its 3 a.m and you notice you have a headlight out...instead of waiting 3 hours for daylight to where it wont matter, you drive anyway and chance it.
key word? chance it. its illegal to do so. you knowingly broke the law. has there ever been a time when it mightve blown while you were driving or whatever have you. thats when its up to the cop to use his discretion to give the ticket. even if he decides to still give you the ticket he is in the right and its your responsibility to take care of it.
you also know that motor vehicle stops are one of the best ways to deter even larger crimes from happening. plenty of motor vehicle stops have led to bigger offenses/crimes being uncovered. so you never know. maybe the cop pulled him over to make sure he didnt just ram into two cars down the road and is fleeing with a broken front end (headlight out
).
or maybe....just maybe....how about this scenario.
its night time. youre a cop. you see a car riding with a headlight out. your original intentions was to pull over this person to make sure they are aware of the situation and they get to the window and BAM...you get a young punk in a sports car with a smug look handing over a PBA card like it actually means something. now the traffic stop turns opposite. instead of the cop doing you a solid, he realizes that you are aware of the problem and are trying to skate around it with this ''get out of jail free card.'' what happened here???? was the cop the dick??? or did you just implicate yourself by trying to get out of it with a pba card.
2 sides to every coin. you wanna know what side of a coin that doesnt exist??? the side of the coin where at anytime during any of those scenarios should a police officer need to supply you or sell you a headlight to remedy the situation.
