I disagree. Texas law specifically states the conditions under which red and blue lights can be displayed, and if a car behind you has emergency lights activated, it's as identifiable as a marked patrol car. Sure, impostors have used flashing lights before, but they've used fake marked patrol cars as well. Additionally, if you can get a look at their front license plate in your rear view mirror, even unmarked cars still often have exempt plates, something an impostor almost certainly won't have.HankB wrote:I suppose they can . . . but if its unmarked, then by definition it isn't identifiable as a police vehicle.llwatson wrote: . . . So yeah, I think unmarked vehicles can make traffic stops.
Beyond that, if when the officer approaches you and he or she isn't in uniform, if you still feel uncomfortable, you always have to option to only open the window a crack, and ask for a uniformed officer to be called.
-Xander