Cops on fishing expeditions 2896Perhaps you'd be more comfortable living in Iran! No, I'm quite happy in the US (and uncomfortable with some of the liberties taken with...
He should have been. The light is, after all, there for a reason -- a point that I trust is preaching to the choir hereabouts, but was apparently lost on him if he spent five years driving around without one...
As someone else pointed out, headlights can be tricky to fix if there is body damage involved (a bad fix or a poorly done improvised replacement can not only put too little light on the parts of the road you need lit up, but also shine right in the eyes of other drivers), but it's usually easy and cheap to either McGyver a taillight or get a replacement unit out of a junkyard.
Well, yes, it's annoying to get pulled over like that... but how often do you hear of some fairly bad actor, who's been on the lam for anything from minutes to years, finally getting arrested after being pulled over for a minor traffic violation or some equipment on the fritz? Quite the cliche of the police blotter, in my experience.
that wasn't a keeper.
Sounds like all in all things were working fairly well. Now do a friend a favor and introduce him to the wonderful world of trailer lamps, lens repair tape, 5-minute epoxy, wiring repair parts, and junkyards (pick one or more) before winter, with its bad weather and increased proportion of night driving, is upon us.
Cheers, --Joe
