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[SnipeShade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg39T3OESSs


Have you guys seen this? Before? I looked thru the forum page and didn't see this posted (either that or i totally missed it).

XD i keep laughing every time i watch it.

[DarkFlameAngel]

Oh my god, I was actually wondering about that just a couple of days ago.

Its a weird issue from a legal view, but as a fan, I wish I could have a car just like Barricade too <3

But yes, it is very very awesum XD

[Night Raid]

Holy farglesnot, people can be so... eep...

[D-340]

DAMN! Dude stole my idea

Oh well, still gonna do it. When I get the money to buy a Mustang.

[RailRider]

Well some one has BB. Personaly I want to have Brawl...and thanks to my dad and the RTR I can drive tanks should I join up.

[Nightracer GT]

I say it's best to play it safe.

[immediate autobot]

WORLDS BEST DAD imo, a guy transforms his mustang to please his son i mean that would in my eyes make him a great dad, though i personally believe the guy could sell that car and make twice the amount its worth cah ching! any way nice paint job.

[Robo-Chugster]

i dont see what the problem is, the car doesnt even have flashing lights on it or the bullbars or rear wing, all he's done is paint the door white and put stickers on it...i dont know about you but i wouldnt pull over for a police car unless it has flashing blue lights (or blue and red for our American board members), but then again there are a lot of stupid people in this world

[Bender Prime]

I wondered when someone would do that, but it's not very accurate, dude didn't even get the font right, and most of the mods are pretty straightforward, it wouldn't be _that_ hard to make Barricade.

Would be much easier if his kind like Bumblebee, well come 2009 at least;)

[Tybre]

Now, I drive a 2007 Saleen S281-E Mustang (Barricade) but I didn't go and modify it into cop cars. How the hell is he not going to jail for that? I want to dress up my car to look like Barricade, but if I put on the police paint job (not including the word "police"), I get up to ten years. With the word "police" I get up to fifteen. With the lights, let's just say I won't be seeing the light of day until I'm damn near forty.

[Breeze]

I personally want BB. He's so much cuter than Barricade.

[Sonray]

Now, I drive a 2007 Saleen S281-E Mustang (Barricade) but I didn't go and modify it into cop cars. How the hell is he not going to jail for that? I want to dress up my car to look like Barricade, but if I put on the police paint job (not including the word "police"), I get up to ten years. With the word "police" I get up to fifteen. With the lights, let's just say I won't be seeing the light of day until I'm damn near forty.

Dude, the car CLEARLY says "transformers" all over it! How can polics possibly be fooled into thinking its a REAL police car? Police are so idiotic and stupid, they need to get off this guys ass.

Not to mention that his mustang looks NOTHING LIKE Barricade...

[Agent 007]

Not bad needs the rims, and the front need a kit but other than that looks great i want one! Although I'de rather have a yellow camaro but at least that one can't get me in trouble Maybe the guy should get the holo driver and say it was his idea

[Tybre]

Now, I drive a 2007 Saleen S281-E Mustang (Barricade) but I didn't go and modify it into cop cars. How the hell is he not going to jail for that? I want to dress up my car to look like Barricade, but if I put on the police paint job (not including the word "police"), I get up to ten years. With the word "police" I get up to fifteen. With the lights, let's just say I won't be seeing the light of day until I'm damn near forty.

Dude, the car CLEARLY says "transformers" all over it! How can polics possibly be fooled into thinking its a REAL police car? Police are so idiotic and stupid, they need to get off this guys ass.

Not to mention that his mustang looks NOTHING LIKE Barricade...

It doesn't really look like Barricade, no, mainly because it's a Mustang, not a Saleen Mustang. But of course, the fonts and stuff are messed up too. But seriously, my ass would get arrested for putting "police" on the doors like he did.

[Skowl]

Here is the article on their website

This is ridiculous.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

Well, if pleasing your child somehow requires you to do something against the law, then, yeah, I guess you can go to jail. And how does being a disabled vet and a parent somehow put you above the law and let you do something that many of the police officers in my family have actually arrested people for doing?

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

Has no intention of impersonating a police officer?! Geez, who would have thought that sticking a giant decal on the side of your car, you know, the one that says "POLICE" in giant letters may lead people into thinking you're somehow impersonating a police officer...

I'm all for the right to expression and free speech, but remember, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded elevator, just like you can't put decals on your car to make it look like you're an officer of the law. If my house is being robbed and I flag down a driving police car only to find out it's some bozo who wants to make his kid happy - woopity-doo, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to sue the city for letting this jackass drive around in illegally marked police car.

[Sonray]

Here is the article on their website

This is ridiculous.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

Well, if pleasing your child somehow requires you to do something against the law, then, yeah, I guess you can go to jail. And how does being a disabled vet and a parent somehow put you above the law and let you do something that many of the police officers in my family have actually arrested people for doing?

