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  • Re: Unmarked Police Cars

    From Willy Nilly@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Wed Feb 7 20:53:25 2024
    On Wed, 7 Feb 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Twice, now, I have come across unmarked police cars parked on the side of
    the road with their red-and-blue lights flashing, having pulled someone
    over.

    I think you are confused. Unmarked police cars don't have
    red-and-blue lights over their roof, as that marks them. Truly
    unmarked police cars (which don't have the red-and-blue lights) are
    not allowed to pull people over, and people do not have to obey any
    attempt by an unmarked car to pull them over -- for obvious reasons,
    such that the tailing car may be intending robbery or worse.

    And if your gadget says those cop cars are from Mexico, well maybe you
    just dreamt all of this, or your incompetence extends into this and
    many other spheres. Do you believe in reality checks?

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 7 20:28:25 2024
    Twice, now, I have come across unmarked police cars parked on the side of
    the road with their red-and-blue lights flashing, having pulled someone
    over.

    Of course I tried putting those licence plate numbers into CarJam, just to
    see what info I could find. One thing I found interesting is that, under country of origin, both had “Mexico”.

    How many cars do you think we import from Mexico?

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Willy Nilly on Wed Feb 7 20:55:45 2024
    On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:53:25 GMT, Willy Nilly wrote:

    Unmarked police cars don't have
    red-and-blue lights over their roof, as that marks them.

    I didn’t say they did.

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to Willy Nilly on Thu Feb 8 14:03:34 2024
    On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:53:25 GMT, wn@qwert.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

    On Wed, 7 Feb 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Twice, now, I have come across unmarked police cars parked on the side of >>the road with their red-and-blue lights flashing, having pulled someone >>over.

    I think you are confused. Unmarked police cars don't have
    red-and-blue lights over their roof, as that marks them. Truly
    unmarked police cars (which don't have the red-and-blue lights) are
    not allowed to pull people over, and people do not have to obey any
    attempt by an unmarked car to pull them over -- for obvious reasons,
    such that the tailing car may be intending robbery or worse.

    In dealing with Traffic offenses in particular motorists can only be
    required to stop by marked vehicles.

    There are Police cars that are often referred to as 'unmarked' because
    they do not carry the normal NZ Police livery, however they do have
    the flashing red and blue lights that are concealed, usually behind
    front and rear grills and only visible when lit. So if you are
    signaled to stop by a Police Officer you must be able to see the red
    and blue lights.


    And if your gadget says those cop cars are from Mexico, well maybe you
    just dreamt all of this, or your incompetence extends into this and
    many other spheres. Do you believe in reality checks?

    https://www.carsguide.com.au/holden/equinox

    So it seems that the Equinox was indeed manufactured in Mexico by GM
    (Holden).


    --
    Crash McBash

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  • From Willy Nilly@21:1/5 to Crash on Thu Feb 8 05:02:10 2024
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote: >https://www.carsguide.com.au/holden/equinox

    So it seems that the Equinox was indeed manufactured in Mexico by GM >(Holden).

    The statement was that the license plates were from Mexico.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Willy Nilly on Thu Feb 8 05:32:58 2024
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 05:02:10 GMT, Willy Nilly wrote:

    The statement was that the license plates were from Mexico.

    Statement from whom?

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  • From Rich80105@21:1/5 to Willy Nilly on Thu Feb 8 21:36:07 2024
    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024 05:02:10 GMT, wn@qwert.com (Willy Nilly) wrote:

    On Thu, 08 Feb 2024, Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote: >>https://www.carsguide.com.au/holden/equinox

    So it seems that the Equinox was indeed manufactured in Mexico by GM >>(Holden).

    The statement was that the license plates were from Mexico.


    No, the statement was
    "Of course I tried putting those licence plate numbers into CarJam,
    just to see what info I could find. One thing I found interesting is
    that, under country of origin, both had Mexico."

    I presume Carjam provides information from registration records, which
    include country of manufacture.

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