Massive Assault Truck with Theft Vest, Placard Belongs to a Liar, MTA Says
Sometimes, it's interesting to see what people get away with.
On Friday morning, an eagle-eyed Streetsblog reporter spotted a massive RAM pickup truck parked on Prospect Park West in Windsor Terrace. Our reporter wouldn't have given it a second thought (after the first thought: "What the fuck is with that massive truck?"), except that the truck's dashboard sported an MTA placard and an MTA vest, there was an MTA-branded traffic cone behind it, and its license plate had a cover rendering it less readable to toll and speed cameras.
So our reporter did have a second, third and fourth thoughts — and here is that story.