Was this cop a jerk?

[69BirdX]

Originally Posted by WildBillyT

late to the party

I posted at like the same time you did.........just happen your came alittle sooner

[NastyEllEssWon]

lol exactly my point about the homeless thing. you dont wanna care about that but you want them to care about our headlights. theres bigger fish to fry. the whole point is he was lenient, gave him a warning, swiped his pba card and he's still complaining....and while admitting that he was IN THE WRONG.




kids

[Tsar]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

You'll give a damn when someone slams into you, or vice versa. by the way, I guess no one knows the meaning of donating the fail has been served back into your court kthanxbye.

This thread is turning into something good.

And no I will not have that problem, I have a handy dandy bulb out light.

[NastyEllEssWon]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

You'll give a damn when someone slams into you, or vice versa. by the way, I guess no one knows the meaning of donating the fail has been served back into your court kthanxbye.

so that would be the cops fault for not supplying the person with no headlights smacking into him???

[LTb1ow]

Sometimes I run low on gas, is it the cops responsibility to make sure I am topped off all the time? Premium please too.

[69BirdX]

Im pretty sure that a cop is a taxi if you need a ride home drunk from the bar.............keeps you from drinking and driving

[JL8Jeff]

Wow, you guys are dumber than you look! His idea is a good idea if it was feasible, but it isn't due to the ridiculous number of bulbs nowadays. So you guys would be happier getting pulled over and getting a ticket for a light out, then you would still need to get the bulb and replace it at your cost, hopefully before you get pulled over again and another ticket or in an accident. Now if the cop could sell you a bulb and you get no ticket, it sure sounds like you saved a lot of money. But go ahead and get tickets, it helps our gov't stay in business.

[Tsar]

Can a cop pay my student loans, so I don't default?

[69BirdX]

Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

Wow, you guys are dumber than you look! His idea is a good idea if it was feasible, but it isn't due to the ridiculous number of bulbs nowadays. So you guys would be happier getting pulled over and getting a ticket for a light out, then you would still need to get the bulb and replace it at your cost, hopefully before you get pulled over again and another ticket or in an accident. Now if the cop could sell you a bulb and you get no ticket, it sure sounds like you saved a lot of money. But go ahead and get tickets, it helps our gov't stay in business.

I think they should just give warnings unless they have seen the same person with a headlight out after the warning. Most cops do that that i have run into or heard of.

[Tsar]

How about...... CHANGE YOUR DAMN BULBS YOURSELF!?!

No? bad Idea?

Anyone against that?

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by WildBillyT

Just weighing in-

So the cop will have to carry around a bunch of bulbs and a catalog to figure out which ones go with which car?

WBT, I respect you cause you question things in a repstectful way, so you good sir get a respectful answer.

you are correct, there are a ton of lights out there, thats not including HID's, and the original rectangular lights, which would take up entirely too much room. They would carry only the mainstream bulbs. 9003-9007, carry two of each that just 10 bulbs. If they feel they would want to, they could also carry H1,H7's, especially since alot of cars are goignthat route of using them. A box of ten brake, or tailllight bulbs is the size of a White Castle Slider ( now im gettign hungry lol) you guys are familiar of blister packs at Auto Zone, Advance auto, here at NAPA, we sell bulbs individually, so they'd carry 2 each of the mainstream bulbs which are 2057, 1156, 1157, 3057,3156,3157,4157,7740,7743, making that 18 bulbs, and 28 bulbs all together. all this would fit in a shoe box and then some with plenty of room left in the box, which I can't see taking up to much room, considering they sometimes carry things like teddy bears for children and what not.

If the person pulled over doesnt know what number the light is ( which 9/10 dont) or they can't find what bulb it is in their owners maual, they don't get a light, if they do, well then kudos to them, fix your car and make it safe again. it's just a jesture out of the goodness of the police dept. and that if they would want to even participate in the campaign.

[NastyEllEssWon]

you can say the same thing 10 different ways and its still a bad idea

[WildBillyT]

Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

you can say the same thing 10 different ways and its still a bad idea

Memory is foggy on this:

I forget which country in the EU has this, (Germany?) but their highway patrol is also there for breakdowns and small maintenance. They don't do **** like domestics, robberies, and other crimes- just highway related stuff like making sure your pile is fit to do 150km/h, etc.

Real pie-in-the-sky thinking as far as getting something this in the US, but not too far off from what Blacd is saying. I think it's not a bad idea but not what the cops are there for. Our PDs do stuff other than traffic related offenses.

