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I blame police officers, that want to catch traffic violators, in plain, unmarked vehicles.
well, not the officers themselves, but agencies that do this.

I got stopped by one of these in a town outside of Phoenix once, and refused to get out or speak to the officer. the officer would not show me his badge, so I called 911. They dispatched a "regular" officer, who verified everything.

Needless to say, the officer that stopped me was irritated, and I got all sorts of tickets. Failure to stop for an officer, etc etc, in addition to the speeding ticket. Went to court and got everything but the speeding ticket dismissed, but it was HARSH. The judge was quite annoyed with teh original officer, but still.

Because of what happened to me, I think patrol in unmarked cars should be illegal; and I can see how someone could easily impersonate an officer. I can see on the web where I can buy the flashing lights to add to my car easily, I can buy realistic badges custom made, and I can buy all sorts of police gear. I could easily outfit myself to look like a police officer and do the same thing. The only thing I CAN'T get easily is a marked police car, unless I steal one.

Many years ago, my girlfriend-at-the-time almost fell for the fake police routine. Luckelly a REAL cop happened upon the scene.