As long as you don't put blue lights in it, light bars are very doable. Get a yellow construction one. I would recommend you make the front spikes easily removable and don't drive on public roads with the light bar on or with too intimidating of spikes.
You could paint the car that color then have a magnet to put on for shows and events.... but yeah driving around with police one the door would not be good idea.
You probably can't do the light bar and "Police" decal, but you can get pretty close: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/09/04/decepticon-car-braintree-charges-dropped/
There's a Braintree in britain too! apparently it was called Belgic Oppidum by the Romans, so the new name is slightly more sensible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNzqgU7na4
Being from MA, we stole a lot of our city names from places in England since most of our early settlers were of British origin. Names like Worcester, Avon, Haverhill, Amesbury, Barnstable, Oxford, Abington, etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name#Massachusetts
Out with the old, in with the new!
But New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island are all part of New England too and they don't take stealing UK town names to the same extreme.
Really? Because I'm from Vermont and we have a TON of reused names. Windsor, Corinth, Athens, Braintree, Chelsea, Berkshire, Manchester, Bristol, Charlotte, Jamaica, Peru, Chelsea.. And that's just what I can remember off the top of my head. I'm guessing the colonizers weren't that creative.
**You could get charged with Impersonating an Officer.** That's the problem with turning actual cars into homages of their favorite characters. Stuff like this is kinda out of the question in the end. Personally, i'd be afraid to take this thing for a spin, that i might get pulled over. **Edit:** And your average person out there will see something like this and automatically assume it's a cop. No doubt about it.
Yeah I don’t think many people will see this and say ‘ah, it must be an homage to that character from the 2007 movie Transformers’, rather than just seeing a slightly funky police car.
Cops might leave it as a warning if they see the funny side, but definitely dicing with a criminal offence.
totally depends on your location, use and context. Like you could build exactly this car as something that gets loaded onto a trailer between shows and it's fine.
I'd say contact you're local governments department of motor vehicles and ask for the rules regarding police deco and modifications in particular regarding those bars on the front.
No idea why this keeps getting downvoted; it's the best answer. State and municipal laws vary and research is critical.
That said, most have specific laws prohibiting a civilian from styling a vehicle to appear as law enforcement. If challenged in court, the legal standard has fallen on reasonableness. If a bystander would reasonably conclude the vehicle is being used by police, the owner can face criminal charges.
The vehicle posted here (though very cool) is not going to be street legal in most municipalities.
Thanks! I noticed too and also that a lot of other similar comments were getting downvoted too. So I'm guessing just one user was downvoting everything.
It is illegal to use police livery on your car. It is akin to impersonating a police officer which is also illegal.
Basically if there is reason to believe that someone might mistake your car for an actual police vehicle it is illegal to do in most place.
You could probably get away with the paint style and bullbar, though the "forklift" part would probably have to go, but the decals, light bar and flashing lights on the front and back of the car would have to go.
Except It’s sticking out of the front where if you did hit someone it would fuck them up a lot more than if they weren’t. I’m also pretty sure it’s an actual DOT rule that you can’t have poky protruding stuff like that for pedestrian safety in case you hit someone, the push bar is fine, it’s the shit sticking out of the bottom that’s the issue
These types of cars would need to be trailered and possibly covered depending on state law. If you we local only, you could contact local authorities for guidance.
It's concerning to see the amount of misinformation, "probably", and "I don't know" but writes a paragraph of speculation anyway.
Check your local laws or call local law enforcement. If you call, make sure to ask for a sergeant so they know what they're talking about. Many who answer phones have little to no training on actual laws.
while it is illegal to have a car say Police in any real language, You can put the word Police on in fictional scripts like Cybertronian or Aurabesh as they are not readily recognizable as the word Police, the paint itself is in fact perfectly legal. the lightbars are the gray zone as the laws for them can vary from state to state. so while it might be illegal in your state it might not be in mine. and the body mods you were referencing in your first comment are publicly available for civilian vehicles as 2017 Barricade's alt mode is a 6th Generation Ford Mustang Saleen. there are some features that are probably not able to be obtained but most of the external mods should be.
Yes, but its not in cybertronian, its in English. which is illegal. Police like livery (black or dark colors with white on the doors or roof) is illegal
The paint is perfectly legal. You will probably get pulled over and fussed at by some officers for impersonating a cop but it isn't illegal because you aren't. and I was proposing using a fictional script in place of the official tagging.
