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Third rear brake light law question
Posted on 9/26/12 at 8:17 am
Posted on 9/26/12 at 8:17 am
I installed a rear tire carrier and rather not put the third (center) brake light back on. Is this asking for trouble in Louisiana? Brake Tag issues, tickets? If it aint there, it aint blown out, Right? 
the standard left and right rear brake lights work just fine.
Anyone remove their third brake light?
the standard left and right rear brake lights work just fine.
Anyone remove their third brake light?
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Posted on 9/26/12 at 8:19 am to Crawdaddy
Pretty sure its illegal but I highly doubt you'll run into a cop that'll write it up. And I can pretty much guarantee you that anyone giving you a break tag will not notice
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:07 am to Crawdaddy
I wasn't aware it was a law, but mine hasn't worked on my jeep in at least 2 or 3 years.
Eta: and I get pulled over a LOT
Eta: and I get pulled over a LOT
This post was edited on 9/26/12 at 9:08 am
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:18 am to mylsuhat
I thought the law was that if it's there it has to work but it is not required to be there.
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:22 am to Crawdaddy
You don't have to have it. Many Jeeps do not have them, but if you put it back on it must be operational.
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:27 am to Crawdaddy
32:304. Tail lamps
A. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer and pole trailer and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in R.S. 32:301, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. Every vehicle or trailer listed in this Subsection, other than a motorcycle or motor driven cycle registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after December 31, 1962, shall be equipped with at least two tail lamps mounted on the rear, on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which, when lighted as herein required, shall comply with the provisions of this Section.
B. Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches measured as provided in R.S. 32:302.
C. Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 140, §1; Acts 2005, No. 129, §1, eff. June 22, 2005.
A. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer and pole trailer and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least one tail lamp mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in R.S. 32:301, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. Every vehicle or trailer listed in this Subsection, other than a motorcycle or motor driven cycle registered in this state and manufactured or assembled after December 31, 1962, shall be equipped with at least two tail lamps mounted on the rear, on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, which, when lighted as herein required, shall comply with the provisions of this Section.
B. Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches measured as provided in R.S. 32:302.
C. Either a tail lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 140, §1; Acts 2005, No. 129, §1, eff. June 22, 2005.
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:28 am to CajunFootball
Laws were passed in the 80s that required them on all new cars. Many jeeps with oversized spares have then, they're just covered by the tire.
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:29 am to FelicianaTigerfan
I'll go by what you say. Since you'd probably give me a ticket passing through town. 
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:30 am to FelicianaTigerfan
I think my tint bothers cops more than my brake light.
This post was edited on 9/26/12 at 9:30 am
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:34 am to Crawdaddy
Put that shite back on. It's really annoying when a vehicle has their third brake light out and they have shitty tail lights in general. Makes it really hard to tell whether their lights are just on or they are braking.
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:37 am to CajunFootball
I havent written a ticket in 5 years. And before that I maybe wrote 6 or 7 a year. You had to really frick up to get one from me
Posted on 9/26/12 at 9:39 am to FelicianaTigerfan
quote:
I havent written a ticket in 5 years.
They still pay you?
Posted on 9/26/12 at 10:11 am to Crawdaddy
get the led brake light kit that attaches to your wheel studs. Or there is one you can relocate your plate to the middle of your tire, that has a tag light and brake light in one.
Some people just wire up a single red LED, it's not that hard
Some people just wire up a single red LED, it's not that hard
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