#local precedents

[sngl-led-auto-lights]

Is it illegal for a cop missing a headlight to pull you over?

Yes, a police officer with a malfunctioning headlight can legally pull you over, but the situation involves nuanced legal and practical considerations. Here’s a detailed breakdown:

1. Legality of the Traffic Stop

General Traffic Laws: Most jurisdictions require all vehicles, including police cars, to have two functional headlights during nighttime or low-visibility conditions. A missing headlight could technically violate vehicle equipment laws .

Authority to Enforce: However, an officer’s authority to conduct a traffic stop is not automatically invalidated by their own vehicle’s equipment violation. Courts often prioritize the officer’s duty to enforce laws over minor procedural inconsistencies .

2. Practical Implications

Hypocrisy vs. Legality: While it may seem hypocritical for an officer with a broken headlight to stop others for similar violations, the law generally treats enforcement authority and equipment compliance as separate issues.

Challenging the Stop: You could argue the officer’s vehicle was non-compliant, but courts rarely dismiss stops solely for this reason unless it directly impacts public safety (e.g., the officer’s car posed an immediate hazard) .

3. What to Do If Pulled Over

Comply Politely: Follow instructions and avoid confrontation.

Document the Incident: Note the officer’s car details (e.g., missing headlight, license plate) and request a copy of the citation.

Report the Violation: File a complaint with the police department’s internal affairs division or local oversight body. Provide evidence (photos/videos) if possible .

4. Precedents and Exceptions

Case Law: In some jurisdictions, courts have ruled that officers must comply with the same traffic laws they enforce. For example, a 2022 U.S. case (State v. Smith) dismissed a DUI charge after proving the officer’s defective headlight invalidated the stop’s legitimacy .

Emergency Exemptions: Police vehicles in active emergencies (e.g., chasing a suspect) may be exempt from equipment laws temporarily .

Key Takeaway While a cop’s missing headlight might constitute a technical violation, it does not inherently make the traffic stop illegal. Focus on addressing your own citation first, then pursue a formal complaint against the officer’s vehicle non-compliance if warranted. For legal clarity, consult a traffic attorney familiar with local precedents .

[yuurionviktor]

Gonna finish Gideon one soon, but for now you can have this Harrow

[radley-rambles]

still a little eye-rolly at folks in the murderbot tags being like 'well Alexander Skarsgård isn't my murderbot', where the implicit meaning is 'I don't think masc-presenting or amab people are nonbinary enough'

[gemharvest]

"the same way bf has girlswag, ys has girlswag. maybe even stronger." thanks brain. really good thoughts to ruminate on brain.

[isfjmel-phleg]

🌋

[rawliverandgoronspice]

No but we need to keep talking about Gaza online, on every platform possible, actively and relentlessly, or they will actually get away with criminalizing any mention of the genocide altogether and that would put the palestinian people, palestinian immigrants/refugees and the people who are still actively advocating for their rights to immense risk.

The milder the general public's outrage gets, the more pressing the danger.

[azatas]

arin hanson playing a cute girl fork found in kitchen

[widowshill]

roger's darcy hand flex.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

pretty much all xiyao shippers the second wangx!an and xiyao ended up in the same bracket of the latest poll tournament: well we're definitely gonna lose this one since who can really compete with the main ship in a competition like this, but oh well, let's have fun with it anyway

some rabid wangx!an shippers, who apparently just love hating the things that other people like:

anyway, reality check that this 👇👇👇 is what we look like when we act 👆👆👆 like that:

[beastwars-transformers]

Reading how beast wars was so radically changed in its Japanese dub is giving me a literature crisis

[theinfinitedivides]

well. that nearly 1000 word Ryang Eum/Jang Hyun fic is going about as well as you'd expect (and has crossed the 1000 word mark. it is still staring at me tho)

[palatial-monstrosity]

jane austen-esque romance featuring a bunch of unmarried sisters in desperate need of a good match but the most eligible bachelor is an executioner and we’re in XVII century germany. and post.

[cy-lindric]

On the hundredth day after the new year the heralds come to the doors of the city, announcing the arrival of the Golden Caravan at the farthest stop of its route ; like every year, citizens and travellers will surely gather at the western door to see it come to pass.

Right behind the banners as customary are the sculptor priests, foremost of the stonemason orders, bringing in this year's votive masterwork for the festivities. The black and white steppe oxen precede the arrival of the head guild architect, charged with the safekeeping of the citizens' sacred geometry. The graduating apprentices and newly welcomed novices walk besides the draftsroom carriage, bearing the icons of the Citizen Architects Guild : ardor and patience. Out of the kilns of the imperial workshops come delicate masterwork sought after the world over ; the sister-ceramists are selected from various key regions of the trade system and bring their local styles to the imperial production. Those workshops are the northernmost stop on the caravan's route.

Behind the masons, the torchbearers announce the arrival of the metalworkers' guilds, chief of which the head goldsmith on a palanquin of her own design. The braseros and forges are continuously tended by guild kindlers as to remain lit throughout the entire voyage of the caravan. Second to last comes the host of the manticore, behind the braseros of the master kindlers. It is believed that the creature requires her caretakers to be pure of heart and most diligent ; the honour is bestowed only on the highest performing apprentices of the smithing guilds. On the last day finally, behind the last of the apprentices, the crones of the chain count the days left to craft, keeping misfortune at work away, and, some even say, Death itself.

[doux-amer]

Not prepared to see Trent in white. Seeing the press conference where he spoke Spanish way too proficiently pop up like a jump scare on my Instagram feed because of the algorithm was enough. Same with jump scares when I go into unrelated tags on here and still see random people talk about how excited they are to see Trent at RM. Bye.

[hedgewitchnecromancer]

It’s killing me a little that there isn’t an Avatar 3 trailer yet. Like, the movie is supposed to come out this December, six months from now, and there’s still nothing. People do have to know this movie exists to go watch it, you know

[simple-and-cozy-life]

We get to find out (potentially today) if we're moving to a Catholic bubble.