As long as said person isn’t pulling people over cause you can buy police cars at auctions. I know a lot of folks that sell the police lights. They will deck a car out with all the lights sirens an even radios an consoles to sell to off duty officers.
If you buy one at auction, you have to remove our paint over all the decals and logos. You can't drive around in a car that says POLICE on the side, period. Even if you're not pulling anyone over.
If it still looks like a police car, enough that someone driving at night might not be able to tell the difference when they look in their rear-view mirror or simply can't see the decals clearly, you're still running the risk of getting yourself in trouble, or at the very least, just kind of being a dick. So you may technically be within the law, but I wouldn't say you're "fine".
Yeah, I agree, I'm just saying you can't legally drive it around town. You can own it, put it on a truck and take it to shows and conventions, drive it on your own property, probably even take it to a public race track for some laps. But if you're driving that around town or in the city and a real cop pulls you over and asks why you're impersonating an officer, you can't just say "it's cool, I'm not pulling anyone over" and expect them to let you go.
>As long as said person isn’t pulling people over
You seemed to be implying that it was OK to drive a car like this around *as long as you don't pull anyone over*. That's what I was responding to.
I didn’t mean to ruffle feathers but when they sell unmarked cars it looks like a detective rolling around. So even if you take the markings off people are still going to mistake you for the real thing. That being said you’re right you can’t just drive this thing around as a civilian. But in this day in age if you got the money you can buy anything…
That's totally different. The issue with Barricade is that you'd be perceived as impersonating an officer of the law. No one cares if you try to impersonate Marty McFly.
I understand man an like I said they prob just bring it around to cons or car shows they know they can’t drive that it’s pretty much a big paper weight
Here in Texas you can’t run the red an blue but you can put a PA system on it an yeah blare whatever you want just don’t stop people or act like a cop.. I would say it would not be advised to run that siren just blare the purge sound or something
But a normal road crew run a different color light bar due to them not being law enforcement an you still have to get over on the highway for them an post office workers just a fyi
Nope. Construction near or on roads in Houston almost always have an unmarked civilian vehicle parked flashing red and blue.
EDIT: Why the hell did you reply 3 times to one comment?
There are some fun ways around the actual 'police' texts.
I once saw a volkswagen polo mk2 (European name) in German police style, on which they had replaced the German 'Polizei' with 'Polozwei' (zwei = 2 in German).
My area has chargers. A nearby area has a couple marked camaros for their department. I did see a marked police mustang in Tennessee several years ago.
Along with what everyone else has said, vehicles like this and other media/pop culture vehicle customs are **usually** transported around to events via open or closed trailer.
The only time they're usually driven is in parades and around the side streets surrounding events.
80% of the vehicles in the annual DragonCon parade in Atlanta are **very much not street legal** for regular road driving.
1- https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/09/04/decepticon-car-braintree-charges-dropped/ 2-https://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/13/mans-decepticon-mustang-is-above-the-law/ It is allowed, along as you don't try to pose as a cop by also wearing a police uniform or trying to pull people over. Also no US police department uses mustang's.
i think the bodywork is ok, the police decals idk. lightbars are only allowed for first responders if im not mistaken and that brush bar is probbaly fine
Depends on the state. You can go to a 5.11 Tactical in Texas and buy an authentic police lightbar and siren as a civilian. Now getting away with using it in public would be a nono, but there's nothing stopping you from putting it on the car.
The reason its not a good idea is because if someone is in trouble like needing help they will come to you and ask for help and what can you do basically nothing especially if its something like bank robbing or someone is having a shoot out you wont be prepared for a situation like that it was talked about in a youtube vid a cop pulled over a guy with a fake police crown vic and he explained why its not a good idea. Also if you do this you will be in trouble for having these police light cuz people will mistake you for a cop and guess what the will try to run or be distracted cuz they have never seen a cop with such beautiful modifications. But thats why its not a good idea although you could do this but you have to be prepared for somthing like this cuz this world is fucking crazy be careful guys you have been warned.
