The official "Ask a cop/deputy anything!" thread

[Sedan_Clan]

Digital plates are approved in California and two other states. I kinda like it. Let's see how long it takes for this to catch on.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Let's see how long it takes for this to get hacked and used to display inappropriate messages or spam ads.

FTFY.....

[vreihen16]

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[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

FTFY.....

Well, the license plate app allows you to put messages in hashtag form on your plate. If it gets hacked, the car is stolen, someone removes the assembly, etc…..there are protections for that. It's not my cup of tea, but one of my partners is running the system. The system is linked to the DMV.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Well, the license plate app allows you to put messages in hashtag form on your plate. If it gets hacked, the car is stolen, someone removes the assembly, etc…..there are protections for that. It's not my cup of tea, but one of my partners is running the system. The system is linked to the DMV.

Interesting…

More ways to spend your money.

[cmyx6go]

Did you guys see the video of this horrific crash? WTF was the driver thinking? The only thing I can think of is she wanted to kill herself. She was flying through that dead red. That's not distracted driving. So sad for all involved.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/driver-lo...oss-negligence

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Did you guys see the video of this horrific crash? WTF was the driver thinking? The only thing I can think of is she wanted to kill herself. She was flying through that dead red. That's not distracted driving. So sad for all involved.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/driver-lo...oss-negligence

Just saw that on the news. The 8 months pregnant woman was on her way to a doctor appointment. Sad.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Did you guys see the video of this horrific crash? WTF was the driver thinking? The only thing I can think of is she wanted to kill herself. She was flying through that dead red. That's not distracted driving. So sad for all involved.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/driver-lo...oss-negligence

It is very sad.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Digital plates are approved in California and two other states. I kinda like it. Let's see how long it takes for this to catch on.

Originally Posted by Esteban

Interesting…

More ways to spend your money.

Yup...

Reviver Auto, the California-based firm that created the plates, charges $699 for this innovative device.

I doesn’t include installation costs and the $7 monthly fee every user needs to cover to keep it running. Not to mention that you can only get the device from selected dealerships and cannot be sold at the DMV.

https://www.etags.com/blog/californi...license-plate/

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Why are people so oblivious?!? I just saw a guy hop out of his new BMW 4-Series and run inside of a building while leaving the car running with the driver's side door wide open. If I were a bad guy, I would have jumped right into the driver's seat and stolen that car (….kidnapping anybody who might've been inside of the vehicle; it just happened a few days ago with children in the car). It amazes me how many times people have left a car running outside (…e.g….at a gas station, in their driveway, etc.) and had the car stolen. Then they call the police, frantic……because they are idiots. Sometimes I want to ask them, "Are you regularly this stupid?"

In my area, cops were citing people for leaving their cars unintended while running especially during the winter when people would warm up their cars while staying inside their homes.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by zx10guy

In my area, cops were citing people for leaving their cars unintended while running especially during the winter when people would warm up their cars while staying inside their homes.

Do you know what vehicle code they were using?

[wtwo3]

What do you make of this? An explorer with roof rails, a "baby on board" sticker, and civilian license plate, conducted a traffic stop here yesterday. 2 police officers stepped out of it.

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by wtwo3

What do you make of this? An explorer with roof rails, a "baby on board" sticker, and civilian license plate, conducted a traffic stop here yesterday. 2 police officers stepped out of it.

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It's a U/C vehicle. You should see the vehicles we have in our U/C fleet. We have everything from modded Honda Civics to beat up Chrysler Mini-vans that look as though somebody is living in it. They all obviously have civilian plates.

[wtwo3]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

It's a U/C vehicle. You should see the vehicles we have in our U/C fleet. We have everything from modded Honda Civics to beat up Chrysler Mini-vans that look as though somebody is living in it. They all obviously have civilian plates.

That's terrifying

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by wtwo3

That's terrifying

….and none of them are as clean as the U/C vehicle pictured in your post.

[zx10guy]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Do you know what vehicle code they were using?

I don't. There wasn't a lot of details from the news story. The reason why tickets were being issued was because of the exact scenario you mentioned where car thefts were happening due to running unattended vehicles. The statement from the police department stated the owners of these cars were putting the general public in danger due to police chases that were unnecessary if the owners were more responsible.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Sedan_Clan

Do you know what vehicle code they were using?

Local laws.

"And in Washington D.C., anyone caught idling their car for more than 3 minutes may be fined up to $5,000."

https://www.menshealth.com/trending-...p-car-illegal/

NYC created a vigilante anti-idling program for commercial vehicles. Send in a 3-minute video of a commercial vehicle idling, and the reporting party gets 25% of the fine.....

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/new-yor...-idle-warrior/

[rwheels]

And how many times can one go around in a round-about, before it is considered an infraction? Asking for a friend. Will said friend have to perform a sobriety test?

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by rwheels

And how many times can one go around in a round-about, before it is considered an infraction? Asking for a friend. Will said friend have to perform a sobriety test?

Remember to air up your tires a bit beforehand, or else they will start to blister at the shoulders around lap 15 from overheating.....

[rwheels]

Terrible crash near Los Angeles; 6 dead. Driver was flying through the intersection.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/golf/...ategory=foryou

[bayarea328xit]

Originally Posted by rwheels

Terrible crash near Los Angeles; 6 dead. Driver was flying through the intersection.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/golf/...ategory=foryou

That accident is so sad - so many people dead.

Of course, we don't know the cause yet - It seems that the Mercedes driver survived and is now being charged for vehicular manslaughter.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by rwheels

And how many times can one go around in a round-about, before it is considered an infraction? Asking for a friend. Will said friend have to perform a sobriety test?

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Remember to air up your tires a bit beforehand, or else they will start to blister at the shoulders around lap 15 from overheating.....

We went to Gettysburg on a family vacation in 1972ish. My dad was driving and we came upon a traffic circle. As a native SoCal driver, he had never encountered a traffic circle. We were stuck in that thing for about 10 minutes! It's pretty easy to get stuck if one doesn't know exactly where they need to exit!