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Anyone get frustrated with people thinking you are a cop?

MyTMerc

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I used to own a 2004 Black Mercury Marauder and it happened all the time. Our Marauder club was very active and when we traveled together we were routinely mistaken for a group of FBI or LEOs. Nice when traffic gets out of your way but not so nice when they slow below the speed limit. I was behind a co-worker on the way into work the other day and he thought I was a LEO. Not at all why I bought either car, just love the performance and style.
 

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I'm noticing it more and more lately and mine is bright red!? I think they only see the black grill and think it's a cop or fire chief.
 

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Don't want to be confused with LEO'S? Get one in Iconic Silver, people pass me all the time. Lol
 

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CareerFiremanGuy said:
Don't want to be confused with LEO'S? Get one in Iconic Silver, people pass me all the time. Lol
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Not necessarily, the largest suburban city police department near me uses silver cruisers and have done so for a while. The county uses an off white cream color and D.C. uses white. Some nearby jurisdictions are black or dark gray.
 

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I have a Stone Blue colored one and have been waved at by the cops thinking I was an unmarked unit. Lol that never gets old!
 

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My wife's Vanilla 300C had that effect. We made regular runs to Baton Rouge. People would see that big grill and those big shoulders coming up and move right over. I suspect Rapid Red isn't such a camouflage color.
 

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MikeHTally said:
My wife's Vanilla 300C had that effect. We made regular runs to Baton Rouge. People would see that big grill and those big shoulders coming up and move right over. I suspect Rapid Red isn't such a camouflage color.
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Yet they still slow down or get out of my way!
 

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My favorite is to hang out in the middle lane and wait for speeders. When they fly by me, I drive up on their tail and watch them freak out. :ROFLMAO:

One of them followed me to a gas station. I thought he was going to be pissed but he was more relieved than angry. He was cool about it. No more doing that trick on low fuel. :unsure:
 

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When the DRL's are on I don't get why people think I'm a cop. Maybe I'll turn them off and do some experimenting.
 

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When the DRL's are on I don't get why people think I'm a cop. Maybe I'll turn them off and do some experimenting.
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FYI - Some states require the DRL.
 

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hbalek said:
Not necessarily, the largest suburban city police department near me uses silver cruisers and have done so for a while. The county uses an off white cream color and D.C. uses white. Some nearby jurisdictions are black or dark gray.
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Where I live local LEO's use black, and our State Police use another dark color. So Iconic Silver literally means nothing in that regard to people in my area.

I get passed with astonishing regularity, which is fine by me!

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My favorite is to hang out in the middle lane and wait for speeders. When they fly by me, I drive up on their tail and watch them freak out. :ROFLMAO:

One of them followed me to a gas station. I thought he was going to be pissed but he was more relieved than angry. He was cool about it. No more doing that trick on low fuel. :unsure:
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No offense, but that is one of the dumbest things I ever heard of.

Not only are your actions foolish, they're downright dangerous.
 

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Mine is Iconic Silver (the same color as state troopers here ) and the State Trooper here in NC did not seem to care when he pulled me over and gave me a ticket for 21 over :ROFLMAO:
 

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mizzoufan22487 said:
So I am looking to by an ST and really like silver. My one hesitation is people thinking you are a cop and driving below the speed limit in front of you. Anyone with a silver ST that experiences this to the point where you wish you bought a different color?
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I've had a few situations where people thought it was a police cruiser. It's mostly when they are passing me and they look over and think, "oh crap! That's a cop!!".... and then they slow down and don't pass. When they realize that I'm just an ordinary guy, they proceed to haul ass again XD
 

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Blaster7Romeo said:
Mine is Iconic Silver (the same color as state troopers here ) and the State Trooper here in NC did not seem to care when he pulled me over and gave me a ticket for 21 over :ROFLMAO:
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Our troopers use different color schemes, and I even get tailgated with regularity. :LOL:
 

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