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

Has no intention of impersonating a police officer?! Geez, who would have thought that sticking a giant decal on the side of your car, you know, the one that says "POLICE" in giant letters may lead people into thinking you're somehow impersonating a police officer...

I'm all for the right to expression and free speech, but remember, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded elevator, just like you can't put decals on your car to make it look like you're an officer of the law. If my house is being robbed and I flag down a driving police car only to find out it's some bozo who wants to make his kid happy - woopity-doo, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to sue the city for letting this jackass drive around in illegally marked police car.

Thing is he isnt trying to impersonate police or the law. He is trying to impersonate a character from a mega blockbuster movie.

Again, he has the word TRANSFORMERS written all over the car. If People are stupid enough to confuse that with a real police car then that is THEIR fault, not his. Same goes for the actual police. If they are too dumb to know what real units are out on their routes, and recognize that a car painted like a character from a movie with giant TRANSFORMERS letters written all over it isnt actually a police car and isnt trying to impersonate one.

[Bed Bugs]

Didn't the guy who built a Prowl replica have the same problems?

Personally, I would think people would realize that most Police Departments, especially in small towns, don't have the budget to blow cash on modified Mustangs.

If I were to do this, I would just put the Punish and Enslave on the side and paint the doors white. No Po-po sticker for me. Instead, you could put a decal on using the same font that says "Security". Then they can not bust you for impersonating an officer, you are impersonating a security guard, which, to my knowledge, is NOT illegal.

[Skowl]

Here is the article on their website

This is ridiculous.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

Well, if pleasing your child somehow requires you to do something against the law, then, yeah, I guess you can go to jail. And how does being a disabled vet and a parent somehow put you above the law and let you do something that many of the police officers in my family have actually arrested people for doing?

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

Has no intention of impersonating a police officer?! Geez, who would have thought that sticking a giant decal on the side of your car, you know, the one that says "POLICE" in giant letters may lead people into thinking you're somehow impersonating a police officer...

I'm all for the right to expression and free speech, but remember, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded elevator, just like you can't put decals on your car to make it look like you're an officer of the law. If my house is being robbed and I flag down a driving police car only to find out it's some bozo who wants to make his kid happy - woopity-doo, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to sue the city for letting this jackass drive around in illegally marked police car.

Thing is he isnt trying to impersonate police or the law. He is trying to impersonate a character from a mega blockbuster movie.

Yes, he is impersonating a character from a movie, who just happens to be... well, police!

Ok, I'm going to put on a police uniform and start patroling the streets, and I'll just claim to be impersonating that bad guy from Terminator 2, not an actual police officer, and just for safety's sake I'll write "Terminator" on my hat - so people won't be confused. And if you're too stupid to see I'm impersonating the guy from Terminator 2, then you deserve to have nobody help you when you come crying to me that someone just stole your purse.

It isn't a question of people being too stupid to discern real police from fake police. What if it's someone from out of town who doesn't know what the city's units look like? It's always easier to say "well, people just shouldn't be stupid", but it's a moot point because impersonating a police officer is against the law.

you can try to defend this guy all you want, but what he is doing is against the law. Simple as that.

[Sonray]

Here is the article on their website

This is ridiculous.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

Well, if pleasing your child somehow requires you to do something against the law, then, yeah, I guess you can go to jail. And how does being a disabled vet and a parent somehow put you above the law and let you do something that many of the police officers in my family have actually arrested people for doing?

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

Has no intention of impersonating a police officer?! Geez, who would have thought that sticking a giant decal on the side of your car, you know, the one that says "POLICE" in giant letters may lead people into thinking you're somehow impersonating a police officer...

I'm all for the right to expression and free speech, but remember, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded elevator, just like you can't put decals on your car to make it look like you're an officer of the law. If my house is being robbed and I flag down a driving police car only to find out it's some bozo who wants to make his kid happy - woopity-doo, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to sue the city for letting this jackass drive around in illegally marked police car.

Thing is he isnt trying to impersonate police or the law. He is trying to impersonate a character from a mega blockbuster movie.

Yes, he is impersonating a character from a movie, who just happens to be... well, police!

Ok, I'm going to put on a police uniform and start patroling the streets, and I'll just claim to be impersonating that bad guy from Terminator 2, not an actual police officer, and just for safety's sake I'll write "Terminator" on my hat - so people won't be confused. And if you're too stupid to see I'm impersonating the guy from Terminator 2, then you deserve to have nobody help you when you come crying to me that someone just stole your purse.

It isn't a question of people being too stupid to discern real police from fake police. What if it's someone from out of town who doesn't know what the city's units look like? It's always easier to say "well, people just shouldn't be stupid", but it's a moot point because impersonating a police officer is against the law.

you can try to defend this guy all you want, but what he is doing is against the law. Simple as that.

