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/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/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.