Falcon500
Verified Law Enforcement Detective/L.E. Procedures
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I mean, I'm just gonna throw it out there again that he did pull into an auto parts store parking lot lol. Coulda fixed all a' these problems with one little comment "Go buy a tail light".
You have to know you have a tail light out to begin with. Y'all need to get to arresting my husband for driving for who knows how long with a blown out brake light because no one ever pointed it out until I happened to watch him drive away one day. That is a COMMON issue with cars, and MOST people who do get pulled over for it get asked "were you aware you have a tail light out" and then they get a warning and everyone goes about their day.
Why does a license or plates need to be run to be told you have a light out? Why does he need to go back to his squad car for ANYTHING?
If we treated things like this how they should be treated, police pulling us over to inform us and help us to remedy the situation rather than treating it like some criminal act, then everyone would be happier.
But then again, gotta get them tax dollars with those tickets. Nevermind that most in poor neighborhoods literally can't afford those traffic tickets. Which is why it circles back to why didn't Slager inform him and give him the opportunity to remedy the situation.
I'm just going in circles now.
You are correct in saying that they most of us find out about rear tailights or brake lights being out is to be informed by another driver. On the other hand the reason why an officer doesn't usually just mention the defective light is because many motorists just ignore the warning and never get the light fixed causing a hazard. Thus the states have some variation of a safety repair order which requires that the owner get the defect fixed within a certain number of days.
There has to be something to hang over the car owner's head otherwise he will not comply