Finally My Tax dollars at work! SAPD's Aggressive Driver sting has begun! (Kerrville: safety, cars)

[Deep Forest]

Originally Posted by scuba steve

What they said. If they really wanted to go undercover they'll need a few different cars for different parts of town. An early '90s Honda for a few parts of town I'm thinking of, a Kia that's a couple of years old for a second, and a 3 Series for another part of town.

Now that's funny...I would be SO embarrased to be pulled over by a Kia. After putting in the red/blue lights and a police radio there'd be no place for the driver to sit.

[Deep Forest]

Originally Posted by SabresFanInSA

Usually the dead giveaway is the black wheels or black wheels with silver center caps. The wider tires also as most people that upgrade tires dont "just" go for a wider tire on a stock rim. (really if you are going to change from stock rims are you just going to go with a black 16" or 17" rim?) Also the blacked out tint. On 4 doors the legal limit is 35% on all 4 doors. "Stealth" police cars have 5% all the way around.

Correctomundo....it did have the little center hubcaps (but not noticeable until you were right on top of the car). The 5% tint is a little iffy because there's a lot of cars running around that haven't been cited for having the 5% tint on all the roll-ups....

[majormadmax]

What I found interesting was the "regular" Texas license plates...I thought all police patrol vehicles had to have "official" (usually say 'tax exempt') tags...

[TexasRedneck]

Nope, M2 - they don't hafta have exempt tags......surprise!

[svg210]

Stealth Vehicle pulled over a green dodge ram on 90 and Acme RD it was that black SUV. This guys are not wasting any time.

[HillCountryHotRodMan]

They're going to start popping people for driving too slow in the left hand lane on highways and on loops, too. It's illegal to go too far under the speed limit, also.

[SATX56]

I just hope they consider the stop sign and red light runners #1 aggressive driver targets.

[Dreadlockd]

I wonder will there be a special task force assigned to busting Police officers driving aggressively in their vehicles when not responding to a call.

[CamillaB]

Went downtown the other day and one of the side streets was chock full of barricades and sidewalk was closed (they were putting stinky shellac or something down). This one guy walks out in front of our car and proceeds to play "traffic cop" by holding up his hand in our faces while his friends crossed the street. People on the other side were crossing in front of us as well. It was just a shambles. I can understand the sidewalk being closed is a PITA but if it's closed, find another route. You can't just stop traffic by standing in the street demanding to walk.

SA has some of the worst drivers I've ever encountered. I don't like people going under the speed limit but I will not be pushed into going over it, either. Murphy's Law says that if I did, I'd be the one to get it in the neck and not the person behind me. I'm pretty shocked at how many people drive in the right lane and tailgate because they're unwilling to simply move into the left lane to pass. And all the 35 MPH streets are tailgater magnets. It's almost as if they're all blind or just incredibly selfish/stupid. If you don't like the 35 zones then go another route. Seriously I'm tired of the bullying that goes on on the roads today. And everyone's so emotional out there. They take everything too personally.

BTW the city would make a cool fortune if they'd start picking up all the people who do improper lane changes. I've seen dozens just in the past couple of weeks.

[SATX56]

Originally Posted by Dreadlockd

I wonder will there be a special task force assigned to busting Police officers driving aggressively in their vehicles when not responding to a call.

I wish! But, policing their own not happening!