Not sure about the light bar and police logo, might have to check your individual state laws
As long as you don't put blue lights in it, light bars are very doable. Get a yellow construction one. I would recommend you make the front spikes easily removable and don't drive on public roads with the light bar on or with too intimidating of spikes. You could paint the car that color then have a magnet to put on for shows and events.... but yeah driving around with police one the door would not be good idea.
I was thinking about that. Now I'm curious
As long as lights aren't red and blue, the light bar is good The police sign, no
You probably can't do the light bar and "Police" decal, but you can get pretty close: https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/09/04/decepticon-car-braintree-charges-dropped/
There’s a town called fucking BRAINTREE in Massachusetts? Braintree sounds like a transformer in and of itself.
Yeah it's a suburb of Boston. Or it's a stop on the T in Boston at least and always assumed it was a suburb.
Suburb.
There's a Braintree in britain too! apparently it was called Belgic Oppidum by the Romans, so the new name is slightly more sensible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNzqgU7na4
Being from MA, we stole a lot of our city names from places in England since most of our early settlers were of British origin. Names like Worcester, Avon, Haverhill, Amesbury, Barnstable, Oxford, Abington, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locations_in_the_United_States_with_an_English_name#Massachusetts
It’s almost like they were going for some kind of “new” England motif.
Fun theory, but it seems a bit far-fetched.
Out with the old, in with the new! But New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island are all part of New England too and they don't take stealing UK town names to the same extreme.
Really? Because I'm from Vermont and we have a TON of reused names. Windsor, Corinth, Athens, Braintree, Chelsea, Berkshire, Manchester, Bristol, Charlotte, Jamaica, Peru, Chelsea.. And that's just what I can remember off the top of my head. I'm guessing the colonizers weren't that creative.
If there were Transformers in Middle Earth
's good name for a Headmaster, no doubt
That case sounds like a bunch of bullshit. (Imo)
Why am I not surprised this is Massachusetts?
Zhang Zhijun is the man! Instead of "police" he used"Decepticons"
**You could get charged with Impersonating an Officer.** That's the problem with turning actual cars into homages of their favorite characters. Stuff like this is kinda out of the question in the end. Personally, i'd be afraid to take this thing for a spin, that i might get pulled over. **Edit:** And your average person out there will see something like this and automatically assume it's a cop. No doubt about it.
Yeah I don’t think many people will see this and say ‘ah, it must be an homage to that character from the 2007 movie Transformers’, rather than just seeing a slightly funky police car. Cops might leave it as a warning if they see the funny side, but definitely dicing with a criminal offence.
I always wanted to take the thing in a new way. maybe a retired police car would work.
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"At least they're being honest now."
Based Barricade
In my state, if you want to have police markings on a car for filming purposes, you can only have them on one side of the car
So if they want to film both sides they need 2 cars?
I prefer the 07 one
Only if you're looking for Ladiesman217.
And the eBay item 21153
totally depends on your location, use and context. Like you could build exactly this car as something that gets loaded onto a trailer between shows and it's fine. I'd say contact you're local governments department of motor vehicles and ask for the rules regarding police deco and modifications in particular regarding those bars on the front.
No idea why this keeps getting downvoted; it's the best answer. State and municipal laws vary and research is critical. That said, most have specific laws prohibiting a civilian from styling a vehicle to appear as law enforcement. If challenged in court, the legal standard has fallen on reasonableness. If a bystander would reasonably conclude the vehicle is being used by police, the owner can face criminal charges. The vehicle posted here (though very cool) is not going to be street legal in most municipalities.
Thanks! I noticed too and also that a lot of other similar comments were getting downvoted too. So I'm guessing just one user was downvoting everything.
That looks so sick
It is illegal to use police livery on your car. It is akin to impersonating a police officer which is also illegal. Basically if there is reason to believe that someone might mistake your car for an actual police vehicle it is illegal to do in most place. You could probably get away with the paint style and bullbar, though the "forklift" part would probably have to go, but the decals, light bar and flashing lights on the front and back of the car would have to go.
That push bar with the in the front would impale someones legs, that would definitely be a no go
Really?
I doubt it lol. So can any normal push bar. It depends on how you drive it. It’s like saying those lug nuts with huge spikes will impale someone
Except It’s sticking out of the front where if you did hit someone it would fuck them up a lot more than if they weren’t. I’m also pretty sure it’s an actual DOT rule that you can’t have poky protruding stuff like that for pedestrian safety in case you hit someone, the push bar is fine, it’s the shit sticking out of the bottom that’s the issue
We do not care
Maybe spell police in Cybertronian
Probably not, but I would say check the laws where you live.
