yea thats one thing about ohio, they outlaw everything else in the world but you can do just about anything to your vehicle, thats why we come to pa to buy your "inspected cars"

 

I didn't know there were any other guys from central pa on here! I'm from York and the cops are just as bad over here. My neighbor got a $685 fine for the factory window tint on his superduty

 

wow ^ that sucks

 

okay so what do you guys think of my case.

The Officer cited me for having too many lights. Which I do not. One set of aux one set of fogs. However I am in violation of the code stating they must be 20 inches apart, but this is not what I was cited for.

My basis for this is in title 67 PA code 175.66 pertaining to auxiliary lighting and fog lamps there is not definition of what differentiates fog lamps from auxiliary lighting.

Is this a valid argument?!?! I posted the section of title 67 earlier in the thread if you didnt catch it.

 

id say it is valid

BTW make sure to take pictures of the placement beofre you go to court then move your inner lights lower and further apart. after your hearing, the cop might wait for you to pull out of teh driveway and give you a ticket for them being to close together lol

 

To be completely honest, no matter what our personal opinion on the intrepretation of the stated law is, you will not know unless you ask either a police officer or an attorney.

Not saying I agree with the cop by any means but nobody on here thus far unless one of the above is QUALIFIED to answer your question.

 

And how much $ of a ticket are we talking about exactly too?

 

Well, I think your arguement is completely legit. If I wrote a ticket like that, It would get thrown out because of my screw up for failing to write the proper description on the code. I wouldn't bring up the fact of the distance between the two when you go to court. If you do, you are actually admitting that you failed to comply with the actual code. I would only bring up the fact that you have 2 fog lamps and 2 auxillary lamps. Therefore you are competely within the state regulation on how many lights you can add to the front of your vehicle. So, good luck on that topic.

As for what I recommend you do to prevent this from happening again.

1. You could move the lights out further so you are fully within the code.

2. Buy a set of covers for the auxillary driving lamps and if you get stopped for the distance between the two, then claim they are for offroad use only and that is why they are covered.

 

Unfortunately in PA off road lights must be mounted 42 inches above the pavement and they must have an opaque cover. So that is out.

My solution to this problem is to mount the lights behind an aftermarket grill that I have had lying around for a while, and I guess I will take the metal bars off my brush guard that cover my head lights, at least for now.

Thanks for you advice 2010WHTFX2. I will not admit to the 20 inches rule but I am sure the police officer will bring it up.

 

$110 dollars that I do not have.