Bruce Wayne
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Seat belts! How about brake lights?
Nearly thirty years ago I received a several of tickets over the span of a few months for not having brake lights on my Ford, although I was religiously using proper hand signals. Of course they were thrown out in court, but lo and behold, after the passage of the post-911 snoop laws in 2010I found that my state would not renew my license, for Alabama maintained that I had a violation which had not been addressed. I dimly remember being pulled over when travelling, but a letter from the porsecutor was supposed to have fixed the matter back in 1985.
I am still trying to straighten matters out. Alabama claims a moving violation for no brake light on a 1916 Ford, which, of course had no brake lights (a Coal Oil brake light would be a difficult thing to manage) and will not release unless I admit the violation and pay nearly $3000 in fines and fees. Even so, the BMV there does admit that it is not a violation to drive an automobile which pre-dates 1935 which is not so equipped, but they claim that they can do nothing about the violation.
Try writing the attorney general.