High Viz Vests

[Ben]

High viz vests get you places. 

http://www.boredpanda.com/hi-vis-vest-free-visit-david-allegretti-shon-pron/

[Hawkmoon]

Yeah, with that and a clipboard a person could go pretty much anywhere.

[RoadKingLarry]

A hardhat, tool bag a phone test hanging off your belt is another free pass.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Pretty much any service uniform works.

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[never_retreat]

[Hawkmoon]

Safety jihadist looks like a self-mobile traffic cone ...

[Mannlicher]

the sheep always follow orders.

[wmenorr67]

This was in Australia but no doubt what I've seen over the years it one could be very successful doing that here too.

[Frank Castle]

A clip board and a determined look got me out, of few Motor pools. 

[wmenorr67]

Piece(s) of paper(s) in my hand and a brisk walk.......

[RoadKingLarry]

Piece(s) of paper(s) in my hand and a brisk walk.......

AKA- The walk of purpose.

[KD5NRH]

A clip board and a determined look got me out, of few Motor pools.

At NAS Dallas, a clipboard, a random circuitboard and looking straight ahead would get me into any area not guarded by armed Marines unquestioned.

Partly because they quickly got to know me as the guy who fixed odd electronic stuff for Important People.  Nobody wanted to be the one to call the guy in charge of a major project and tell him they've delayed his replacement part by even a few seconds.

[RocketMan]

Four of us walked through the 2nd Battalion lines during an exercise at the Pohakuloa Training Area in Sept 75.  Climbed the hill headed to the battalion CP tent carrying some field telephones.  Many "Halt! Who is there?" challenges were answered with, "We're from the comm platoon. We're going to the battalion CP to fix the phones."  We were waved on each time.
A number of sleeping sentries had their throats figuratively slit.  Once we got to the CP tent, we "killed" everyone there.
The 3rd Marines CO was not amused with the 2nd Battalion CO.  We were the only one of three infiltration teams that made it through.
All of us were actually radio operators from the HQ Regiment comm platoon, too.

[KD5NRH]

Four of us walked through the 2nd Battalion lines during an exercise at the Pohakuloa Training Area in Sept 75.  Climbed the hill headed to the battalion CP tent carrying some field telephones.  Many "Halt! Who is there?" challenges were answered with, "We're from the comm platoon. We're going to the battalion CP to fix the phones."  We were waved on each time.

The true epic bonus point version would have been a VBIED in a 10 year old Toyota with a Domino's Pizza sign on top.

[RocketMan]

The true epic bonus point version would have been a VBIED in a 10 year old Toyota with a Domino's Pizza sign on top.

True, but this occurred well before VBIEDs were a thing.  And the nearest Domino's would've been in Hilo, assuming they had one.  

[T.O.M.]

I learned really early in my Army years that moving quickly and looking focused/concerned would generallyou get you left alone.  After leaving butter bar behind, I learned looking pissed off would not just get you left alone, but would usually get people out of your way as well. 

As to the OP, put on a lanyard with ID badge, and you've got a free pass to most places.

[Hawkmoon]

As to the OP, put on a lanyard with ID badge, and you've got a free pass to most places.

I knew there was a reason why I saved the ID from that citizens police academy I took a couple of years ago.

[KD5NRH]

I learned really early in my Army years that moving quickly and looking focused/concerned would generallyou get you left alone.

Wearing a bomb suit and/or level 4 biohazard suit while screaming and running tends to clear a path too.

[dogmush]

I learned really early in my Army years that moving quickly and looking focused/concerned would generallyou get you left alone.  After leaving butter bar behind, I learned looking pissed off would not just get you left alone, but would usually get people out of your way as well. 

I have learned that if you are a Warrant Officer, and walk quickly while shaking your head and cussing every few seconds, O-3's will actively clear you a path.

[wmenorr67]

I have learned that if you are a Warrant Officer, and walk quickly while shaking your head and cussing every few seconds, O-3's will actively clear you a path.

I've seen O-6's do that for Warrants.

[KD5NRH]

I have learned that if you are a Warrant Officer, and walk quickly while shaking your head and cussing every few seconds, O-3's will actively clear you a path.

A friend suggested that, instead of the hi-viz stuff, a life size cardboard cutout of a bright red, scowling CMSgt would keep traffic at least 100m away from his motorcycle at all times.

[Devonai]

During the nine months that I was cataloging transformers for the local power company, I was rarely questioned while on private property, and never had a problem with anybody once I gave them a ten second explanation of why I was there.

But I did get a lot of grief from residents, including several visits from the cops, while I was standing on a public road in broad daylight.