Legitimate hunters, too. It’s illegal to “spot” deer (blind them with a bright light so they stand still) to shoot them, but it’s legal to go out spotting a couple of nights before the season starts to see where the most deer are. At least, in Pennsylvania where most of my hunting relatives live. All of them use hand-held spots, but I’m sure they’d use a car-mounted one too, if they had it.
Impersonating the police is a crime in the U.K.; is that not the case in America?
Owner of a dark blue 1990* Crown Vic here. Ex-grandma car with landau roof with a body style Ford hasn’t sold for decades, but it still scares some people with guilty consciences when I’m just driving normally and making no effort to impersonate a cop. It’s fun!
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- Conversation two hours ago:
Mechanic - It looks like you need a tuneup.
- Conversation two hours ago:
Me - A…tune…up? I haven’t heard those words together for 25 years.
Mechanic - Well, you drive a 25 year old car.
I think they’d say they’re not impersonating. They’re…hobbyists?
TLDR reason: It looks like a cop car and so one of three things happen. 1) It actually is a cop, 2) It’s a kid who enjoys making like a cop to push people out of the way, or 3) It’s Sister Mary Bluehair walking her car and holding up traffic because nobody will pass her.
Really TLDR reason: Crown Vics create traffic problems simply by existing.