My question involves vehicle maintenance laws for the State of: California
hello there fellow friends and Experts
just yesterday i was in downtown Long Beach on a date, and got pulled over by a Rookie Campus Police Officer for YELLOW head lamps(NOT FOG LIGHT) which according to his knowledge is considered a illegal modificationthus citing me a "Fix It Ticket". before all this happened about a year ago, in doing such a modification i did my homework check online for my state vehicle codes (CVC) and came across that i am well within the law to legally install YELLOW head lamps on my vehicle. link is below for your reference.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc25950.htm#
i had a copy of CVC 25950 on hand just in case i get a cop to make a U-Turn to tag me. sure enough he did, saw the red and blue lights, pulled over came up to my passenger side window (we were upon the freeway entrance) and asked him "what seems to be the problem?" (F.Y.I. i asked him in a really cool respectful chill manner.) and asked me for my "Driver License, Registration, & Proof of Insurance." handed it to him, took him 30 minutes came back asking my date and i if we "have any warrants?" we both replied "NO!" he went back and another police cruiser pull up behind him waited 15min this time he came back with the ticket already filled out and waiting for me to sign i asked him "why was i stop for?" and he replies to me "your front head lamp are illegal!" and i asked him what CVC did i violate and sure enough he gives me the same code i have and wrote on the ticket "VC. 25950(a) headlights must be white" i took out my copy (which i got from CA.GOV) and read it to him;
(25950. (a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or yellow.) well to sum it up. yet he told me if i didn't sign it that he would arrest me and take me in.
i feel like this is a good example of the VIOLATION of my right under the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution as applied through the States by the 14th Amendment: unreasonable search & sizer, loss of my physical liberty, emotional trauma, humiliation & distress.
and on top of that;
unlawful vehicle stop, restricting my right to free travel, harassment, and damage to my reputation along with the city of Long Beach CA.
what is your opinion on this, do i have enough evidence to beat this case??
:)