Well put ccbass -- I knew it was one of "NY's Finest" traps. They have them all the time. I have been driving in NYC 2 to 3 times a week since 1985, I have seen it all, and as I said I've been nailed 3 times, despite being an expert at spotting these things. BTW I like fat cops.
You need to learn "the weave" -- drive on the west side when the cross street is one-way east, and reverse for the next block, like a sine wave. You seem worried the cabs would hit you -- nah, most of the cabbies don't own the cabs, they can't ding them and keep their jobs, so you have the upper hand -- press your advantage. I have been hit only 4 times in 25 years of over-the-top battles with taxis and delivery trucks ... I always drive old cars so who cares ... small price to pay for the thrill of victory on the steets (except the one time it was my wife's car). And only once did my bumper actually separate from the car body. Drive aggressive or stay home! I want the NJ plate to be feared!! If you namby-pamby around with Jersey plates, you'll mess it up for the rest of us. I assume you can steer with your knees, since you need one hand for the horn, and the other for giving the finger.
Then there's the "Death Wish Highway", otherwise known as the Long Island Expressway. OMG, I drove the LIE tonight after picking up that turntable in Dix Hills. Here I was outclassed. I think everyone who lives on the island is auditioning for the next Mad Max movie. I wet myself after the second near-death experience, somewhere around Exit 31. I really really don't want the last vision I have in this world to be a speeding UPS truck being cut-off by a white BMW nearing orbital velocity, forcing Mr. Brown in to my lane (at the exact point in the lane where my car happens to be).
But the turntable was worth it.
