Not a COP

[MOBandit]

I can't tell you how many times people around me on the freeway SLOW down around me.

I guess having a black Explorer ST makes people think I am a cop...I have even had cops wave at me as if I was in the brotherhood...

Anyone else have this experience?

 

[SoySauceSoakedSaltine]

Yea I get it pretty often but, I'm also active LE and have FOP plates so ill informed people think I'm unmarked. I'm alright with people driving more cautiously however it can be dangerous for us ST owners and unhelpful for people who may need help thinking they're seeing a cop and would try to flag you down for assistance. I had a older man flag me the other week asking to help change a tire, I obliged and while I was helping the man I informed him on what to look out for (marked/unmarked). Some members and non members of this form, like the looks of the explorer just for that reason and others like myself love the performance styling and being a family hauler. But unfortunately we have some bad actors out there that will make us all look bad.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Was funny the first few times but it gets old. Mine is carbonized grey, and the MA state police units use the similar brown/gray shade for their unmarked units. The color looks the same with the black grill, that's about it. Nothing else on my vehicle looks like a PIU. I had a black Taurus SHO before and it was the same thing back when Taurus police vehicles were common.

I will admit, before I got into Explorers a year or two ago, even I had trouble telling the PIU's apart from the civilian models. But even now, i know there are "street appearance" packages for PIU's to make them look like an XLT, and have seen ST's in police use, so I still play it safe and assume any explorer I see may be police.

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Yeah I get that reaction quite a bit, especially when I slow down and get behind someone.

 

[Jeppo]

Mine is black and I’ve never had this experience.

 

[hbalek]

Mine is Rapid Red and dumb people almost daily slow down when I get behind them in the fast lane or change over to the right lane! Morons! If it were black, silver, gray or white I could understand.

 

[JADE97]

I had that happen a lot with my grey 2016 Explorer Sport with a 4ft firestik cb antenna on the back.

 

[MOBandit]

Glad to know I am not imagining things...

 

[ExplorerSTLine]

Mine is Rapid Red and dumb people almost daily slow down when I get behind them in the fast lane or change over to the right lane! Morons! If it were black, silver, gray or white I could understand.

Now why did you feel it was necessary to call citizen's who may think you are a cop dumb when they slow down? Would they be smarter if they assumed you weren't a LEO and kept speeding? What would you call them then?

 

[Autoworker]

Glad to know I am not imagining things...

Happened to me on I-75 the other day. Passed someone on the right that was holding the left lane. Was doing 80+ when I pulled back into the left lane behind a suv . The suv hit the brakes and quickly pulled into the right lane. lol

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Now why did you feel it was necessary to call citizen's who may think you are a cop dumb when they slow down? Would they be smarter if they assumed you weren't a LEO and kept speeding? What would you call them then?

Well his is a Rapid Red ST and to my knowledge there is no Rapid Red Interceptor.

 

[Flyman]

Well his is a Rapid Red ST and to my knowledge there is no Rapid Red Interceptor.

Fire departments?

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Fire departments?

Are you going to be pulled over by the Fire Department?

 

[BrooseDaMoose]

I have it happen all the time and mine is silver spruce with black stripes. I kind of like having people get out of my way while in the passing lane.

 

[Flyman]

Are you going to be pulled over by the Fire Department?

No, but I may have to yield to the FD in certain situations. Which may make a person cautious of the red.
Also, question was if one existed.

 

[ExplorerSTLine]

Well his is a Rapid Red ST and to my knowledge there is no Rapid Red Interceptor.

Not everyone recognizes colors, etc. associated with a LEO. Most people simply recognize the front end (i.e., grill configuration, etc.) commonly used by Police Departments.

 

[Leadfoot]

The down side of looking like a cop is on two lane roads where almost everyone in front of you slows down to 5 mph under the posted speed limit. How many times have you said to yourself, "I'm not a cop"