classic car

    Where I live, the police office, like many others, thought up the genius idea some time ago that getting a full-size sedan nobody buys, adding lights and antennas, painting it an ugly shade nobody would buy on any car, and cruising at 5mph in a 25mph zone would somehow not shout "Police!". Well, as we all know, this is absolutely stupid reasoning, and it's obvious that a Crown Vic with extra lights, a yellow license plate that says "official" (due to state laws), and just plain obviousness is an "undercover" police car. When I travel, I occasionally see a police office that is smarter than most and puts a big engine in a 90's Dodge, much like a sleeper, and nobody expects it. But there is still one big, ugly problem. That is that these cars sit in the lane in between the sides of the highway reserved for official and emergency vehicles. There is one smart police force I've seen though, and my hat goes off to them (not that I'll be wearing that hat much longer if spring is finally on its way). In Virginia, there is some county that takes rusting Cavaliers and other junk and does the sleeper treatment, but they put them on the shoulder of the highway to look like they've broken down, and nobody expects it, especially when they want to egg the helpless, stuck driver.