How long till NY trys this, "Operation Yellow Jacket"

Stole this off of another forum,probably a whole bunch of nonsense but is still kind of an interesting idea.

Operation Yellow Jacket
Look out for MI-DOT trucks parked along the road or suddenly appearing behind you pacing you - it could be a Trooper driving the truck. Called ‘Operation Yellow Jacket’, each Michigan State Police District has a truck cleaned up and ready to go! These trucks have specially modified engines that can virtually catapult the truck from snow-plow speed to intercept speed in seconds.And when the engine boost kicks in, the warning lights automatically change from flashing yellow to the dreaded red and blue!

Starting March 1, 2009, Michigan will launch a 31 day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that $9 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets, with an additional $3.5 million in revenue for failure to wear a seatbelt. $1 million will go to pay state troopers overtime. There will be 47 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the main intersections and highways with the highest rates of speeding.

5 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 to 20 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Dodge Charger Police cruisers and canceled all vacation time. In addition, they are bringing in all of their part timers on full time for the month. This nonsense will conclude on April 1.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

shitty… lets suck more money out of our failing economy.

Note to self, don’t speed when I go to Detroit Autorama this weekend

Edit, hoax
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/automobiles/a/yellow_jacket.htm

April fools? lol

:word: hoax.
This really does happen in PA though. http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Penndot/Districts/district12.nsf/Operation%20Yellow%20Jacket?OpenPage

Armed tax collectors, nooo. Its just about safety, and keeping kids healthy.

I really hate when people don’t attribute their quotes.

State governments need money too, if you are speeding you’re gonna end up paying for it. Don’t speed and you won’t default on your home loan because of traffic violations. :slight_smile:

thats unfair

speeding through an active construction zone
:picard::picard::picard:

Haha - I’m pretty sure I can out run a cop in a plow truck, no matter how much “boost” he has.

can you outrun a radio in a plow truck?

i’m sure it’s not any harder than outrunning a radio in a crown vic :snky:

lol :word:

use the fuckin jet pack!