Running Lights bring Cops??
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Look at it this way. You're an officer parked on the side of the road with your laser gun, watching traffic go buy. You see a low profile object off in the distance with amber running lights. There is a good chance you know its a corvette. You have 5-6 other unrecognizable cars to chose from to target. Which one do you chose?
I doubt anyone you ask here is going to have biased against Corvettes, but that doesn't say much since Vette owners are in the minority in Law Enforcement. Also, which do you think the public takes notice of more: A generic 4 door pulled over, or a Corvette?
I doubt anyone you ask here is going to have biased against Corvettes, but that doesn't say much since Vette owners are in the minority in Law Enforcement. Also, which do you think the public takes notice of more: A generic 4 door pulled over, or a Corvette?
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Originally Posted by Pursuit_in_Progress
LYou see a low profile object off in the distance with amber running lights. There is a good chance you know its a corvette.
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Actually ---I've always thought that any high performance sports car like the Corvette is far safer at 10 MPH over the limit because of the far higher vehicle dynamic capabilites -- including far shorter stopping distances. I'd much rather pull over the mom doing 10 over while yelling at her kids in the back seat, talking on her cell phone, drinking her Starbucks while driving her 88 Buick Regal with bald tires and one tail light --- but that's just me.......
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I'd have to say no to this. I have a feeling it's more the way someone is driving rather than the DRLs.
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It could be. Some LEOs will focus on the cars that are more obvious. One day I was following an old pickup down a two lane road in my area that has a 30 mph speed limit. The guy driving the pickup was going about 25 mph and was dropping crap all over the road. I was keeping a safe distance behind him when around a turn comes a local LEO going the other way. My radar detector did not go off until the LEO had passed the truck and then he took a shot at me. He must have been disappointed to only get a reading of 25 per. What made my Vette more of a target than the truck?
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