Posted by notjustair on December 18, 2015 at 20:58:36 from (70.195.1.159):
I use everything around here even if it is ancient. A "discussion" with a police officer has me looking for an answer.
So I take the old 56 Chevy grain truck (now just a flat bed truck) to town with skid steer attachments on the flatbed to use at a pasture I rent. I went back tonight to get old blue and promptly had lights and sirens within 300 feet of hitting the limits of the little town. I know about everyone on the force but this one was new to me. Anyway, he was all over me because the truck doesn't have two brake lights and someone might think it is a motorcycle (that's still a vehicle in front of you, right?). It never came with two - it's always had one. I told him that it fulfilled the laws of the date of manufacture and my understanding was that was how it was enforced. He said that only applied to seat belts. He was also all wound up because the rear had the clearance lights all shining but the single function brake light wasn't glowing. It also has no tag light for the antique tag (which it never had). I just took it back to the pasture and will get it tomorrow. This was probably the first time it has been on the road after dark in about four years.
I SWEAR I read somewhere that if the machine came with one it can stay that way. It also came without license plate lights. It does not have functional park lights with the headlights on as that was not a law in the US until the 1968 model year. I know of this fact as I have an old car that is a '67 and have been around about those park lights. They don't stay on when you pull the switch to headlights.
I was respectful, but asked the cop how it was that one would find the information he was referring to, but he said he didn't know. He would have to find a book to look it up. He was just sure he was right, though. He never even asked the year of the truck. I just nodded and went on my way.
So am I crazy? I just am sure that I read this somewhere but wouldn't know where to go to find how Kansas deals with these situations.
Before everyone goes nuts - yes, every light works that it came with. Yes, I will probably upgrade it to two rear lights at some point. This truck literally left the farm today for the first time in years, so I don't worry a lot about it too much. It usually takes loads of manure across the lot or moved corner posts. The '58 GMC that still hauls grain has been upgraded in every way, but it still hits the open road every so often. Old blue just happens to be the flatbed truck.
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