Well folks...I just thought I would tell you what I saw in the last few days:
Charlotte, NC....they have a really cool and shiny Nissan 350 ZX that is painted a really pretty mid blue metalflake.....and they were "nailing" speeders with it on I-77 south of downtown. The "discos" are well hidden, so you can't tell its a cop car til he "lights em up". Windows are really dark too.
SC and NC, as well as VA have apparently bought a whole freakin' fleet of "plain wrappers"....and they are using them "earnestly". In VA, on I-95 between the NC line and about MM30....there were 5 plain wrappers working, and they were staying busy. The plain wrappers were working fairly hard in SC and NC on I-95 as well.
There were marked cars out too. Seems that they were set up so that after you got past the marked cars....you'd think you were safe, and then hammer on it..... Whooops, then the plain wrapper got em' :P They were nailing 4 wheelers hard!! (About time!!)
Also, I'd like to mention I saw a real "dumbass" the other day on my way around DC on I-95. All the signs state "Hazmat carriers use two right lanes". Been like that for years. I rolling north, I am pulling a tank with corrosive placards. I am in the center "right" lane (two from the shoulder), and there is this "bonehead" tailgating me.... and no...I'm not going to change lanes. I'm doing what I am supposed to be doing. Next thing I know....this "bonehead" whips around me into the third inside lane, where trucks are normally "legal".....however....he has TWO placards on his box.... one corrosive and the other flammable....he even stayed in that third inside lane for quite a while...tailgating cars and bullying them out of his way. I would estimate that he was probably running 70. A real "professional" and "spokesman" for the profession :evil:
For those of you with little or no experience.....please take note of the fact that "speeding" while driving a CMV that is placarded with "Hazmat Placards"....is very bad for your wallet and livelihood. I have seen the tickets where there is a little box....its right next to the word "Hazmat", and if you get nailed...he/she marks that box. The fine just went way, way up and the points as well. I can well imagine that if this guy had been stopped by the cops....it could have cost him his license. One "egregious" offense.....and a Judge can shut you down for good.
Come on folks....lets do it right, and do it safely, or not do it at all!!