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Date:         Mon, 23 Jun 1997 13:43:31 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ed Gurney <ergurney@snet.net>
Subject:      [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: yellow headlights]]

Sidote, David [PRI] wrote: > > Hey Ed, > > If you don't care for the look of yellow headlights why are you even > wasting your time writing this message. I wouldn't put this in the same > category as loud stereos and bad drivers. Congradulations if you live in > a place where the police do not enforce the laws, but here in NJ they do > (especially the state police). I find it very hard to believe that > anything goes in Connecticut. If its against the law chances are your > going to get pulled over and either get a warning to remove it or a > ticket. There usually aren't any laws against loud music and as for bad > drivers....well what can you do. > The issue of headlights is not a town ordinance or a state law its a > national standard. I was merely pointing out that this modification is > certainly illegal and that you might use the money you would otherwise > spend paying the ticket on something else. Thanks for your $0.02! > > Dave > > >---------- > >From: Ed Gurney[SMTP:ergurney@snet.net] > >Sent: Monday, June 23, 1997 1:10PM > >To: Multiple recipients of list > >Subject: [Fwd: yellow headlights] > > > >Sidote, David [PRI] wrote: > >> > >> I just called the New Jersey Dept. of Motor Vehicles and the person > >> there said that all headlight lenses must be clear. Yellow lenses are > >> illegal. Even if you shipped a car here from Europe you must have the > >> lights changed to meet US specs. Too bad.... the headlights look much > >> better yellow :-( > >> > >> Dave > > > >Dave, every day I see dangerous loads going down the road. I meet > >murderous drivers with no regard for life. Sometimes a boombox car (not > >what I really call them) wakes me up in my sleep. I could continue. I > >don't know about where you live, but in Connecticut its hard to see how > >the motor vehicle laws are being enforced at all. This crud (yellow > >headlights) only seems to matter when you're getting inspected, the rest > >of the time it seems like the reality of it is, anything goes. In other > >words, I'd say my chances of being called down on this are slim and > >none. > > > >At 50 I am just not as worried about this kind of BS as I was when I was > >younger. > >-- > >Ed Gurney

Sorry David, didn't mean to wind you up.

-- Ed Gurney


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