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

lol exactly my point about the homeless thing. you dont wanna care about that but you want them to care about our headlights. theres bigger fish to fry. the whole point is he was lenient, gave him a warning, swiped his pba card and he's still complaining....and while admitting that he was IN THE WRONG.




kids

Difference is that was their choice in the begining to waste their money, it's notthe choice of the driver for the light to go out, go fail somewhere else.

Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon

so that would be the cops fault for not supplying the person with no headlights smacking into him???

If it was mandatory for them to give out lights, which it wouldn't be since in the posts I type yet everyone arguing with me has dyslexia, it would be optional for the officer to, it would be optional for the police dept to join the program. The officer would just do it out of the kindness and their ability to help civilians are best as possible.

Originally Posted by Tsar

How about...... CHANGE YOUR DAMN BULBS YOURSELF!?!

No? bad Idea?

Anyone against that?

I think this is the third time im saying this, the officer would not put it in, he's just giving you the bulb, it's your responsibility to change it. it's ashame schools dont have basic maintenance courses when taking drivers ed, that would certainly help alot.

[Tsar]

It's 100% coverage or none at all. Are you saying if I'm driving my S600 and my bulb goes out I'm not entitled to the same treatment as a dude in a 13 year old beater?

As I said before it's a fail plan.

[Blacdout96]

nope, those have an H3 bulb, its a mainstream bulb, so you would be entitled to recieve one.

[Tsar]

I'm surprised it's not using some German engineering mega super incompatible bulb... Replace S600 with something obscure then.

[Blacdout96]

lol, how about a 1996 BMW 740il with an HID bulb, thats the D2 series bulbs, about $117 ea. at my work. no they wouldnt carry those, peopel would be breaking into the back of police cars to get those.

12secondV6 may know this, whay Mercedes had those forever bulbs that ran like $800-$1200 ea.?

[V]

homeless people should be paid by the government to seek out and change the light bulbs that have gone out on all the cars in their area... 2 birds.. one stone... now what? lol

[Tsar]

Originally Posted by SmokingSS

homeless people should be paid by the government to seek out and change the light bulbs that have gone out on all the cars in their area... 2 birds.. one stone... now what? lol

When are you running for president?

[Frosty]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

reading FTL for you, read the whole post, I said the police would give it to you, you would have to install it. if you can't fix it, then park it till it can be, drive it to a shop, or better hope you have a set of tools. it wouldn't hurt YOU tax dollars if Sylvania, wagner, phillips, etc donated so they could have a nice tax deduction at the end of the year. as well it would be an option per police precinct if they wantedto participate or not, it would be a nice jesture of SERVING the people you sworn to, not give them a yellow slip, and send them on their way.

Your idea FTL. My reading skills are fine, even if you install the bulb yourself you're still asking or expecting a cop to provided the biggest part of the repair...the bulb.

You can spin it any way you want, if the bulb blows, regardless if you know about it or not it's STILL YOUR PROBLEM! Christ, has our society and generation become that dependent on other people and are so hell bent on deflecting accountability? It's not the cop's problem, it's not GE or Sylvania's problem...IT'S YOURS. What's next? Should the cop have some RTV in case you have an oil leak? Prestone stop-leak would be good too in case your radiator has a leak. Screw it, lets get rid of the shotgun and computer equipment in the car and just have the cops act as rolling AAA agents.

I'm going to write my Senator and see if he'll put a bill on Obama's desk and see if we can get this program going...

I'm not sure what townships you all live in but the few times I've had a light out I've gotten warnings. If I were to get a ticket then so be it, I'm in violation of the law. While it might be a ticky-tack ticket it's still deserved...why? BECAUSE I VIOLATED THE LAW.

[Tsar]

Originally Posted by Blacdout96

lol, how about a 1996 BMW 740il with an HID bulb, thats the D2 series bulbs, about $117 ea. at my work. no they wouldnt carry those, peopel would be breaking into the back of police cars to get those.

12secondV6 may know this, whay Mercedes had those forever bulbs that ran like $800-$1200 ea.?

I assume BJ is included in this price?

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by SmokingSS

homeless people should be paid by the government to seek out and change the light bulbs that have gone out on all the cars in their area... 2 birds.. one stone... now what? lol

I tip my hat to you good sir, win cannot describe your answer.

[Frosty]

Does NJ issue fix it tickets? So in a case like this with a light out they write you a ticket to fix it, you go into court, prove it was fixed then the ticket is dropped?

[Blacdout96]

Originally Posted by Frosty

Does NJ issue fix it tickets? So in a case like this with a light out they write you a ticket to fix it, you go into court, prove it was fixed then the ticket is dropped?

You still haveto pay court fee's, so your not walkign away scott free.