shrubs
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My Spyder is an RT limited.
Setting: Driving on Base and stopped at a red light. The road is 2 lanes and 2 directions. The light is at the top of a crest and moving forward, I’ll be heading down an incline (not really a hill per say).
Light turns green and I take off. Since it’s on base, I ALWAYS drive the exact speed limit. I see a Security Forces (SF) vehicle and he flashes his lights at me. I ignore it as I have my low beams on. He flashes his lights again and I ignore them again.
About a ¼ mile down the road, I turn into the parking lot and park the bike. In pulls the SF guy.
SF: Did you see me flash my lights at you twice?
Me: I Did
SF: Why didn’t you turn your bright lights off?
Me: They aren’t on and if I flash my high beams, I would have blinded you.
SF: How many lights to you have on the front? In Ohio you can only have to headlights and 2 aux lights.
Me: I have more than 4 lights in the front
SF: I can give you a ticket as it’s against the law. :lecturef_smilie:
ME: :hun: OK but this is the way the bike is and I can’t change it as that’s how the bike is from the factory.
SF: it’s against Ohio law.
Me: :cus: OK? There's nothing I can do. Let’s go look at the front then.: 2 headlights, 2 running lights, 2 aux lights and 2 fog lights (I counted the whole headlamp as one).
Comment: I showed him the lights and how I can turn the fogs off but that’s it. Also showed him the high beams vs. Low. Now, I must divulge something here. I did turn up the lows a little as I think they are too low from the factory.
SF: I suggest you leave the fog lights off when riding on base.
ME: (Biting my tongue :yikes
OK.
I did volunteer that I would turn them down (I didn’t tell him they were turned up and I have no plans on turning them back to the factory setting.) tonight. Plus I didn’t want to tell him that since I was higher than him, my lights were higher too.
Then the best part, he forgot to put his truck in Park and it started moving towards us. :roflblack: His partner ran around and jumped in and hit the brakes.
So that was my morning coming to work. :banghead:
Setting: Driving on Base and stopped at a red light. The road is 2 lanes and 2 directions. The light is at the top of a crest and moving forward, I’ll be heading down an incline (not really a hill per say).
Light turns green and I take off. Since it’s on base, I ALWAYS drive the exact speed limit. I see a Security Forces (SF) vehicle and he flashes his lights at me. I ignore it as I have my low beams on. He flashes his lights again and I ignore them again.
About a ¼ mile down the road, I turn into the parking lot and park the bike. In pulls the SF guy.
SF: Did you see me flash my lights at you twice?
Me: I Did
SF: Why didn’t you turn your bright lights off?
Me: They aren’t on and if I flash my high beams, I would have blinded you.
SF: How many lights to you have on the front? In Ohio you can only have to headlights and 2 aux lights.
Me: I have more than 4 lights in the front
SF: I can give you a ticket as it’s against the law. :lecturef_smilie:
ME: :hun: OK but this is the way the bike is and I can’t change it as that’s how the bike is from the factory.
SF: it’s against Ohio law.
Me: :cus: OK? There's nothing I can do. Let’s go look at the front then.: 2 headlights, 2 running lights, 2 aux lights and 2 fog lights (I counted the whole headlamp as one).
Comment: I showed him the lights and how I can turn the fogs off but that’s it. Also showed him the high beams vs. Low. Now, I must divulge something here. I did turn up the lows a little as I think they are too low from the factory.
SF: I suggest you leave the fog lights off when riding on base.
ME: (Biting my tongue :yikes
OK. I did volunteer that I would turn them down (I didn’t tell him they were turned up and I have no plans on turning them back to the factory setting.) tonight. Plus I didn’t want to tell him that since I was higher than him, my lights were higher too.
Then the best part, he forgot to put his truck in Park and it started moving towards us. :roflblack: His partner ran around and jumped in and hit the brakes.
So that was my morning coming to work. :banghead:
