Hey Walt F and David C , Thanks for the info! Appears that some
enforcement officers have mental handicaps! The light in their brain has a
malfunction.
Jim Knox, 91 Dak 318LA
----- Original Message -----
From: <Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Question of Legality in USA, Blue and Amber
Rotating Beacon Lights Mounted on Roof of Dakota 4X4, Ontario Canada Truck
>
> 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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