Would a POLICE camouflage be illegal?

[steve_t]

I wonder how you'd go putting red and blue decals on the bike and writing "Pirihamana" on it. You could wear your hi-vis vest etc. If the cops ever pulled you over about it, just claim your Tribal/Ancestral/Cultural rights. Would it still be illegal to impersonate a 'fake' cop??

For u guys that don't watch the news
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10565293

The loan car from my Holden dealer the other day was a plain old silver commodore with stock wheels... I swear people slowed down when they saw me... I would

[FROSTY:Me]

There was "this guy" once who for some bizzare reason used to ride an ex cop XJ750 with TRAFFICO clothing company stickers on it. -the er clothing company bit musta washed off. The local constabulary were none too amused

[FROSTY:Me]

Any wording like POLICE, TRAFFIC, ENFORCEMENT, NZPD is a BIG nono. Pretty much any wording will get a very frosty reception.

Yea awright

[Marmoot]

What about if all the high vis stickers were just like the police ones but there was no "POLICE" written anywhere ?

that should be fine right ?

You'll probably be alright if you make the high viz yellow/blue as circles instead of squares. the argument for court is no self-respecting police officers would ride a polkadot bike.

[thehollowmen]

There is an ex-police yamaha 800 (I think) running around Dunedin with all the decals still on. And with the tail with the red light at the end.

There is one with all the lights and equipment but not the decals in New Plymouth too.

There are also a lot of ex-USA highway patrol cars painted up, two or three at americana in Taranaki, plus a few others I've seen.

I guess you won't get in trouble until you start trouble; then you'll get it all.

[TOTO]

You'll probably be alright if you make the high viz yellow/blue as circles instead of squares. the argument for court is no self-respecting police officers would ride a polkadot bike.

hahaha bloody funny

i got no more bling left, sorry.

[adam666]

yup, got one of those. 2003 vy, fresh out the force. ex detective car, and you really dont much more than the steelies!

people are always putting on their seatbelts and giving way

the only down side is often means I get stuck driving the speed limit lol

What would be good is to get an ex cop Commodore, the mufti ones with those steelies and then get a few interior brake lights from a wreckers yard and stick them to the front and rear windscreen, then you'd look just like a mufti cop but since you're not using the word "police" you're not committing an offence.

[macdo]

Back in the 70s UK my mate bought an ex-Police Triumph. White helmet, black Barbour jacket, gauntlet style gloves. Used to get a lot of respect. Even got a wave from an officer, who then did a double take!!!!

I had an ex-Police Velocette LE, painted it black and yellow with flames to avoid any uncertainty.

[The Stranger:Me]

Pretty sure its an offence to impersonate the plod in any way. They tend to get quite upset about blue lights on the front of cars/bikes too.

How does scumdog get away with it?

[madbikeboy]

To impersonate a cop,

You'd need to be ginga, eat donuts, fuck boys in leather, drive a Hyundai badly, and you'd need to be a full sized bucket of shit.

Toto, you fail on each of these points... Sorry.

[Mully]

What would be good is to get an ex cop Commodore, the mufti ones with those steelies and then get a few interior brake lights from a wreckers yard and stick them to the front and rear windscreen, then you'd look just like a mufti cop but since you're not using the word "police" you're not committing an offence.

I had a white VY Commodore which was meant to be a pursuit car - cops never had it. I did, on occasion, wear a blue shirt and enjoy myself a whole lot. One one memorable occasion, I followed a young girl (who I suspect was breaching her licence conditions) ALL the way down Tamaki Drive from town while desperately trying not to piss myself laughing (it was the ramrod straight back and the furtive glances in the rearview mirror which did it)

I suspect that if you stuck anything on the dash or parcel shelf to make the car look more like a cop car, the plod wouldn't appreciate it.

[tigertim20]

If you wanted something similar, you could do a deliberate pisstake, eg one that has similar patterns etc, but has FBI (Female Body Inspector) on it instead of police, so that it does look similar, but is clearly NOT a police bike, could be fun thinking up a theme for it too? might be coming close to that line though?

[Laxi]

either way I think youd have as much fun with the cops as the guy that used to run around in an rx7 with the plates "motsux", not illegal but always found it parked with a mot car behind it and officers stripping it to "search" it

[TOTO]

either way I think youd have as much fun with the cops as the guy that used to run around in an rx7 with the plates "motsux", not illegal but always found it parked with a mot car behind it and officers stripping it to "search" it

whats a "mot" ?

[Laxi]

whats a "mot" ?

ministry of transport, Before they merged with the police