Is It Illegal To Impersonate Highway Maintenance?

[StyleMonkey]

Is it illegal to impersonate highway maintenance?

I find these are the worst drivers. It makes me think some people who have Highway Maintenance stickers on their vehicles are not actually Highway Maintenance.

[Hopkirk]

Why would anyone want to impersonate highway maintenance workers?

[barry1010]

Not as far as I know - anyone can buy the decals and stick them on their vehicles. Highway maintenance is made up of various government bodies, local authorities, contractors, sub-contractors and workers.

[sandyRoe]

They might have a fetish for filling in potholes in the roads.

[barry1010]

Hopkirk, I often see a highways maintenance vehicle whizzing down the hard shoulder when everyone else is stationary in a motorway traffic jam. Maybe some bright sparks think it would be a good idea to put a sticker on the back of their vehicle so they can do the same.

[StyleMonkey]

Scaffolders, Highway Maintenance and White Van Men, the roads would be a better place without them.

[barry1010]

My life wouldn't be better without them, though.

[StyleMonkey]

Maybe it would! Maybe if every van was pink the roads would be a safer place. ;)

[Hopkirk]

I've never seen a Highways Maintenance vehicle misusing a hard shoulder, and I don't think they are authorised to anyway.

[Hopkirk]

Barry, perhaps you are thinking of the traffic wombles in their black and yellow SUVs. They motor on down to assist with whatever incident is causing the hold up.

[barry1010]

Hopkirk, I mean transit vans, pick ups, any old thing with a decal

[Hopkirk]

I drive for a living, and don't see what you see.