frankschmitt.org:

What’s the fascination with taking either a recycled police car, or worse still a garden-variety Crown Vic or Caprice, and making it look as much as possible like an actual cop car?

I can think of three reasons why you might want to do this:

• You’re a Walter Mitty type who wishes (s)he were a cop.
• “This was the largest auto I could afford.”
• Deterring criminals when it’s parked in front of your home or business.

I can’t say any of these are particularly bad reasons, but driving an ersatz cop car also a couple of major downsides:

• When you get pulled over by an actual cop, (s)he’ll probably find it obnoxious and be more likely to give you a ticket.
• Any time you come up behind someone, they’ll immediately slow to 5 miles an hour under the speed limit, ensuring that it’ll take longer to get where you’re going. 

So what’s the deal, dear readers?