What happens when you push the big red button?

**moggsp98** · 03-29-10, 01:16 PM

**Jenna** · 03-29-10, 02:01 PM

Nuclear war?

**Five-0** · 03-29-10, 03:05 PM

I hope the big red button starts the car wash, damn.

**Captain America** · 03-29-10, 03:21 PM

Emergency Stop ?

**GirlInBrown** · 03-29-10, 03:34 PM

Couldn't resist....I always liked the story of why the troops up here roll around in those cars with the bubble lights and the shark fin.... It's a tradition thing......

"Both the rotating overhead light and the shark fin have traditionally been synonymous with the MSP. The shark fin was used for a side stop, which was employed when a Trooper was stopping another vehicle. The Trooper would pull along the driver's side of the vehicle he wished to stop and would activate the shark fin's light, alerting the other driver that he was to pull over. The side stop is no longer used by the department. The rotating red light has been used by the MSP since 1960 and the current style red overhead light has been in use by the agency since 1979. The bright red-pink hue of the light is striking and it makes the patrol car recognizable as a Michigan State Police car from several miles away. The red overhead lights on some MSP cars are 20–25 years old. Both the blue hue of the patrol cars and the red hue of the rotating overhead light are distinctive and unique to the MSP; the department has used the blue paint scheme and the current door decals since 1956. "

**Xiphos** · 03-29-10, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by GirlInBrown

Couldn't resist....I always liked the story of why the troops up here roll around in those cars with the bubble lights and the shark fin.... It's a tradition thing......

"The Michigan State Police are budget crippled by liberals who hate police and want to house and feed drug users. Since we don't have the money to upgrade to modern equipment we keep transferring the same old crap from old cars to new cars. We'd like to use modern light systems that are visible to great distances and readily identify emergency vehicles all over the country, but we're stuck using the hamster wheel in the red bubble. We'll call it tradition and make it sound like we do this on purpose."

Fixed it for you.