or so, there must
have been 6 troopers ready for the chase in case you didn't see them flag
you over.  It was over a July 4th weekend on I-95.  I understand they made
a lot of $$$ that way.



Paul
Merrimack, NH
Home of the 99 "Silver Screamer"
MCA, Granite Chapter

"I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol."