logic of a brakelight ticket

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Originally Posted by Flint

I was wondering the same thing, except in my case the brakelight is something I can't even check

Of course you can check the brake light. When a car pulls up behind, you can see each brake light reflect off that car. Or when you back up to a wall, fence, etc, it is obvious when a brake light does not work. Of course Honda Accords have always had a dashboard indicator; immediately reports a brake light failure. And yet some drivers ignore the red dash board light; not fix the brake light.

I have even pulled up alongside a car, told the driver he has one or two brake lights out, and on rare occasions have that driver be mad at me. Two brake lights out? Yes, some drivers cannot be bothered to even fix the first bulb failure - when those bulbs are sold even in every drug store. Clearly the threat of a ticket is not great enough. They get mad at me rather than thank me for saving them from a ticket or a deadly crash. You know how common drug stores are today. They cannot be bothered to stop right there and replace a bulb. They have that little consideration for human safety.

Another problem that has become common - something like one in every 25 or 40 cars - headlights out of alignment. Recently told a girl that her headlights were grossly out. She pulled her car up to the convenience store trash gate. One bulb was pointed only 10 feet in front of the car. Other was so high as to be a high beam. She said she was driving this car for three years. Friends would ask if her headlights had burned out. And yet she could not be bothered to even pull up to a wall - see how bad her lights were. Again, another reason why traffic tickets are necessary. She could not even be bothered when one headlight was blinding oncoming drivers.