That is NOT correct information you are giving out. This legal opinion from the AG's office helps clear this up.
https://www.myfloridalegal.com/ago.n...256729004DD22B
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That is NOT correct information you are giving out. This legal opinion from the AG's office helps clear this up.
https://www.myfloridalegal.com/ago.n...256729004DD22B
Just spray paint "not a cop" on your car and you will be fine.
No one want's to be a cop now days, not even the posers. It's more of a joke than anything now.
And asking FDLE agents about lights on a car is like asking Bruce Jenner about tampons.
You are correct, I failed to take into consideration the 843 statute, as I didn't look that far. I have been retired a long time and I failed to recall that statute.
I don't know about cops today, but I guess there are some out there that even though the lights "appear" white and the wires are cut, would still give him a hard time. I could understand it if the the lights actually showed blue or were connected. But, that's just my opinion and not the statute.
My bad on the bad advice.
Mod 1
Mod 1 you're not wrong, that AG opinion from way back in 1999 is from an era when lights generally had colored lenses and appeared blue even when turned off. A clear LED with no blue color at all would meet the requirements of what this AG opinion is talking about, especially with them not even being functional.
Pulling someone over with clear LEDS and then making them turn them on is not going to be legally upheld. Unless you saw them activated you can't force a motorist to turn them on in order to cite them.