Timeline for What is the meaning of a police car with no department or logo in the USA?
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| Jun 16, 2020 at 19:45 | comment | added | deep64blue | " In Georgia you have to pull over but may first proceed to a 'safe' location." The link provided is talking about marked cars not unmarked:- (e) Whenever a motorist driving on the roadways of this state is directed to stop by a law enforcement officer in a law enforcement vehicle marked as required under this Code section, the motorist may continue to drive until a reasonably safe location for stopping is reached. | |
| Jun 16, 2020 at 15:25 | comment | added | J... | The other common word for these is "ghost cars". They're almost exclusively used for traffic duty since they tend to blend in with the regular commuter cars - to answer OP's actual question of whether they're for any special duty. People tend to stop speeding when they see police, and you can usually spot a marked car from far enough away that people react and adjust their driving before they can grab a radar reading. | |
| Jun 16, 2020 at 3:35 | comment | added | Nelson | @BillThePlatypus There are very wide range of "unmarked cars" from full, undercover cars to ones that have extremely light decals as to basically be a full police car unless you're looking in your side/rear mirrors, then the decals are very hard to spot and you think it is a "normal" car. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 23:43 | comment | added | Panzercrisis | I've heard the thing about calling 911 to verify elsewhere before. However there's a potential issue in the Southwestern US: Many places don't have cell phone signal, potentially for many miles. (Same thing in the Western US in general, not just the Southwest.) What's usually the rule or whatever in a situation like that? Just put the hazard lights on and drive 20 miles to the next gas station? | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 15:11 | comment | added | BillThePlatypus | Unmarked cars rarely have all the extra hardware on the outside, as it obviously identifies it as a police vehicle, defeating the point. | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 14:07 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Nate Eldredge | ||
| Jun 15, 2020 at 13:59 | comment | added | PhilippNagel | @Ryan somehow I missed it, I'll upvote, thanks for pointing it out! | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 13:55 | comment | added | Ryan | @PhilippNagel That's what I said in my answer: travel.stackexchange.com/a/157701/5038 | |
| Jun 15, 2020 at 11:17 | comment | added | G. Ann - SonarSource Team | The law on unmarked cars can vary by state. In Georgia you have to pull over but may first proceed to a 'safe' location. Ref | |
| Jun 14, 2020 at 19:14 | history | answered | Nate Eldredge | CC BY-SA 4.0 |