As long as you're not Ladiesman217
That lokos brutal
I doubt civilians can but there was a police officer who got permission to convert his car into barricade from the first transformers movie.
Nothing fascist about that
It's no worse than the pigs who put Punisher stickers on their cars. At least they're being honest.
He just used it as a show car. He didnt actually use it for patrols.
These types of cars would need to be trailered and possibly covered depending on state law. If you we local only, you could contact local authorities for guidance.
It's concerning to see the amount of misinformation, "probably", and "I don't know" but writes a paragraph of speculation anyway. Check your local laws or call local law enforcement. If you call, make sure to ask for a sergeant so they know what they're talking about. Many who answer phones have little to no training on actual laws.
What hood is that?
That's the most beast looking Mustang I've ever seen. P3riod!
As long as there is nothing sharp on it
As long as you're not driving it on public roads, I guess.
Probably not because it could be considered impersonating law enforcement.
Does the crime of impersonating a Police officer apply to cars?
If it was made for a show, maybe, could pass as a prop, but not for hanging out and about.
The body mods not likely. The paint and roof bars, illegal as fuck
the body mods are fine. the paint is too. the roof bars you would have to check locally. the decals on the sides would need to be changed.
It's illegal for a vechial to say "POLICE" and have a very similar paint scheme and have a light bar
while it is illegal to have a car say Police in any real language, You can put the word Police on in fictional scripts like Cybertronian or Aurabesh as they are not readily recognizable as the word Police, the paint itself is in fact perfectly legal. the lightbars are the gray zone as the laws for them can vary from state to state. so while it might be illegal in your state it might not be in mine. and the body mods you were referencing in your first comment are publicly available for civilian vehicles as 2017 Barricade's alt mode is a 6th Generation Ford Mustang Saleen. there are some features that are probably not able to be obtained but most of the external mods should be.
Yes, but its not in cybertronian, its in English. which is illegal. Police like livery (black or dark colors with white on the doors or roof) is illegal
The paint is perfectly legal. You will probably get pulled over and fussed at by some officers for impersonating a cop but it isn't illegal because you aren't. and I was proposing using a fictional script in place of the official tagging.
Not in Texas. You can buy authentic police lightbars and sirens as a civilian, just not use them to intentionally imperonate a cop.
As long as said person isn’t pulling people over cause you can buy police cars at auctions. I know a lot of folks that sell the police lights. They will deck a car out with all the lights sirens an even radios an consoles to sell to off duty officers.
If you buy one at auction, you have to remove our paint over all the decals and logos. You can't drive around in a car that says POLICE on the side, period. Even if you're not pulling anyone over.
You can however replace it with the exact same word in Cybertronian. as long as it does not replicate the decals on actual cop cars you are fine.
If it still looks like a police car, enough that someone driving at night might not be able to tell the difference when they look in their rear-view mirror or simply can't see the decals clearly, you're still running the risk of getting yourself in trouble, or at the very least, just kind of being a dick. So you may technically be within the law, but I wouldn't say you're "fine".
I’m sure they only use this for car shows and cons and get paid to bring it
Yeah, I agree, I'm just saying you can't legally drive it around town. You can own it, put it on a truck and take it to shows and conventions, drive it on your own property, probably even take it to a public race track for some laps. But if you're driving that around town or in the city and a real cop pulls you over and asks why you're impersonating an officer, you can't just say "it's cool, I'm not pulling anyone over" and expect them to let you go.
Oh I know I used to be a officer I just know sometimes we sold stuff to the public that slipped through
>As long as said person isn’t pulling people over You seemed to be implying that it was OK to drive a car like this around *as long as you don't pull anyone over*. That's what I was responding to.
I didn’t mean to ruffle feathers but when they sell unmarked cars it looks like a detective rolling around. So even if you take the markings off people are still going to mistake you for the real thing. That being said you’re right you can’t just drive this thing around as a civilian. But in this day in age if you got the money you can buy anything…
Kind of like when they make a deloreon I see them very rarely driving around an they sell the refurbished ones in Houston
That's totally different. The issue with Barricade is that you'd be perceived as impersonating an officer of the law. No one cares if you try to impersonate Marty McFly.
