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These posts always remind me of Todd Lappin's Telstar Logistics[1] in which he makes his personal vehicle look "official" and gets away with lots adventures wit

by jonah 8y ago

These posts always remind me of Todd Lappin's Telstar Logistics[1] in which he makes his personal vehicle look "official" and gets away with lots adventures with it. [1] https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/09/what_is_telstar.html https://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2006/0... [2] https://www.flickr.com/people/telstar/ https://www.flickr.com/people/telstar/

ajdlinux 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser_APEC_pranks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser_APEC_pranks
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnAaQ0n5-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnAaQ0n5-8
notatoad 8y ago
as much as i love the Telstar Logistics truck, I've found an unmarked white truck with an orange beacon light on top to be even more useful. When i used to work for city parks i rotated between a white rental truck with no stickers, and a truck that was clearly labeled with the city's logo. The unmarked truck would get you onto any jobsite, any company's yard, or through any traffic jam. The labeled truck, people knew what sort of permissions you were supposed to have.
- jonah 8y ago
  (Typically the flashing lights allowed on non-emergency vehicles are called Amber.) The vaguer the better, I'd say. Amber light, an antenna, black numbers on the tailgate, some reflective tape on the bumper, orange cones in the bed, a clipboard on the seat, and a hi-vis vest hanging in the back window should do the trick.
wyclif 8y ago
Huge fan! A long time ago my younger brother and I had another friend that had a card printing machine and we made some semi-official looking IDs (including mag strips) with names on them like "Initech", "Telstar Logistics", "Vandelay Industries", and "Amalgamated Products." These were used in a game where we'd try to get in to various places and up the ante on each other.

by jonah 8y ago

ajdlinux 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser_APEC_pranks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chaser_APEC_pranks

Scoundreller 8y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnAaQ0n5-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnAaQ0n5-8

notatoad 8y ago

as much as i love the Telstar Logistics truck, I've found an unmarked white truck with an orange beacon light on top to be even more useful. When i used to work for city parks i rotated between a white rental truck with no stickers, and a truck that was clearly labeled with the city's logo. The unmarked truck would get you onto any jobsite, any company's yard, or through any traffic jam. The labeled truck, people knew what sort of permissions you were supposed to have.

jonah 8y ago
(Typically the flashing lights allowed on non-emergency vehicles are called Amber.) The vaguer the better, I'd say. Amber light, an antenna, black numbers on the tailgate, some reflective tape on the bumper, orange cones in the bed, a clipboard on the seat, and a hi-vis vest hanging in the back window should do the trick.

wyclif 8y ago

Huge fan! A long time ago my younger brother and I had another friend that had a card printing machine and we made some semi-official looking IDs (including mag strips) with names on them like "Initech", "Telstar Logistics", "Vandelay Industries", and "Amalgamated Products." These were used in a game where we'd try to get in to various places and up the ante on each other.