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Old 01-09-2011, 12:34 PM   #1
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Ghost Car with an "L"!

So we we're going home from the Canucks game last night and saw a ghost car had pulled over a car on Hastings. The ghost car was actually a pickup truck with a canopy, but also had an "L" on it! Which brought up a story by my gf... she said quite a few years ago, her friend's mom was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt, but was also ticketed extra for driving with an "L" on the back of her car. The mom's reasoning of course is that her daughter drove the car as well, so they just left the "L" on there. Anybody know if it's truly illegal to drive with an "L" or "N" on the back if you're not really a 'learner' or 'new driver'??

In other news, look out for a pickup truck with a canopy that has an "L" on it!!
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A ticket?? That's ridiculous. I see driving instructors driving alone in their corollas, Ns and Ls on the back all the time. Time for the police to crack down on those criminals, lock them up and throw away the keys.
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A ticket?? That's ridiculous. I see driving instructors driving alone in their corollas, Ns and Ls on the back all the time. Time for the police to crack down on those criminals, lock them up and throw away the keys.
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I've also seen an '04 Camry Ghost Car with an N at the back
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^Somehow I doubt the RCMP has Ferrari and Lamborghini ghost cars.
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Old 01-09-2011, 02:12 PM   #7
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Yeesh, it was just a curiosity question
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seems to be quite common now, ghost cars with L or N signs on the back

I saw a black dodge magnum with a N sign pulling a dude over near venables/clark back in summer.

so watch out guys!
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In other news, look out for a pickup truck with a canopy that has an "L" on it!!
Great description! I bet that pickup has 4 wheels too!
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Great description! I bet that pickup has 4 wheels too!
I believe I have seen that truck. Mid 90s f350 4x4 in bright blue 4door and long box with a matching canopy. It had construction pylons in the back
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I think it might be illegal to have an N or L without actually having that particualr type of liscence. When I had my N liscence I just left it on the back of the car and one time my dad was driving the car (his car i was learning on) and he got pulled over and got a warning from the cop about having the N showing without the N liscence.
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Theres no ticket for driving with an L or N on.
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Theres no ticket for driving with an L or N on.

Yeah. Seriously, what would be the offense?
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When I still had my L, my dad got pulled over cause he didn't take it off and the cop didn't give him a ticket.
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Old 01-09-2011, 06:28 PM   #15
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Yeah. Seriously, what would be the offense?
That's what I was wondering lol
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I'm almost certain that driving with an N is not a ticket-able offense.

Driving with an L might class under driving behavior that wastes and officer's time? Technically I don't know what that would fall under though.
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Thanks! I was gonna post my previous thread.

I still see that truck on King Ed occasionally. Arg, just looks like any other work truck.
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Hmmm.. I don't know, how about just obey the law and don't shit your pants over ghost cars?
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Yup I've seen that truck on hastings before 7am a few times. No one ever expects to get pulled over by that haha
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If you have an L on the back of your car and are driving outside the allowable conditions of an L driver, of course you will be pulled over. You look like a learner breaking the rules.
That's common sense.
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If you have an L on the back of your car and are driving outside the allowable conditions of an L driver, of course you will be pulled over. You look like a learner breaking the rules.
That's common sense.
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Driving with an L will just make the police notice your driving behaviour more. I don't think you would get a ticket tho
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yea, its not ticketable. i recall a thread in police section asking if police are allowed to have N / L on ghost cars and a police member said its not illeagal for anyone.

and majority of the time, i notice that any non-crown vic ghost cars carry N sign on their ass lol
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Have any one seen any ghost cars with Olympic Plates? Don't think there's any out there...
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where did the term "ghost car" come from. Theyre just unmarked police vehicles
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