If you say so. People are also stupid, thats as simple as that. If it was so illigal, that deputy or whoever he spoke to would have already arrested him.

Its a stupid situation created by stupid people, thats the end of it.

[Agent 007]

Maybe he could have his plate say NOTACOP!

[Tybre]

Here is the article on their website

This is ridiculous.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

Well, if pleasing your child somehow requires you to do something against the law, then, yeah, I guess you can go to jail. And how does being a disabled vet and a parent somehow put you above the law and let you do something that many of the police officers in my family have actually arrested people for doing?

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

Has no intention of impersonating a police officer?! Geez, who would have thought that sticking a giant decal on the side of your car, you know, the one that says "POLICE" in giant letters may lead people into thinking you're somehow impersonating a police officer...

I'm all for the right to expression and free speech, but remember, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded elevator, just like you can't put decals on your car to make it look like you're an officer of the law. If my house is being robbed and I flag down a driving police car only to find out it's some bozo who wants to make his kid happy - woopity-doo, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to sue the city for letting this jackass drive around in illegally marked police car.

Daaaaamn. New Mexico has things easy. In PA, you do ANYTHING that could even be misinterpreted as impersonating a cop and your ass gets locked up for a long time.

[Officer Prowl]

Well... I kept it safe. Only pinewood derby models for me.

[ScorpoMax]

Here is the article on their website

This is ridiculous.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

Well, if pleasing your child somehow requires you to do something against the law, then, yeah, I guess you can go to jail. And how does being a disabled vet and a parent somehow put you above the law and let you do something that many of the police officers in my family have actually arrested people for doing?

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

Has no intention of impersonating a police officer?! Geez, who would have thought that sticking a giant decal on the side of your car, you know, the one that says "POLICE" in giant letters may lead people into thinking you're somehow impersonating a police officer...

I'm all for the right to expression and free speech, but remember, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded elevator, just like you can't put decals on your car to make it look like you're an officer of the law. If my house is being robbed and I flag down a driving police car only to find out it's some bozo who wants to make his kid happy - woopity-doo, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to sue the city for letting this jackass drive around in illegally marked police car.

Thing is he isnt trying to impersonate police or the law. He is trying to impersonate a character from a mega blockbuster movie.

Again, he has the word TRANSFORMERS written all over the car. If People are stupid enough to confuse that with a real police car then that is THEIR fault, not his. Same goes for the actual police. If they are too dumb to know what real units are out on their routes, and recognize that a car painted like a character from a movie with giant TRANSFORMERS letters written all over it isnt actually a police car and isnt trying to impersonate one.

In a situation like the one that Skowl's describing, it could be all too easy for someone to overlook a detail like that. It's like in the movie where all those people staning around Air Force one didn't see that one of their cop cars had "to punish and enslave" written on the side.

[Sonray]

Here is the article on their website

This is ridiculous.

"As a disabled vet and a parent, I can't be in jail for something done to please my child," Vigil said.

Well, if pleasing your child somehow requires you to do something against the law, then, yeah, I guess you can go to jail. And how does being a disabled vet and a parent somehow put you above the law and let you do something that many of the police officers in my family have actually arrested people for doing?

He even met with Chief Deputy District Attorney Joe Ulibarrí who said he doesn't think it's illegal because Vigil said he has no intention of impersonating a police officer.

Has no intention of impersonating a police officer?! Geez, who would have thought that sticking a giant decal on the side of your car, you know, the one that says "POLICE" in giant letters may lead people into thinking you're somehow impersonating a police officer...

I'm all for the right to expression and free speech, but remember, you can't yell "fire" in a crowded elevator, just like you can't put decals on your car to make it look like you're an officer of the law. If my house is being robbed and I flag down a driving police car only to find out it's some bozo who wants to make his kid happy - woopity-doo, I'm going to be pissed and I'm going to sue the city for letting this jackass drive around in illegally marked police car.

Thing is he isnt trying to impersonate police or the law. He is trying to impersonate a character from a mega blockbuster movie.

Again, he has the word TRANSFORMERS written all over the car. If People are stupid enough to confuse that with a real police car then that is THEIR fault, not his. Same goes for the actual police. If they are too dumb to know what real units are out on their routes, and recognize that a car painted like a character from a movie with giant TRANSFORMERS letters written all over it isnt actually a police car and isnt trying to impersonate one.

In a situation like the one that Skowl's describing, it could be all too easy for someone to overlook a detail like that. It's like in the movie where all those people staning around Air Force one didn't see that one of their cop cars had "to punish and enslave" written on the side.

Erm...difference is that was a movie, this is real life.

[Audiophile]

http://www.saleen.com/transformers.htm

Go and take a look at that. This would be the street safe version of Barricade... with the exception that the Decepticon logo and all traces of the word "Police" have been removed. Very cool car.