Re: Re: Ohio Revised Code and Clear Tail Lights.....

From: Eric Giblock (egiblock@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Feb 13 2003 - 00:22:08 EST


yea it interesting.. i've been pulled over by local cops before and they
said it looked good, but the lights were fading, so he was just giving me a
warning..

this time it was a Ohio State Trooper, and his quote was "most of the time
the local cops don't know the state laws"

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""Josh Battles"" <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote in message
news:b2dvtc$2ss$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> Funny, I've got those same all clear taillights on my truck here in
Chicago
> and the police have never said anything to me, one time an officer
actually
> complimented how good they looked while he was writing me a ticket for
> speeding...
>
> --
> -Josh
> 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
>
>
> ""Eric Giblock"" <egiblock@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:b2cgkd$cmu$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
> >
> > ok, after getting pulled over and cited for my clear corners, i'll post
> this
> > and help you all out...
> >
> > If you go to www.gibsdakota.com and check out my truck, you can all see
> that
> > my clear corners are the old style, and completely white/clear.
> >
> > Well, according to Ohio's Finest.  This is in violation of code 4513.06
> > because I had no red reflectors on the back of my truck (and the one
above
> > the back of the cab does not count.
> >
> > Here's The State Definition of the Code:
> >
> >  § 4513.06 Red reflectors required. --  RC § 4513.06 is affected by Am.
> Sub.
> > S.B. 123 (149 v --), effective 1-1-2004. See the 2002 Legislative
Bulletin
> > No. 4 for the version effective 1-1-2004.
> >
> > Text of Statute
> >
> > Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a
> > highway, other than a commercial tractor, to which a trailer or
> semitrailer
> > is attached shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps
or
> > separately, two red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section,
> > except that vehicles of the type mentioned in section 4513.07 of the
> Revised
> > Code shall be equipped with reflectors as required by the regulations
> > provided for in said section.
> >
> > Every such reflector shall be of such size and characteristics and so
> > maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within three
> hundred
> > feet to fifty feet from such vehicle.
> >
> > HISTORY: GC § 6307-79; 119 v 766(792), § 79; Bureau of Code Revision.
Eff
> > 10-1-53.
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Eric Giblock
> > Web Alterations ~ Owner / Sr. Programmer
> > egiblock@hotmail.com
> >
> >
>
>



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