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Old 02-26-2013, 06:39 PM   #1
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That's no ordinary New York City yellow taxi in the image above; it's a police cruiser for the New York City Police Department dressed up like an NYC yellow taxi. Captured in a short video on a Manhattan street corner, it is escorting an NYPD van behind it.

They don't just use Crown Vics, either: NYC The Blog has video from two years ago of a motorist being pulled over by a Nissan Altima taxi. The blog also lets you know how to tell an undercover police cab from a proper taxi by comparing the license plate number to the medallion number on the cab's roof - not that it would do you any good in your rearview mirror, though.

When the post was written two and a half years ago it was said that there were only eight such taxis prowling the naked city, and that their plates all began with "T800." That's not the case with the taxi in the video below, so we wouldn't be surprised if the number has grown and now there are even more people in more places keeping an eye on you.Continue reading Check out this sneaky NYPD cop car disguised as a yellow cab
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Old 02-26-2013, 08:26 PM   #2
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How is that even legal??
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How is that even legal??
You can't buy soda in New York now... This is much less surprising.
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Didnt we learn our lesson when "we" tried to ban alcohol??
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You can't buy soda in New York now... This is much less surprising.
You can, it just can't be larger than 16oz.

NY isn't the only state with vehicles like this. When I was in AZ visiting a customer I saw a dark blue 90's T-bird with ground effects and dark tinted windows pull someone over on the freeway. The T-bird looked a lot like the one I used to own years ago but mine was white.
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Lol I knew the truth police would show up
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