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Subject: Stolen NYSP license plates Author: Grainy [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:43:25 08/26/02 Mon The New York State Fair is in full stride at Syracuse NY. Yesterday there were over 105 thousand visitors. While the Troopers were busy policing this crowd someone stole 6 sets of troop car license plates. Various numbers from several different zones/troops. A year ago this would have not been too big of a deal. Usually stolen police plates turn up on a wall in a college dorm room. But now, with security being very tight this is a very BIG deal. The threat of emergency vehicles being stolen and used to gain access to events & locations has been a constant teletype 'alert'. (New Jersey & Nassau Co NY both had news items about this) I fear our hobby will soon come under the microscope. I hate to bring this up, but I have held these feelings in for years; If you are going to restore police cars and drive them, the car should be at least 20 years old. I have tolerated the late model ex-cruiser daily drivers, but I may have to be less tolerant. I may be selfish, but I don't want someone screwing this up for the old restored car owners. I see the intelligence traffic being transmitted and predict more strict controls and enforcement of existing laws that will have a drastic affect on our hobby. Please, behave and use your head. Trailer your car or go in convoy with others. All it will take is the wrong person needing help, approaching a ‘show car’ to call the press and this will be a bad day for all of us. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date I agee 100% ford jockey but prefer Mopar 15:18:14 08/26/02 Mon Hey Grainy, The Feeling is Mutual, I Keep Thinking About the Guy Who Posted ..... -- Dave M, 21:36:51 08/26/02 Mon Anybody who drives ANY marked non-commissioned 'squad' deserves very close scrutiny if running 'uncovered', yes.......trust me, I used to work in a rural Az motor pool over 10 years ago...........the raised eyebrows that I received when test driving a out of service unit were 'interesting', to say the least lol..........the Dep't here did not believe in covering up the lightbars either... (NT) -- Bearhawke in Az, 23:05:36 08/26/02 Mon Grainy: I agree with what you are saying re: license plate hassles.............but, what is to stop a potential terrorist from making a phony tag copying a bona fide plate and affixing said phony to the same model of vehicle? (NT) Bearhawke in Az 20:47:56 08/26/02 Mon Bearhawke, nothing can stop a determined terrorist or any other person who is committed to a cause... -- Grainy, 07:17:53 08/27/02 Tue Plates -- ford jockey but prefer Mopar, 14:04:53 08/27/02 Tue Stolen NY Plates Bob Herrington 20:55:57 08/27/02 Tue irresponsibility Bryan 22:26:53 08/27/02 Tue Great, here goes another piece of our freedoms. Ban daily drivers. What's next? Ban all restored white police cars, because white is too close to reality? Most current squads are white, remember? And you sure do forget that when the hobby started, most in the hobby started out with daily drivers that were then restored. But maybe you are not in the hobby and wouldn't know much about it? -- Giant, 09:39:40 08/28/02 Wed Listen, half-wit -- Bryan, 13:28:34 08/28/02 Wed Bryan: point taken, sir....................but, those 1991+ Caprices in particular will be gone sooner than anybody wants to admit to...........and will indeed qualify as 20+ YO vehicles in less than 8 years.................and will be damn near impossible to find............as it stands: the first 1991 big Chevy's came out in early 1990...............over 12 years ago! And, to be honest, IMHO; one would be wise in stockpiling 'police' only parts for the 1990's cars.............in particular the Caprice. Hell, it has been out of production for well over 5 years now. (NT) -- Bearhawke in Az (where there ARE still 1994-96 Caprices STILL in service), 19:27:52 08/28/02 Wed True. A 1991 Caprice is 11 years old, but as you stated yourself you live in a place where 94 to 96s are still in service -- Bryan, 22:00:28 08/28/02 Wed I've been to plenty -- DA, 09:43:23 08/29/02 Thu Yeah, daily driver, that means put lots of antennas and lights on the rear deck so everyone thinks your something your not, or as a total squirrel said @ a show last year " everybody thinks I'm a cop" (NT) -- Frank W, 09:44:33 08/28/02 Wed Old Cars Tom W. 01:00:03 08/28/02 Wed I hear what you are saying Grainy Greg Savernik 06:01:51 08/28/02 Wed Stolen NYSP Plates, more thoughts... -- Bob Herrington, 17:18:31 08/28/02 Wed My nightmare -- Grainy, 06:24:49 08/29/02 Thu Hopefully cooler heads will prevail!! -- ford jockey but prefer Mopar, 18:08:28 08/29/02 Thu Ford Jockey: sometimes in the heat of the moment decisions are made that in retrospect were stupid..............yet other decisions made that seemed dumb at the time were prophetic.........and correct. The saying is: Success has a 1,000 fathers whereas failure or error is an orphan. (NT) -- Bearhawke in Az, 22:47:07 08/29/02 Thu I think I'll just drive my fire dept. car to shows... Or hey, lets do security company car replicas! Or I got it, howabout Park Ranger Patrol ! Even use green lightbars 02:04:04 09/02/02 Mon Here in Lake Havasu City there is a marked 1991-92 Mohave County 'Courtesy Patrol' vehicle but with a clear, not a red/blue lightbar. (NT) -- Bearhawke in Az, 12:32:06 09/02/02 Mon I hit the 'Enter' key too soon............the make and model was a 1992 Chevy Caprice (NT) -- Bearhawke, 12:34:10 09/02/02 Mon There You Go, Everyone Pick a Mall, We Could Even Have a Convention @ the Real Big Mall in Minnesota, COOL (NT) -- Frank Mills, 20:11:34 09/02/02 Mon Park Ranger Patrol -- Frank S., 09:21:14 09/03/02 Tue I know the road well and use it often because I find it a pleasure to drive. I'm glad the rangers have stepped up enforcement. -- ford jockey but prefer Mopar, 11:46:28 09/03/02 Tue Maybe a copule of "daily drivers" could go on patrol and slow traffic down too (NT) -- Dave Mitchell, 16:52:09 09/03/02 Tue Even better...Postal vehicles! (NT) Furious440 13:47:11 09/02/02 Mon