When you’re driving, at one point or another, you have probably seen cops on the side of the road. At that moment, you may feel like checking your tail lights to make sure they are working is a good idea. However, this may not actually be the case. You see, when cops are present on the side of the road and they see your car coming towards them with broken tail lights, they will not think “Great! Easy ticket!” Instead, they may think “This driver must have been recently pulled over by another cop and is trying to get away without getting caught again.” Therefore, if you want to avoid getting pulled over again because of your tail lights being broken, here are some reasons why you should not let cops touch your tail lights.
Why You Should Not Let Cops Touch Your Tail Lights?
The last thing you want to do is let the police touch your tail lights. You might not realize it, but taillights are important! Without them, you can’t see where you are going. If they are badly damaged or broken, they can even be dangerous to drive with! If your tail lights are damaged or broken, there is a good chance that your car will not be able to stop when it needs to. As I mentioned before, this causes accidents for other drivers and pedestrians. And if you are in an accident because of a broken tail light on your car, it is likely that you will be at fault for the accident. This means that if the car was your fault, then you will have to pay for any damage or injuries caused by the car and its owner.
Why Are Cops Most Concerned About Tail Lights?
- Tail lights are the most important safety feature on a car. If your tail lights are not working, you can’t see.
- It is illegal to drive with damaged tail lights in the state of Georgia.
- Car insurance companies consider the condition of your car’s tail lights when determining how much insurance you pay each year.
- Taillights can be used as a weapon to get back at someone who has done you wrong, or to make them think twice if they want to mess with you again in the future.
- Cops use tail lights as a form of deterrence when they stop someone for a traffic violation and find that he/she has no license or registration in the vehicle, no one is home, and there is no one else around who could be driving it.
- Cops have been known to stop drivers for having no license plates or registration on their cars, then ask them if they are going out to buy some “tail light bulbs” (which are actually just tiny little bulbs). The driver responds that he/she doesn’t have any money but does have a spare light bulb in his pocket from which he removes one and places it under his car’s tail light bulb while answering yes to all questions asked by the officer during his search of his person and vehicle. The officer then takes this innocent-looking piece of evidence (the spare light bulb) and arrests him on charges of “intent to defraud”.
- If your car’s tail lights are not working, you can’t see the police or other cars coming up behind you.
- Tail lights are a number of things to the cops. They are evidence that your car was recently involved in a crime, they can be used as a weapon against someone who has done you wrong, and if you’re pulled over for any reason and the cop sees that your tail lights are burned out he will assume that you’re doing something illegal and/or suspicious.
- If one of your tail lights is not working and you get pulled over by the cops, they may ask to see your license or registration in order to verify that it is in fact your vehicle they’ve stopped (even though they have no proof whatsoever of this). You may say “Sorry officer, my tail light is burned out” without giving them any other information about yourself or where you live, but if you do so then these same officers may arrest you for “intent to defraud”, which is defined as “the intent to deceive” by means of false representations made with the intent to defraud someone else.
- It’s a good idea for everyone to have working tail lights on their vehicles because it allows them to be seen more easily by other drivers and police officers alike.
Why It’s Important To Maintain You’re Your Tail Light?
- Taillights are useful for other motorists to see you more easily.
- They are also useful as evidence of your vehicle’s recent activity, since they can be used as a weapon against someone who has done you wrong or on behalf of the police officer who pulled you over (since if he sees that your tail light is burned out he will assume that you’re doing something illegal and/or suspicious).
- If your tail light is not working, it will be very difficult for the cop to determine what kind of vehicle you drive, especially if his/her patrol car’s lights aren’t working too. This means that they might not realize that they have stopped the wrong car and arrest the driver for “intent to defraud”, which is defined as “the intent to deceive” by means of false representations made with the intent to defraud someone else (which would be a big mistake on their part)
- If one of your tail lights is not working and you get pulled over by the cops, they may ask to see your license or registration in order to verify that it is in fact your vehicle they’ve stopped (even though they have no proof whatsoever of this). You may say “Sorry officer, my tail light is burned out” without giving them any other information about yourself or where you live, but if you do so then these same officers may arrest you for “intent to defraud”, which is defined as “the intent to deceive” by means of false representations made with the intent to defraud someone else (which would be a big mistake on their part)
- The police officer who pulled you over in the first place may also pull you over again, which is called a “secondary stop”, and he/she may even ask you to show them your license or registration again, even though he/she has no proof whatsoever of this (they have no proof whatsoever of this). You may say “Sorry officer, my tail light is burned out” without giving them any other information about yourself or where you live, but if you do so then these same officers may arrest you for “intent to defraud”, which is defined as “the intent to deceive” by means of false representations made with the intent to defraud someone else (which would be a big mistake on their part)
Conclusion
When you are driving, at one point or another, you have probably seen cops on the side of the road. At that moment, you may feel like checking your tail lights to make sure they are working is a good idea. However, this may not actually be the case. You see, when cops are present on the side of the road and they see your car coming towards them with broken tail lights, they will not think “Great! Easy ticket!” Instead, they may think “This driver must have been recently pulled over by another cop and is trying to get away without getting caught again.” Therefore, if you want to avoid getting a ticket again because of your tail lights is broken, it is best not to let cops touch your tail lights.
