Re: Police cars--A must read.

[scirocco.gtx@juno.com (Mark A Peele)]

In Maryland, you CAN be pulled over by an unmarked car. These cars are
eqped with lights in the grill and on the dash/rear window. I am always
leary of these  big boat cars. In Virginia, some of the troopers have
Mustangs.

I don't think you could be pulled over by an undercover car, but I have
heard stories of 18 wheelers being used by State Troopers.

Mark . . .
Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
*BIRTH*SCHOOL*WORK*DEATH*
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From: "Daniel A. Nowlan" <nowlan@flash.net>
To: Alex Tomic <atomic7@home.com>
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Police cars--A must read.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 23:32:12 -0500
Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980825233210.006ca888@pop.flash.net>

At 18:41 8/25/98 -0400, Alex Tomic wrote:
>>  I wouldn't stop if it didn't look at all like a cop car. There was a
>>string of incidents back east where people were getting pulled over by
>>"unmarked" cars that weren't cops at all. Women were raped, men beaten
and
>>robbed. This happened to a good friends grandmother. So if an
"unmarked"
>>car tries to pull me over, he has to catch me first. Screw the legal
>>ramifications of it. If I am not 100% sure its a real cop, they won't
get
>>me stopped. I've had questionable cars attempt to pull me over before,
>>attempt being the key word.
>
>Legally, if an unmarked car doesn't have the siren thing to put on top
of
>the car, are they allowed to pull you over? Would you be charged with
>resisting arrest..? I wonder... maybe consult a cop on this one!

I've heard that an unmarked car CANNOT pull you over for a simple traffic
violation.  If you're not sure about the vehicle trying to pull you over,
go to a fire station.  There's always one of those nearby unless you're
in
the sticks, in which case they're probably aren't any unmarked cars. 
Food
for thought...

Dan
'86 8v red martian

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