# Car-aoke (or Taylor Swift's new back-up singer is arresting) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088 "2015-01-17T19:17:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/1 "2015-01-17T19:17:52Z")
The way he stops when others are around, he _knows_ he should only be doing this in the shower. Too bad for him someone found the video as I’m sure he’ll never live it down at the station. > [@](#): > > …is his transition back to normal patrol around 1:18 as he winds down singing and waves at another traveler. Ditto at 1:52 when he breaks the song again to signal someone to cross in front of him, and at 2:30 as a car passes The world’s latest [viral video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XFBUM8dMqw) [del]She’s[/del] the cops are like “Oh, my God!” **Mods:** I figured this was more frivolous chatter & harmless diversions than creativity & entertainment so I put into MPSIMS rather than CS ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/2 "2015-01-17T20:42:41Z")
I immediately thought of the late Gale Boetticher. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/3 "2015-01-17T22:55:47Z")
He’s funny. And I think he’s trying to be. He’s totally hamming it up for the camera. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/4 "2015-01-17T23:50:02Z")
High. Larious. I couldn’t have done as well! ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/5 "2015-01-18T02:52:32Z")
Do police cars have radios or MP3 players or built-in Pandora? Is there a direct audio feed from the radio to the dashcam? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/6 "2015-01-18T02:54:44Z")
I thought dashcams pointed the other way. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/7 "2015-01-18T02:58:59Z")
Fake ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/8 "2015-01-18T03:12:04Z")
Man’s got _groove_. And you know what? I don’t care if it’s fake or not. I’m going to pretend it’s real. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/9 "2015-01-18T03:22:46Z")
Staged, maybe. Fake? No. Hilarious? Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/10 "2015-01-18T03:29:57Z")
> [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Is there a direct audio feed from the radio to the dashcam? I doubt it. I assume someone just dubbed the song over the video so the audio was clear. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/11 "2015-01-18T04:10:39Z")
I saw this earlier and almost started a thread. It’s cute. But, it’s also totally staged, on purpose. The department and the officer freely admit it. The officer’s 10-year-old daughter likes the song and plays it a lot at home, which is why the officer knows the lyrics. It’s part of a Dashcam Confessional thing they’re doing to show their officers in a more human light. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-aoke-or-taylor-swifts-new-back-up-singer-is-arresting/710088/12 "2015-01-19T19:55:41Z")
That was one of the few things that gets posted to Facebook that actually made me laugh out loud. And yeah, I figured it was staged.