Pulled over for bad tail light, went home and checked ...

[jdraupp]

You could have a light that's going out and it flickered.

You can lawyer up and probably get the whole thing arbitrated and get your citation for DWS reduced to something else. Truth is, if a license plate check shows your license is suspended and your descriptors match the DMV return, he doesn't even need any more reason to stop you, so I doubt he'd make up a brake light violation, as there's nothing to cover. The whole "I'm writing cutting you a break" is usually a way to try and soften the blow and make it seem like he's helping you out. In reality he is here. In my state, Suspended DL is pretty much a mandatory cite. And the law says, no valid driver, no driving. So the fact he let you drive off on a suspended DL is kind of cool of him. It's pretty dumb that your license can be suspended for stuff like that. I've seen child support suspensions here...talk to the guy and find out he's trying to work to pay his child support, yet they suspend his license and expect him to go work. Interesting way of doing things for sure.

You also have to see the humor in stopping a guy in a flashy Porsche with a suspended DL. I'm sure it's a good story to tell. Maybe not for you though. Things could have been worse. You could've been watching your box get yanked up on a flatbed by the next rotation flatbed driver who has zero clue about what to do with that tow eye.

[steved0x]

My right brake light seems to go on and off, I have put in a new bulb and also bent the contacts a little to try and make the connection more secure. Since then I haven't had anyone tell me it is out...

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by jdraupp

You could have a light that's going out and it flickered.

Tail lights are new and firmly screwed in.

The interesting thing is that he was on the other side of the town border, meaning he wasn't in his jurisdiction when he started following me. The other town, a city, has a higher crime area that I was driving through on the way to his suburban jurisdiction. My guess is that he was profiling the car coming out of the more urban jurisdiction. But there's nothing wrong with my tail lights. One light on either side lights up when the car is in drive, two lights to the outside and the 3rd light light up when the brake is used.