Question on the legality of making a part of your car look like a police car.

[spikerS]

So, in my travels last night, I spotted a cab, that I REALLY had to take a second look at, because I thought it was a police officer...

It was a checker yellow cab, from the B pillar forward, it looked just like any other checker cab. However, from the B-pillar back, it looked exactly like a CPS cop car in the new black and white livery. it had full logos, the works, plus a few additional decals from MADD, and a few other smaller stickers saying which would you prefer to drive you home?

By the time I looped back to try and get a picture of it, it was gone...If I see it again, I will grab a picture of it, but my google-fu isn't turning up anything either.

*edit* google-fu did help...it can be found on checker's FB cover photo.
https://www.facebook.com/checkertransportation/

But my question is, is this breaking the law? I mean, I assume MADD and Checker got permission to do this, but you can get permission to do a lot of things that might contravene the law for some specific circumstances.

Just wondering what the general consensus of this is.

[Xtrema]

I thought it's kosher as long as it doesn't have the red/white/blue strobes.

EDIT:

http://www.calgary.ca/cps/Pages/Traf...fications.aspx

white in front, red at the back with amber for turns. All other colors are illegal.

[Disoblige]

Checker and MADD worked directly with the Calgary Police and City for this, and not only that it is pretty clear to see it's not a police vehicle because of the 50/50 split. I doubt many people will mistake this vehicle as a police car. The intent and message is positive and as Xtrema stated, no strobes so it's not like the taxi is pretending to be a police car or trying to trick people.

[darthVWader]

Can I do this for my Uber?

[Mibz]

There was a white Astrovan that used to park near Somerset station. It had the blue and purple stripes on it like the old Calgary Transit vehicles, but it didn't have the actual logo. It took me months to realize it wasn't a CT van.

Every now and then it was parked in an area that a normal car couldn't park. This was like 10 years ago though, before ParkPlus cameras and shit. I wonder if he got busted.

EDIT: Stripe picture for reference

[88CRX]

Originally posted by Mibz
There was a white Astrovan that used to park near Somerset station. It had the blue and purple stripes on it like the old Calgary Transit vehicles, but it didn't have the actual logo. It took me months to realize it wasn't a CT van.

Every now and then it was parked in an area that a normal car couldn't park. This was like 10 years ago though, before ParkPlus cameras and shit. I wonder if he got busted.

EDIT: Stripe picture for reference

http://www.busdrawings.com/Transit/a...fii/7939_2.jpg

Probably looked pretty cool


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[RX-7_TWINTURBO]

[speedog]

Originally posted by Xtrema
I thought it's kosher as long as it doesn't have the red/white/blue strobes.

EDIT:

http://www.calgary.ca/cps/Pages/Traf...fications.aspx

white in front, red at the back with amber for turns. All other colors are illegal.

Yup, that would explain why I continually see people with blue or green or red lights in the front of their vehicles.

[revelations]

The word POLICE cannot be displayed at anytime.

Otherwise, as long as they have permission to use the CPS crest, its legal (as far as colours).

[Kloubek]

There is some security company (I think) that parks their cars on Edmonton Trail by the no-name gas place. (Close to the connecter). Black and white - well before Calgary police used those colours. If they weren't so old and dumpy I'd say those too could be easily mistaken as cop cars.

[Rat Fink]

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