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Fangs wrote:From what I've heard, officers love to pull people over for no license plate light. A buddy of mine got 5 warnings in one night.

I was pulled over for having a red LP light.
over spray from having the vehicle painted

gigag04 wrote:I make this stop all the time.

Also no front LP. Fail to signal w/in 100 ft of turning, and fail to stop a designated point.

You'd be kept busy with "fail to signal at all", round our way!

Question for you (OT that it is) - is there anything in the TX code about dimming your brights when passing oncoming traffic at night? 'Cos very few people seem to do it...

chartreuse wrote: Question for you (OT that it is) - is there anything in the TX code about dimming your brights when passing oncoming traffic at night? 'Cos very few people seem to do it...

I think most of the time it's just low-beams with bulb upgrades or poorly aimed. I've flashed lights at oncoming brights, only to have them flash theirs back to show me they were on low-beams. I rarely do that anymore. Motorcycles are even worse.
I think the problem is we no longer require headlight aiming for state inspection, and the DOT regs for brightness are essentially unenforceable at the local level. How any patrol cars have light meters?

Rex B wrote: Mustang came with no mount.

It came with a mount

the dealer make ready guy either didnt put it on or threw it away

All cars come with a mount

One of my cars has a front plate and one doesnt

I wish the bill from last year or the year before had passed to get rid of the requirement

Rex B wrote:

chartreuse wrote: Question for you (OT that it is) - is there anything in the TX code about dimming your brights when passing oncoming traffic at night? 'Cos very few people seem to do it...

I think most of the time it's just low-beams with bulb upgrades or poorly aimed. I've flashed lights at oncoming brights, only to have them flash theirs back to show me they were on low-beams. I rarely do that anymore. Motorcycles are even worse.
I think the problem is we no longer require headlight aiming for state inspection, and the DOT regs for brightness are essentially unenforceable at the local level. How any patrol cars have light meters?

The headlights on newer motorcycles come on automatically day or night. Safety reason. Automobile drivers pay little if any attention to bike riders. Most riders I know are very careful not to use a bright beam with oncoming traffic..... why make it harder for a car to see by blinding them? If you travel country roads, a bike rider will use the high beam for the same reason a car would, scanning for road hazards.
If you're thinking the passing lights (smaller lights on either side of main beam) on a Harley are high beams, they are not. They simply expand the beam to the sides for better visibility. The passing lights automatically turn off when the high beam is turned on.
Ride safe.

92f-fan wrote:

Rex B wrote: Mustang came with no mount.

It came with a mount

There was probably a mount when they shipped the car to Shelby American, but the Shelby front bumper cannot use the Ford license mount.
There are some aftermarket mounts that work.

gemini wrote:

Rex B wrote:

chartreuse wrote: Question for you (OT that it is) - is there anything in the TX code about dimming your brights when passing oncoming traffic at night? 'Cos very few people seem to do it...

Motorcycles are even worse.
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The headlights on newer motorcycles come on automatically day or night. Safety reason. Automobile drivers pay little if any attention to bike riders. Most riders I know are very careful not to use a bright beam with oncoming traffic..... why make it harder for a car to see by blinding them? If you travel country roads, a bike rider will use the high beam for the same reason a car would, scanning for road hazards.
If you're thinking the passing lights (smaller lights on either side of main beam) on a Harley are high beams, they are not. They simply expand the beam to the sides for better visibility. The passing lights automatically turn off when the high beam is turned on.
Ride safe.

Stock lights are no problem. the most recent one I recall had 3 lights in a row, custom arrangement. I'm sure he could see well on that dark, narrow 2-lane, but I almost had to pull over and stop.

One main (larger) center light with two smaller lights, one on each side of the main beam?
3 in a row?

gemini wrote:One main (larger) center light with two smaller lights, one on each side of the main beam?
3 in a row?

Correct

Rex B wrote:

gemini wrote:One main (larger) center light with two smaller lights, one on each side of the main beam?
3 in a row?