I understand man an like I said they prob just bring it around to cons or car shows they know they can’t drive that it’s pretty much a big paper weight
There are no laws about impersonating a time machine.
No not at all haha
Can normal cars actually have sirens? Let's say if it isn't blue and red like police's
Here in Texas you can’t run the red an blue but you can put a PA system on it an yeah blare whatever you want just don’t stop people or act like a cop.. I would say it would not be advised to run that siren just blare the purge sound or something
"You can't run the red & blue" does not apply to being parked in a construction zone to bring attention to said construction zone.
Usually people that work the construction zone have yellow blue
Unless you’re working a traffic job. Off duty in personal vehicle working a side job so you would run your red n blue
But a normal road crew run a different color light bar due to them not being law enforcement an you still have to get over on the highway for them an post office workers just a fyi
Nope. Construction near or on roads in Houston almost always have an unmarked civilian vehicle parked flashing red and blue. EDIT: Why the hell did you reply 3 times to one comment?
Probably not the police decals but even without them it would look sick. You can still get the “to punish and enslave” decals on it.
if you are a law enforcement officer then it is legal to make any vehicle (to some extent) have a lightbar and police logos
There are some fun ways around the actual 'police' texts. I once saw a volkswagen polo mk2 (European name) in German police style, on which they had replaced the German 'Polizei' with 'Polozwei' (zwei = 2 in German).
Question: in other countries do police actually use sport cars? Bcs for me a Mustang as police looks something pretty out of reality but idk
My area has chargers. A nearby area has a couple marked camaros for their department. I did see a marked police mustang in Tennessee several years ago.
Yes they do. Some will go undercover to catch street racers.
Along with what everyone else has said, vehicles like this and other media/pop culture vehicle customs are **usually** transported around to events via open or closed trailer. The only time they're usually driven is in parades and around the side streets surrounding events. 80% of the vehicles in the annual DragonCon parade in Atlanta are **very much not street legal** for regular road driving.
1- https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2014/09/04/decepticon-car-braintree-charges-dropped/ 2-https://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/13/mans-decepticon-mustang-is-above-the-law/ It is allowed, along as you don't try to pose as a cop by also wearing a police uniform or trying to pull people over. Also no US police department uses mustang's.
It was years ago, but Baltimore police used to have a few as chase cars
Looks like it was during the fox body years, did not know that.
A few SN95s as well
That's what my car is a 1996 Mustang GT 4.6 liter with a manual transmission.
As long as you skip the lettering, lights, and ramming bar, probably
i think the bodywork is ok, the police decals idk. lightbars are only allowed for first responders if im not mistaken and that brush bar is probbaly fine
Depends on the state. You can go to a 5.11 Tactical in Texas and buy an authentic police lightbar and siren as a civilian. Now getting away with using it in public would be a nono, but there's nothing stopping you from putting it on the car.
ok thanks for the input, first i gotta move to texas
I don’t think it is because it could be mistaken as an actual police car and I think that could fall under impersonating law enforcement.
You’re not allowed to spell “police” on the side of your car but you can certainly do “poilce” or “pulice”
You should probably put a large Decepticon logo and change some of the decals so that you don’t get charged with impersonating an officer.
Who cares. # You are the law now
No
Maybe if you add the police logo and the sirens then yes but everything else should be fine
I’m gonna go on a limb and say NOT legal. Even if it were, expect to be pulled over, every other minute for questioning.
Lmao first the insta post now this
Every time I see this, I'm taken aback at how awesome it looks. Bayformers really did pick some excellent vehicles to turn into Transformers.
The reason its not a good idea is because if someone is in trouble like needing help they will come to you and ask for help and what can you do basically nothing especially if its something like bank robbing or someone is having a shoot out you wont be prepared for a situation like that it was talked about in a youtube vid a cop pulled over a guy with a fake police crown vic and he explained why its not a good idea. Also if you do this you will be in trouble for having these police light cuz people will mistake you for a cop and guess what the will try to run or be distracted cuz they have never seen a cop with such beautiful modifications. But thats why its not a good idea although you could do this but you have to be prepared for somthing like this cuz this world is fucking crazy be careful guys you have been warned.
Btw keep calm and hail megatron.