I have a 2000 Jeep Wrangler licensed for the road. I am installing an after market rear tire carrier (OR-Fab) and I am thinking about leaving the third brake light off. Is this legal for street use?
Is this legal for street use?
Apr 06, 2004
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That depends on where you live.
-- Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
No. But if anybody ever asks you, it can be installed pretty easily.
Not since the Regans were in the White House. n.
3rd brake lights are federal law???
They are in Canada.
If the vehicle came equipped with the 3rd light it has to function.
I have seen a few, well one the other day where Steve used a round red light and put it in the center of his spare tire rack so when the big
33" tire is on, he had a 3rd light.Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJoseph P wrote:
I recently asked a cop here in NJ that very same question. He said it became a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard in (I think) 1986. He told me that no cop is going to pull you over if it's missing the third brake light, but they will pull you over if you have it and it doesn't work. Also, here in NJ they will flunk you at inspection for not having it on there. Bastards.
Jay
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