Correct

IF it was a newer Harley touring bike, and no modifications to original wiring had been made,
then you were looking at the low beam and 2 passing lights, NOT the high beam. I'm not
saying it wasn't bright or maybe in your eyes. Either could have several causes: you riding in a
low, smaller or compact car, the bike having a heavy load thus lowering the rear end and raising the front,
etc etc. I always run with all three lit (low beam & 2 passing lights) for safety reasons, day and night.
I want to make sure I do everything within reason to make myself visible to other traffic.
Sorry you had lights in your eyes, but I'd be willing to bet the offending rider had no intention of
deliberately trying to cause you any problems. The bright setting on my Harley is similar to a Q-beam.....
you would definitely know ............

gemini wrote:

Rex B wrote:

gemini wrote:One main (larger) center light with two smaller lights, one on each side of the main beam?
3 in a row?

Correct

IF it was a newer Harley touring bike, and no modifications to original wiring had been made,
then you were looking at the low beam and 2 passing lights, NOT the high beam. I'm not
saying it wasn't bright or maybe in your eyes. Either could have several causes: you riding in a
low, smaller or compact car, the bike having a heavy load thus lowering the rear end and raising the front,
etc etc. I always run with all three lit (low beam & 2 passing lights) for safety reasons, day and night.
I want to make sure I do everything within reason to make myself visible to other traffic.
Sorry you had lights in your eyes, but I'd be willing to bet the offending rider had no intention of
deliberately trying to cause you any problems. The bright setting on my Harley is similar to a Q-beam.....
you would definitely know ............

I think I was in a Mustang.
I have no idea on the bike, could have been Mr & Mrs Big Foot on it. All I saw was bright lights and blue dots.

Off topic. Please, continue this discussion in a new thread in the "Off Topic" forum.

lowonair wrote:

VMI77 wrote:

lowonair wrote: we were inside talking about guns and the range session the next day.

Just curious, the range at Sun Valley, Cuero Gun Club, or do you have someplace else good to go?

the one at sun valley. i wouldnt even go there if i had somewhere else to shoot. i could go to some family property but its a long drive.

I'm a member at Sun Valley, if I had somewhere else to go I would. Don't get me wrong, the people are nice and the safety rules are followed very well, but It's getting more expensive every year.

Now back to the subject at hand. It's good to know that Victoria's local LEO's seem to be pretty good about treating CHL carriers like normal law abiding citizens. I have friends in other cities that complain about being made to feel like a criminal if pulled over for a minor traffic violation. Glad to see you had a positive experience.

the front license plate thing, I particularly dislike. In my teens I drove a firebird, the front ends come to kind of a point, they are not flat on the front like most cars so affixing a license plate not only looks hideous but there isn't even a good stable place to put them. So at my friends suggestion I put my front license plate on the front air dam. It was still fully visible from the front, but apparently there is some minimum number of inches high it must be sitting because I got pulled over for it all the time, and the only time in my life I got in any more trouble than a speeding ticket, it all started because of that damn front license plate getting me pulled over. these days I don't worry about it because my truck has one up front and it looks fine.

I believe the police like to aim their radars or lasers at the front license plate to gauge the speed of an oncoming car because it provides a nice flat reflective surface

Don't have my CHL yet, but I got pulled over yesterday for no front plate. I've been in 3 front end accidents (1 my, rest others at fault) & they no longer make a bracket for the '96 Impala SS I drive. You have to buy it used, but everyone is looking for one.

I was on my way to work, saw a DPS Trooper just turn off his lights & the car he already had pulled over merging in with traffic. Since he was looking backwards to merge, he saw I was missing my plate. My plate is on my dash board, right where the windshield meets the dash. I've been stopped 3 times in last 5-6 years for it. Each time resulting in a warning. I told the Trooper about the accidents & that the aftermarket . . . market . . . for my car type is primarily mechanical vs body. They make a bumper with a moulded license plate area, but thats like $400-$450. I need bumpers, but I'm waiting until after the first of the year for when I can afford it.

Funny thing, he comes back & says, "Here's a warning, but you've been warned about this before. Get it fixed. Thanks for your cooperation." Didn't realize the warnings were tracked!