Your right, that’s a cop being anal. I had a similar thing happen a few years
ago with the two Red LED bullet lights that held my rear plate on. Got stopped
at 2:30 AM for those. He blew a u-turn over a grassy median to stop me after
seeing them in his rear view mirror? Local dounut shop must have been closed.
Supposedly, you can’t have lights affixed directly to the license plates. Even
though I’ve never actually been able to find that statue. While the cop was
writing me a ticket, inspection required, I got out of the truck and pulled the
two wires from the back of the LEDs. The cop got out of the cruiser and asks
“What are you doing?” I answered, “disconnecting them, you told me I’m
breaking the law, now I’m not”. He’s like “Don’t be a smart ass”. I
responded, “If it was severe enough for you to make a u-turn across a grassy
median, on a deserted road at 2:30 in the morning to stop me, it’s important
enough for me to correct it right away”. A couple of minutes later he handed me
a ticket for insubordination. Both of which I beat when I went to court.
Walt Felix
http://WWW.Walt-n-Ingrid.Com
In article <cre2mj$f8h$1@bent.twistedbits.net>, david.clement@verizon.net
writes:
>
>
> FWIW, my wife got stopped in Hanover Mass a couple of weeks ago and was
issued
> a written warning because the little LED lited washer squirters on her PT
> Cruiser were blue. I had installed those almost a year ago and choose blue
> because it matched the color of her car. After the warning I did some
checking
> and the regulation is only police can display a blue light.
>
> Seems kind of anal that she got stopped for the LED's, no one would ever
> mistake them for police lights but such is life. I had them wired to go on
with
> the lights and right now they are disconnected until I install a switch
inside
> the car.
>
> Dave Clement
> 99 SLT+ CC 4x4
>
>
> In article <010b01c4f20a$be930f40$18d5fea9@KNOX>, knox.james@sympatico.ca
> ("JAMES KNOX") writes:
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the info Bob.
> >
> > Regards
> > Jim Knox 91 Dak
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "DAKSY" <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com>
> > To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 4:44 PM
> > Subject: DML: Re: Question of Legality in USA, Blue and Amber Rotating
> > Beacon Lights Mounted on Roof of Dakota 4X4, Ontario Canada Truck
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hey, Jim!
> > >
> > > <snip> I have Blue and Amber on the Dak.
> > > If I cross the border into NY, PENN, OHIO ect am I required to remove the
> > > blue ? As it appears to me that the Police use Blue in the USA<snip>
> > >
> > > Blue is used for volunteer fire personnel in NY...
> > > Green is EMT...
> > > Law enforcement is red/yellow/white combo...
> > > Road crews/snow removal/towing/utilities use yellow...
> > >
> > > Mass. Police use blue/white/yellow combo...
> > >
> > > Can't tell ya about Pa. or Oh...
> > >
> > > As for removal of the lights, the answer may be here:
> > >
> > > http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/dmvfaqs.htm
> > >
> > > Then again it may not!
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > > Bob Smith (DAKSY2K on AIM)
> > > Averill Park, NY
> > > 2K DAK SY CC Sport + V6 4X4 5 Speed
> > >
> > > WebPage URL: http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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