Comment on Riding in style

• Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Anyone driving a black or white ford explorer is worry some. The tell is the antennas. Cop cars have big antennas on the roof that normal cars don’t have.

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    They don’t have external antennas around here any more. They don’t even have the push bumpers. Half the time the flashers are mounted inside the windshield and back window. They’re very difficult to spot. I have a radar detector now, which reliably notifies me when one is in the area.

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    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Yea it’s rough. The tax exempt plates are a tell that you can use if they’re ahead of you.

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      • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Used to be my go–to in Florida but I’ve been noticing most unmarked cars don’t have government plates anymore. Gotta look for the light hardware through the limo tint in the windows now

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      • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Not in Washington state… I depend on the lack of roof rails, or black dodge chargers or Durangos.

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  • Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    And the wheels. I get the homage nod to the past, but that big shiny hubcap is a huge tell that isn’t offered on the non-police models.

    Murdered out police insignia and shorty antennas only go so far when you floating on that chrome

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    • Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Yes, but those are hard to see when the car is directly behind you.

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  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Antennas, that cage on the front bumper, and no hub caps around my neck of the woods.

    Mostly SUVs and Chargers.

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  • variants@possumpat.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Also just having a new explorer is enough, my parents got a new explorer a few years ago and one time I was driving them somewhere and got into the carpool lane, then I noticed everyone in front just kept getting out of the way and I realized they all thought we were cops

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  • iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Sometimes you can see the grate/cage divider inside too, if you’re sharp eyed

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    • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Yeah, if they’re behind me I look for the shotgun. It’ll be fairly obvious, vertically mounted between the passenger and driver seat. You can even see the silhouette at night if there’s someone behind them with their headlights on.

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      • iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Good tip! I’ll keep an eye out for that detail next time I see one

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• Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Like 80% of police cars I see nowadays are SUV’s.

  And the other 20% or so is Dodge Chargers.

  Actually I kinda want to get one of the ex-police Chargers at auction because I’d never spend that much on a sporty car, but I feel like that would be fun, even if it only lasts a couple of years. For less than 6-8k you can certainly do worse!

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  • Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Especially because they beef up the suspension, and performance maintenance religiously on their vehicles.

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