'Ghost car' may haunt Jersey drivers

TRENTON The Garden State's traffic just got a little scarier.

New Jersey State Police on Thursday unveiled a "Ghost Car," a hard-to-spot vehicle that will haunt highways in search of traffic-law violators.

"Maybe you'll see it, or maybe you won't," the State Police said of the largely black Chevrolet Caprice.

"It's inhabited by the ghosts of ticket-writing troopers," said Capt. Stephen Jones, a State Police spokesman. He said an undisclosed number of Ghost Cars will roam the state.

The cars are intended to avoid notice, but they're not unmarked. Jones noted State Police markings appear on the cars' side panels — a feature meant to reassure unlucky drivers that they've actually been pulled over by a state trooper.