Got pulled in by D.O.T.

the citation was on the report. when he first asked me if I could fix the light(before he went to his patrol car) my impression was if I can show him the light working before he starts his paperwork he would not give the citation. why he asked me if I could fix it right now if he was going to write the citation anyway? I have been stopped before & had a light out & the officer would not say a thing until he came back with with the report & show me what light was out & would tell me to have it fixed a.s.a.p. this guy, standing with all my documents, ask's can you replace that bulb now. SURE I thought he is giving me a chance to correct a minor violation. NO. one other time at the TN scale s on i 65 I DID have a marker light out. I fixed it then & the officer wrote on report fixed on site. this guy here did not even do that.

 

I can tell you there have been more than a few lawsuits regarding led light's. when they first started replacing city signal lights, the red/yellow & green. the led's worked well until the snow fell. the leds did not melt the snow like the older type lights, resulting in many major wrecks, with parties involved having their ins co suing the city or state because of defective signals. I do not know the outcome of the cases, but I know they did happen. you can google & find one I am sure. my heat generated lights do melt snow, I see led's that do not. I also see a lot of leds on trailers in the night where not all the little lights are burning & I am sure YOU have too. how long before the d.o.t. start giving violations because ALL your little led's are not lit up? I pay $3.45 a light. tail, stop, turn on back of my trailer. I make sure anti corrosion grease is applied & I tape the elec connctors to the light real good to keep from shaking loose due to vibration, e.t.c.

 

This is exactly my point. the officer asked me how long have I been with my co? I said 2 months. that right there should of told him, if my co has a bad safety record, I am not to blame for the bad record. LOOK at MY record. don't punish me cause my co MAY have a lot of violations. I also told him I have been driving my truck for 13 years & 1.5 million miles. not one accidents. not one oos. not one violation ever than a light out & reflective tape faded in some area, one time for that. my tires get replaced when they have about 6 months left on them. that is just me though.

 

just pull over every 40 miles & check/ clean lights as needed. that is very good reasons why I have my ole type. I will say this. if my equip came with them on I would probably replace with like kind.