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Running Lights bring Cops??
Drifting
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From: PA
Originally Posted by j84buick
Are you joking? I guess all those newer cars I see in the daytime around here must have their parking lights on. Seen the new Cadillacs or Pontiacs?
Many Saturns, Pontiacs, and other Chevys use the parking lights as running lights.
Racer
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From: San Jose Ca
I don't know what IM QUICKR's" issue is, but if I'm in the vette I'm NOT on the work clock, and not in a rush (why would anyone be in a rush when driving??? leads to other issues - LEO's know what I'm talking about)... I'd be happy as a pig in slop if a LEO pulled me over just to BS about my car 
Many Saturns, Pontiacs, and other Chevys use the parking lights as running lights.
If I remember CA law (not sure about other states) but the traffic ****'s here deemed the driving with "parking lights only" or "amber front day time running lights" are illegal. - That law may or may not have been chaged since I was last aware of it being enacted, but I hardly give a flying hump at a rolling donut. ANY lights on a vehicle if bright enough draw attention. As long as it's not glare or visually disruptive, or illegal colors *(read: red, blue, green - facing forward) Then I don't see an issue.
However the "LED Windshield wiper nozzles" not only are illegal, but damn where's the fashion police on that one?
Originally Posted by ja03c5
Many Saturns, Pontiacs, and other Chevys use the parking lights as running lights.However the "LED Windshield wiper nozzles" not only are illegal, but damn where's the fashion police on that one?
Last edited by Sick Z06; Sep 11, 2006 at 08:15 PM.
Intermediate
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From: Ft. Rucker AL
I-20 thru Mississippi last month... I was following a blacked out Yukon wearing 22"+ wheels. We got separated by traffic and I caught up. Just as I caught up, we passed a state trooper in the median. Yukon was doing around 85, I was coming down thru 90. Trooper had good visibility on both of us for awhile. I pulled over into the right lane, slowed down to just below the speed limit and waited for the trooper to pull me over. About 45 seconds later he pulled up beside me and matched my speed. I rolled down my window expecting to follow some verbal order, but he just nodded at me and took off after the Yukon. Either he considered me the "lessor" hazard to public safety, or that the blacked out Yukon might yield more than just a speeding ticket. Either way, I felt fortunate and kept it +/- 10mph after that!
Steve
Steve
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by Sick Z06
If I remember CA law (not sure about other states) but the traffic ****'s here deemed the driving with "parking lights only" or "amber front day time running lights" are illegal. - That law may or may not have been chaged since I was last aware of it being enacted,
Instructor
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From: Houston Texas
I am a Traffic Enforcement Officer and contrary to common belief, colors, running lights, verts, etc. to not draw our attention. Speeding...draws attention. You don't have to worry about it at all.
Drifting
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From: . Kona, HI. Orem, UT. PSL, FL
Originally Posted by ryan.swift
Camaros and Corvettes are the only ones that have parking lights as DRL's ... other cars use the headlights
-Swifty
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Melting Slicks
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From: Orland Park Illinois
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Originally Posted by Nick1
Any fine officers care to comment on this?? Does the running lights add to the possibility of being targeted more easily for radar and lidar?
Thanks
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Race Director
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From: ~The DARKSIDE Group~
Originally Posted by Pewter Dream
Actually ---I've always thought that any high performance sports car like the Corvette is far safer at 10 MPH over the limit because of the far higher vehicle dynamic capabilites -- including far shorter stopping distances. I'd much rather pull over the mom doing 10 over while yelling at her kids in the back seat, talking on her cell phone, drinking her Starbucks while driving her 88 Buick Regal with bald tires and one tail light --- but that's just me.......
The "mom" or dad you describe are outrageously dangerous IMHO
Pro
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From: Arlington TX
Blue lights
Originally Posted by vectorz
Are you sure it's not illegal? From what I understand, it *IS* illegal to run blue DRLs.