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Originally Posted by CC Performance
I'm going to have to go find one of them bait cars...LOL I've seen Volvo's in WA state that surprised me was an unmarked... They are getting tricky no doubt but if the officer instigates the race isn't that entrapment or something like that?
I had a cop fail to get out of the passing lane so I passed him on the right and he of course pulled me over and asked if I was a wise guy. I asked him if he wanted to be written up for failure to yield... That was that no ticket.
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If the officer actively works to provoke a race, IE forcing you to speed by trapping you in a lane and tail gating, then it could be considered entrapment. However, most of the time when I have seen the bait cars they are cruising just under the "buffer zone" speed limit, so around 65 MPH. They'll slow down to under 55 and then rev up to 65 or so, all completely legal. Then when someone comes up along side, revs and takes off to over 75-80 they pop them.
Essentially they provoke a race by having a loud, fast looking and genuinely fast car, and then wait for people to be stupid. Works like a charm.