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Speaking of car horns... and lawsuits...and jail time
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> wrote in message ups.com... > http://www.reallyloudairhorns.com/ > Now, I can just see where this could lead.... > > -- > Cliff > LoL |
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In article >, Lawrence
Glickman > wrote: > I've even seen cars pulled over for running blue lights instead of > normal headlights.... Good! That's a legitimate safety issue, and I'm glad to hear it. I've grown quite tired of being blinded by a Prelude with "fog lights" that are bright blue and aimed right at my face so I can't see anything around it. -- Garner R. Miller Clifton Park, NY =USA= |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:40:20 GMT, Garner Miller >
wrote: >In article >, Lawrence >Glickman > wrote: > >> I've even seen cars pulled over for running blue lights instead of >> normal headlights.... > >Good! > >That's a legitimate safety issue, and I'm glad to hear it. I've grown >quite tired of being blinded by a Prelude with "fog lights" that are >bright blue and aimed right at my face so I can't see anything around >it. Thing that gets me, though, is that all these cars have front fog lights, but (in the US anyway) no REAR ones. At least those don't tend to be left on, or used all the damned time. Where people get the idea that they need front fog lights on any time it gets dark is a mystery though, under 100M/yards visability put them on, yes, but not before. |
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:46:00 -0600, Lawrence Glickman
> wrote: >I've even seen cars pulled over for running blue lights instead of >normal headlights ( certainly not HID, because those cost a dang >fortune, and are primarily for off-road use ). I didn't know you lived in new jersey! I got a ticket a couple years ago....had a daytime running light burned out on a bright sunny day. Local cop did a 180 in the middle of the road, pulled me over and wrote a ticket for "improperly maintained vehicle". The judge tried to fine $120 but I read off the state statute limitation of $40 and he was forced to agree. Still, it's nice not seeing any 'improper' vehicles on the road. I go over to Pennsylvania and I see stuff on the road straight out of Mad Max. Dan |
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K`Tetch wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:40:20 GMT, Garner Miller > > wrote: > > >>In article >, Lawrence >>Glickman > wrote: >> >> >>>I've even seen cars pulled over for running blue lights instead of >>>normal headlights.... >> >>Good! >> >>That's a legitimate safety issue, and I'm glad to hear it. I've grown >>quite tired of being blinded by a Prelude with "fog lights" that are >>bright blue and aimed right at my face so I can't see anything around >>it. > > > Thing that gets me, though, is that all these cars have front fog > lights, but (in the US anyway) no REAR ones. At least those don't tend > to be left on, or used all the damned time. Some cars sold in the US have rear fogs, and they DO get left on all the time. |
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:50:13 -0500, Dan > wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:46:00 -0600, Lawrence Glickman > wrote: > >>I've even seen cars pulled over for running blue lights instead of >>normal headlights ( certainly not HID, because those cost a dang >>fortune, and are primarily for off-road use ). > >I didn't know you lived in new jersey! > >I got a ticket a couple years ago....had a daytime running light >burned out on a bright sunny day. Local cop did a 180 in the middle >of the road, pulled me over and wrote a ticket for "improperly >maintained vehicle". The judge tried to fine $120 but I read off the >state statute limitation of $40 and he was forced to agree. > >Still, it's nice not seeing any 'improper' vehicles on the road. I go >over to Pennsylvania and I see stuff on the road straight out of Mad >Max. > >Dan the new *scam* in this town is towing your vehicle, and if you don't claim it in 14 days, the city *owns* it and auctions it off for pennies on the dollar. nice, hu? The towing fee is $180, the daily storage fee is $75. If you're poor like me, you can't come up with that kind of cash on a moment's notice, and you LOSE you vehicle. All perfectly legal according to Mayor Buttface. BTW, I am disheartened that you had to recite to your judge The Law as it pertained to your case, chapter and verse regarding the limitation of punitive damages for the *crime* you committed. I'm thinking he would have put you down for $40 even though he fined you $120, and would have pocketed the difference. The real crooks are the buggers wearing the robes. Lg |
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