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Jun 16, 2019

Plain Black Wrapper

In Michigan last week on I94 we saw a lot of Troopers. A one turn around was a Trooper and a Motorcycle.
The motorcycle bore no markings at all and the rider only displayed the Michigan State police seal or shield on the shoulder. He wore a subdued gold color helmet.
A white cub type car passed us but not at any great speed and the Motorcycle after we had passed cam out an chased the car down within less than an 1/8 mile. Then he turned on the take down lights.
The lights were flush and blacked out within the rest of the trim.
It was a high hp Susukie or Kawsaki 4 cylinder with quiet exhaust.
You would never recognize the cycle or rider at any distance, and maybe right next to them, as a State Trooper of a State Police motorcycle.
Maybe there was some markings I missed, I dunno.
nrapment?
In our state in a plain unmmarked car the Trooper has to wear his DI or campaign hat, or other insignia, if working. But with all windows, just about, blacked out on their vehicles these days who can tell.
In Middle Tn/Nashville and elsewhere they are in small Chevys with v8s
and ow becoming ubiquitous the Chryslers with 157mph capability and more.
Had a somewhat local Officer ask me about hopping up his Chrysler. I'm too old to fool with them anymore. Won't urpirse me to see the new Hemis 757 hp Chryslers as Police cars though their insurance already sky high, frowns on them using even confiscated left lane cars.
  • How much time have you saved when ticketed taken to post a bond that takes about 2 hours. Longer if the officer is miffed by your attitude.
  • If I spend 10 hours averaging 55 mph, vs 10 hours averaging 45 mph. That's a difference of 100 miles. Nearly 2 hours of sitting in one spot. No thanks.

    Now figure that kind of time difference spread out over 6000 miles and figure how much time is wasted sitting in front of that steering wheel. Okay, I'll do it for you 45 mph average works out approximate 142 hours, 55 mph average is approximately 110 hours. 32 hours, 32 hours. That's nearly a whole work week. Again, no thanks.
  • bigred1cav wrote:
    How much time have you saved when ticketed taken to post a bond that takes about 2 hours. Longer if the officer is miffed by your attitude.
    Haven't had a ticket in probably 30 years. And I don't drive any differently now. So your concern is a moot point.

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