Police unveil new patrol vehicle for work zones

[longbow]

Hmmm....I've noticed in the last few years, since the economic "downturn", that a LOT of taxpayer funded entities are getting new vehicles, and not just new, but expensive new vehicles. We closed an elementary school here in town after citizens voted down a property tax, since then, the school system has bought a Kawasaki 4 wheeler thingy for the weird little janitor guy to use picking up litter, (which he's done on foot for as long as I can remember), several Ford flexes for the admin staff to use, and numerous other odd little purchases. The street department has done the same, as well as PD and fire. Why is everybody, well, us lowly subjects anyway, tightening their belts and watching how we spend, while our employees are laughing their asses off driving top of the line vehicles? I view this kind of crap as them thumbing their noses at the rest of us, it's why I will never vote for a single person currently holding office, ANY OFFICE!! It makes me want to puke!

I see it all the time, you should see the stuff they have stored for emergencies...........................or to bring out for the local fair......

 

[Suprtek]

I try not to give LE a reason to pull me over in the first place but if a plain white pickup flies up on my bumper, i won't be pulling over until I see a marked vehicle.

 

[ReSSurrected]

Just slow down in the construction zone and you have no worries.

Hey mister, why you gotta rain on the parade with your logical answer?

 

[UncleMike]

Hey mister, why you gotta rain on the parade with your logical answer?

YEAH!!!
How in the Hell can anyone carry on a perfectly good anti LEO thread with people like Denny trashing it with logic and other worthless crap???


Blueliner!!

 

[Denny347]

YEAH!!!
How in the Hell can anyone carry on a perfectly good anti LEO thread with people like Denny trashing it with logic and other worthless crap???


Blueliner!!

 

[Suprtek]

Whoa! Why does that GIF make me dizzy and queasy at the same time?

 

[UncleMike]

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[Suprtek]

Dang Mike, you did it again.

 

[UncleMike]

Dang Mike, you did it again.

I live to torture people!!

 

[Benny]

They are advertising this because they want EVERYONE to slow down. People only slow down if they see a marked car. They are telling all drivers that the Troopers COULD be at ANY construction zone and you will not know, in the hopes that people will slow down because the Trooper could be there and they cannot see them. If they just wanted to be tricky they would not bother to advertise this and no one would know any better till they were pulled over. ISP has been doing this for years and years. Just slow down in the construction zone and you have no worries.

Ding ding ding! This isn't a difficult concept to comprehend.

Not unless you're in Michigan, where you encounter signs that make you question whether it's a fine or a prize:

Not a steep enough penalty IMO(if the driver is the one being negligent and they kill a worker).

 

[gohard43]

Saw a red Ford F250/350 (something bigger than an F150) running radar eastbound on 70 this afternoon !! sneaky sneaky

 

[NYFelon]

mildly off topic: I slow down in construction zones, because on occasion I'm one of the poor bastages out there with a clipboard hoping some kid driving in the middle of his car, or some glee-watching, texting, oblivious teeny bopper falls off the road.

On topic: I'm not so sure I hold a position on this either way, as it isn't my tax money. However, i don't like to see unnecessary spending of any taxpayer dollars.

 

[j706]

They are advertising this because they want EVERYONE to slow down. People only slow down if they see a marked car. They are telling all drivers that the Troopers COULD be at ANY construction zone and you will not know, in the hopes that people will slow down because the Trooper could be there and they cannot see them. If they just wanted to be tricky they would not bother to advertise this and no one would know any better till they were pulled over. ISP has been doing this for years and years. Just slow down in the construction zone and you have no worries.

Come on man you can't come on these threads and make sense. You might ruin the purpose of their b------

 

[kickbacked]

One thing i still dont understand is how it makes any sense to buy police v8 mustangs. those cant be that good in the winter time, which is most of the year in indiana

 

[Silverado]

One thing i still dont understand is how it makes any sense to buy police v8 mustangs. those cant be that good in the winter time, which is most of the year in indiana

What part of Indiana do you live in, that has winter for most of the year? I can think of a lot of places that have bad or long winters, but Indiana ain't one of them.

 

[bwframe]

So, is anyone policing the size of the construction zones? The progress the construction companies make? The productivity of the construction VS the cost of the delays being paid for by the people doing the driving?

I see lot and lots and lots of construction including the traffic nightmares created. At the same time, I see very very little work being done, much less progress being made.

 

[schafe]

So, is anyone policing the size of the construction zones? The progress the construction companies make? The productivity of the construction VS the cost of the delays being paid for by the people doing the driving?

I see lot and lots and lots of construction including the traffic nightmares created. At the same time, I see very very little work being done, much less progress being made.

You've noticed Bloomington, havent you?

 

[jsharmon7]

So, is anyone policing the size of the construction zones? The progress the construction companies make? The productivity of the construction VS the cost of the delays being paid for by the people doing the driving?

I see lot and lots and lots of construction including the traffic nightmares created. At the same time, I see very very little work being done, much less progress being made.

Well, see, you just have to give the companies a big bonus for doing the work in a timely manner. They gave out a few million in bonuses for the Allisonville Rd project, and many million for the Accelerate 465 project. It can be done, for a price.

 

[ghitch75]

You've noticed Bloomington, havent you?

one way in and out on the west side

 

[bwframe]

Well, see, you just have to give the companies a big bonus for doing the work in a timely manner. They gave out a few million in bonuses for the Allisonville Rd project, and many million for the Accelerate 465 project. It can be done, for a price.

NO you don't! It could very easily be the other way around.

"You are bidding on a project that will begin on --. It will end on --.
Your early completion bonus is $$. Your penalty deduction per day late is $$. If the deduction reaches the maximum of 7 days late, you will be on probation for future public works projects."

It's that simple. That's the way all business works that doesn't involve bureaucracies and unions.