WOO! I beat my ticket

[PeteyAce]

A month ago i had posted a ticket i got about visibility of taillights (93 cobras) well i had to go down there (other wise i would of just paid it) today, i decided to plead not guilty brought my handy dandy mustang notebook, made my case against the prosecutor and won! that book is worth every goddamn penny to me!
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[Roland69]

so what did you need to prove to them....That they are a stock taillight

 

[Darkwriter77]

Indeed. How did they claim visibility problems? Was the reflective coating inside the housing bad? Running LED bulbs? Tinted lenses? Or a cop smoking crack?

 

[90mustangGT]

I hope you filed a complaint agains the officer. Was the officer there? I hope he looked or will look like a complete jackass. They should make the officer pay you for his mistake.

 

[mob]

They should make the officer pay you for his mistake.

The 28th amendment right here.

 

[Busted07]

A month ago i had posted a ticket i got about visibility of taillights (93 cobras) well i had to go down there (other wise i would of just paid it) today, i decided to plead not guilty brought my handy dandy mustang notebook, made my case against the prosecutor and won! that book is worth every goddamn penny to me!
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Good deal man, i remember that other thread, and i told ya it might not be a bad idea to bring the manual up there.. nice job fighting it, and not bowing out.

 

[PeteyAce]

the black center piece and all the stri[ing the oofficer siad was illegal, and said that there was an electrical problem with the car, he was able to tell that by looking at them. i was going to originally pay for the ticket just to get rid of the hassle, but online it said i had to go to court for it, i figured since i have to go down there i might as well fight it. i would of been angry if i lost got there at 845 i didnt get out till 1230. he though i won the prosecuter tried to get me to pay a court fee but i got out of that too.

 

[Mustang5L5]

So what did you do? Bring the book and a picture of your taillights down with you??


Are your taillights dim?? I know that overtime the reflectors inside wear away and the bulbs just aren't as bright. When i did my cobra taillights, i sprayed the inside chrome and it made the lights much brighter. I even made a thread about it somewhere. Before that, they were in fact pretty dim.


EDIT: found the thread

http://gt500.drive9.com/~snforums/showthread.php?t=632177&highlight=taillight+maintainence

 

[jrichker]

The OEM SAE taillights have a diamond cut reflector pattern that is designed to be seen at night with the reflected light from other cars. Smoke lens may not have this reflector pattern. If they are simply snap on covers for the existing lights, they may make the reflector so dim that it cannot be easily seen. I would hate to have my car run into because I parked on a street with no lights and the tail tights didn't have a good reflector.

 

[PeteyAce]

yea i brought my 79-93 mustang hand book showed the judge the pic pf the cobra and pics of mine at night, they were a bit dim so i resprayed the backing with chrome a few weeks ago. The prosecutor arguement was the even though its factory, factory cars come with tint in florida illegal in jersey, the guard i was speaking to before i seen the prosecutor was on my side lol he had a 5.0 once and we talked about mustangs while i waited lol