Speeders beware in NYC!

Yea, I have seen one as well. I thought it was used for giving out parking tickets.

 

Do the light on top kill its fuel efficiency?

 

They should have use the LED low profile lights.

 

Perhaps at low speeds people will not hear them roll through red lights as though they were stop signs. =P

 

Too bad, no Smart Key.

 

Where I am from the traffic dept is separate from police, they don't have red flashing lights, theirs are yellow. So these are beat cops, or just meter maids?

 

Not likely if they are in the city at city speeds.

 

no inspection sticker in the window.

 

From what I've seen:

-- The NYPD "meter maids" or "brownies" who hand out parking tickets drive around in a black or brown car with white markings (sometimes the car is a Prius).

-- The NYPD traffic agents who direct traffic at intersections, monitor closed off streets during parades, street fairs, demonstrations, etc. are the ones who drive cars in the traditional NYPD colors white with blue markings (like the Prius shown).

I don't think either the meter maids or the traffic agents are regular cops who do car chases in pursuit of speeders, bank robbers, criminals, et al. I think they're considered civilian employees of the NYPD.

 

Thank goodness I'm out on LI. I seem to speed like crazy in my little PriWee!!!