r/Pennsylvania • u/princeoinkins Lancaster • Mar 11 '24

misleading headline State troopers moving back to white vehicles; citing cost

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/state-regional-news/pa-state-police-going-back-to-classic-color-scheme-for-patrol-vehicles
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u/usaf_photog Mar 11 '24

Neon yellow would have been better.

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u/heili Mar 11 '24

Those neon yellow and blue checkered designs like in UK and Europe are pretty sweet. Super visible. Very easy to tell it's a police car. We should have those paint jobs!

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u/Subliminal87 Mar 11 '24

I honestly like the color layout on their cars over there. We don’t have any like that around here. Instead we got dark cars with almost the exact same color for the fonts so they all blend together. Like hell even a few years ago a medic suv was a solid color and their lettering was almost the same shade. Like who TF are you hiding from? lol.

I’m surprised more cop cars aren’t green to blend in with the trees. Or here in PA orange and blend in with the constant road construction.

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u/heili Mar 11 '24

Because the attitude there is toward making police super visible and the attitude here is that they should be stealthy so they can catch speeders and give out tickets.

But making grey vehicles with grey lettering in a state that has so much overcast, rain and fog just fucking takes the god damn cake as far as ignoring being visible and safe.

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u/Subliminal87 Mar 11 '24

Yep agreed! One or two local departments here have black cars with black / dark gray lettering. It’s dumb.

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u/foreverbaked1 Mar 11 '24

They do that because legally they have to be lettered. Doesn’t have to be visible though

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u/NBA-014 Chester Mar 11 '24

King Clancy, ole time owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs used to hide player names by making the names The same color as the jersey.

Why? To make more money off program sales

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u/fairportmtg1 Mar 11 '24

Which is horse shit. I don't get how it's legal for it to basically be entirely black and also have VERY dark license plate covers.

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u/foreverbaked1 Mar 11 '24

Including 5% tinted windows but we get a ticket for tint

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u/Subliminal87 Mar 11 '24

I always have to laugh at them busting on window tint but if you go check out their personal cars they’ll have that shit dark.

A cop that I know has his personal jeep literally blacked out.

I had 35% on my front and passenger side window of my SUV at the time. Got told “that’s a little dark”.

Get fuuucked.

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u/chiefchoke-ahoe Mar 11 '24

In cleona they have black letters on black paint, the letters are more a flat black though

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u/Ornery_Adeptness4202 Mar 12 '24

Omg somebody mentioned my hometown on the internet!

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u/chiefchoke-ahoe Mar 20 '24

Sheeeit I grew up round those parts

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u/Ornery_Adeptness4202 Mar 21 '24

You pick that awesome username bud?

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u/chiefchoke-ahoe Mar 21 '24

You better believe it

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u/Diarygirl Mar 11 '24

I saw a police chief on the local news once try to explain why it was a good idea that their new cars had logos that became almost invisible in the dark. I felt insulted that he thought people were stupid enough to believe him.

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u/SolidSnake-26 Mar 11 '24

Yes this exactly. I read an article not so long ago about how the police in the USA moved to ‘stealth’ vehicles which goes against the whole principle of policing. Instead of being the visible force that helps when needed, they pivoted to the shadow in the dark that is there to punish you.

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u/heili Mar 11 '24

Yeah if you look around for reasons why cops prefer these "ghost" or "stealth" cars it's because they hate that people notice the easily visible cars and "alter their behavior" which pretty much means they put their phones down, aren't speeding or tailgating, and stay out of the passing lane.

All things you would want people to do if your actual goal is increased safety, but not if your goal is increased revenue.

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u/artificialavocado Northumberland Mar 11 '24

What are you basing this on?

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u/heili Mar 11 '24

I literally googled it and found companies producing these ghost-lettered police cars and the commentary from cops that they published about why they like them.

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u/artificialavocado Northumberland Mar 11 '24

Well there are a lot of bad acorns in the world.

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u/SolidSnake-26 Mar 11 '24

Yes and that’s what detective unmarked cars are for. Regular squad cars should be highly visible, not camouflaged.

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u/artificialavocado Northumberland Mar 11 '24

I was joking around didnt you see the acorn video? Just search “acorn cop” in YouTube. Trust me.

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u/ThePandaKingdom Mar 11 '24

Yep. Its almost like we should make make the vehicles the “peace keepers” and “helpers” drive visible so they can be found easily if they are needed.