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 MF> Virginia's latest favorite is to park a civilian car at the side of
 MF> the road and a cruiser behind it, lights a-blazing and at such an
 MF> angle that when you look from behind, you can't tell there's no one in
 MF> the other car.  Then, a half mile up the road is the real speed trap.
 MF> I have to admit that it's a great idea, but there are a couple of
 MF> holes in it: First, if the cruiser is parked as skewed as it is, the
 MF> light on the left side would be nearly useless for illuminating the
 MF> other car for stops made at night.  Second, for the cruiser to be
 MF> sitting at the odd angle it is, the driver would have needed to drive
 MF> way off the road and back out at the odd angle (or risk backing in and
 MF> getting hit).  Anytime I've ever seen a routine traffic stop, the
 MF> officer's car had been parked squarely behind the victim -uh-
 MF> offender.

The skewed parking you refer to is to protect the officer in the event of
gunplay, not necessarily to illuminate the suspects car any better.  Some states
officers use this method routinely, others make it at the officers discretion.