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So the other night late after I left my shop the local sheriff decided to harass me. They like to violate your freedoms around here but that is another topic much larger than most. But back on track his reason to stop me was as he rifled through the large gap between his ears was my 3rd brake light wasnt working. Long story short he was surely convinced my cargo light on the back of my cab on my 1990 Ford Ranger xlt was a non working 3rd brake light. He made it a point to let me know he was in charge and that all vehicles after 1984 had them. I did correct him to say it was after 85 and that there was only 3 pubic hairs on that manly mustache he was sporting not 5 like he claimed. Now I have had this DR1 for 3 years. never had a tailgate, and the cargo light doesnt come on when i pull the rope off the pully for the brakes. Ive looked at pics and have not been able to locate one on a 1990 Ranger. I also told the youngster that as far as i knew it never had one. but I also knew that he was right in that cars had them mandated in 86 so were truck exempt? im baffled. he will pull me again maybe even tonight if im lucky we will get to play games again while he tries to get into my head truck and wallet but only to in the end be pissed off again. but I need to have my ducks in a row if im to play with Mr. badge and belt buckle. any one "know the truth"? Thanx you guys !!
 
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Passenger vehicles, so cars, and vans that seated more than two, and had rear and quarter glass, rather than the patched over panels you got on a cargo version, were required to have a 3rd brake light starting for the 1986 model year.

Pickup trucks, SUVs, and and cargo van were not required to have them until either 95 or 96, either way, your 1990 does not have, and does not need, one.

Also, remind the good sheriff that all "as factory equipped" configurations are legal, and local law cannot supersede that as it is an issue of interstate commerce (producing vehicles intended for sale and operation in all 50 states), which falls under the purview of the federal government, not his local office.
 

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yeah.....pa and ga.....two states you do not want to drive my ranger....and that i have to regularly drive my ranger through...


for sure a 90 has no 3rd light.
 

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yeah.....pa and ga.....two states you do not want to drive my ranger....and that i have to regularly drive my ranger through...


for sure a 90 has no 3rd light.
It has always baffled me how interested Georgia's local law enforcement is in things on peoples' cars given that state's apparent lack of laws about things wrong with peoples' cars.

Last time I was there was in August 2010, and in rush hour on the Atlanta beltway, stop and go traffic, I saw three brake lights that worked.
 

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If you don't want to get pulled in GA, have GA plates. I live in FL and have to traverse GA quite often to get to more interesting places like NC. I made the mistake of getting pulled by a Local Cobb County Sheriff and let me tell you it did not go well. He starts giving me a lecture of how Georgia was his state and he don't like seeing trash in his state and he was going to do everything he could to keep trash out of his state. I explained that I was traveling through his fine pieces of real estate to get to a more desirable location and if he let me go, I would drive AROUND his state on my way back. Well he asked(told) me to get out of the car. fast forward to the next morning as I was bonding out of jail and go to the lady to get my " possessions" back. My wallet was empty, and had clearly been rifled through because my ID was in the wrong place and all my other cards were in the money slot .SMH. I will gladly spend extra $$$ on gas to drive around that forsaken place. Pretty sure he pulled me for out of state tags and charged me for reckless driving - said I swerved- I did, when his lights came on and he shined his spot-lite in my side mirror.
 

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If you don't want to get pulled in GA, have GA plates. I live in FL and have to traverse GA quite often to get to more interesting places like NC. I made the mistake of getting pulled by a Local Cobb County Sheriff and let me tell you it did not go well. He starts giving me a lecture of how Georgia was his state and he don't like seeing trash in his state and he was going to do everything he could to keep trash out of his state. I explained that I was traveling through his fine pieces of real estate to get to a more desirable location and if he let me go, I would drive AROUND his state on my way back. Well he asked(told) me to get out of the car. fast forward to the next morning as I was bonding out of jail and go to the lady to get my " possessions" back. My wallet was empty, and had clearly been rifled through because my ID was in the wrong place and all my other cards were in the money slot .SMH. I will gladly spend extra $$$ on gas to drive around that forsaken place. Pretty sure he pulled me for out of state tags and charged me for reckless driving - said I swerved- I did, when his lights came on and he shined his spot-lite in my side mirror.
PA residents are starting to have these kinds of issues in Maryland and NJ. PennDOT did away with registration stickers at the beginning of 2017. PSP issued a notice to their counterparts in neighboring states telling them that we no longer issue the little stickers for the plates, and that they shouldn't be pulling over PA residents for expired registrations based only on the date on the plate sticker. I have still heard of quite a few people with PA plates getting pulled over and ticketed for exactly that. When they questioned it, citing the fact that PennDOT doesn't issue those stickers anymore they were told that Maryland doesn't care what Pennsylvania's laws are, or what PSP says. That if you are going to be in Maryland you need to have current registration stickers or you will get pulled over.

After hearing that I went and got all the stickers off my plates.
 

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Gentlemen I thank you very much for the info. I did actually make an effort to find some written definition that was clear about what was and was not required to meet the law. I didnt come up with any thing that covered or mentioned trucks. Anyway, yes Cobb Co. Bartow, and Cherokee are by far so crooked they have to sit to piss. So at any cost avoid them if you are not one for confrontation. I personally dont play that shit and will not tolerate having my liberties trampled and or abused. I dont do anything wrong to give them reason. So when im pulled over i put them on the defense. about a year ago i saw something that just seemed wrong. I left the area and said to myself if I see a cop i will let them know. no sooner did i think that and i flashed my lights at one going the opposite way. He didnt stop so i turned around then we passed again in different directions so I waited. he wouldnt pull up beside me as i was flagging him to do. instead he puled in behind me. I got out to tell him what was up and he said get back in your car. well im familiar with that game and said ok but im leaving now. he said no you are not. i said watch and drove off. 2 hrs later and 10 cops and the watch commander. i was free to go and never gave that asshole my drivers license. To me it was about right and wrong and i wasnt budging. the commander apologized for taking my time and told me i was free to go. the best thing about it was i filed a complaint used the commander as a witness and pointed out that not only was i detained without cause but they never one time bothered to ask why i needed a cop. of course nothing was done to the pos that insisted i provide id for being caught in a full blown fabricated lie, and never did ask me why i was asking for his assistance but it made a ripple in the daily bs they instill on us. probably just taught the crooked bastards to be more careful when they violate our freedoms and liberties. Ok nuff thank you again guys i have a tad more correct ammo to school with them with.
 

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Georgia has a "NoTolerence" law and I have No tolerance for GA cops. lol
 

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My '85 has nothing.
 

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My '85 has nothing.
IIRC even the cargo light was optional equipment until 86, when it became standard on the super cabs, and remained an option on the regular cabs.
 

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IIRC most cops wouldn't know a 3rd break light from my 3rd leg:icon_rofl:

Sorry if there are any cops in here. I appreciate the good cops.
 

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