installed strobes into the grill of my truck

[PBSO_ATV_Deputy_4]

It does concern me.....As for holding up in court, we work online/computer cases all day on sex crimes.....This one would be easy compared to those. Crime prevention is my goal here, nothing more. Anyone who thinks having fun relates to impersonating a law enforcement is part of the problem, not the solution.....

[k.p.]

not all of them are
the other day we got stopped and we had a cooler full of adult beverages
he made us give them to him and he let us go. we could of got into some serious truouble
being none of us are 21

me too accept he made us go back to the causeway,call our parents,got my friends liscence,truck,boat,and boaters liscence taken away,then he said i was a b@st@rd and a P.O.S. that wont amount to a pile of...POS and abunch of otherstuff lol...ive been grounded for 2weeks.....


ANYWHOO
just say thanks to Mr.PSBSO_ATV_DEPUTY_4 for not getting you in trouble

[Young Gun]

I'm not complaining on how he told him how it was wrong -- because it is.  I agree 100% with him on that.

The fact that he FORWARDED this to a department so they can follow up on complaints is just plain wrong.  He is basically setting him up so that if someone does report a complaint then he gets in trouble.  Like, do you seriously have nothing else better to do than sit on this website and tell us where and where not to ride, or report us for something we TYPED?  I'm just totally stunned that a deputy would have the nerve to do that.

300 quadrunner,
I also forwarded this to BSO and Metro-Dade so they can follow up on any complaints. Your vehicle is described on your posts, along with others thinking of doing the same thing.

[PBSO_ATV_Deputy_4]

Glad to see some people understand I'm trying to help a fellow rider, along with making my job a little easier.....Even if it's only one less report. Can you imagine how it would look if someone was stopped doing this with a quad in the back of their truck??? This sport gets beat up enough as it is.....

[PBSO_ATV_Deputy_4]

Rebel,

I understand what your saying, But part of my job involves website investigations. I get paid to be on this site. If I can prevent a felony from occuring by typing a few words, I've done my job. No one gets arrested, hurt, or loses a vehicle. As for forwarding the information for a serious offense, thats my job. My prediction is, if no further "strobe pulling people over" violations take place, no one has anything to worry about. Just understand, people freak out when it gets out that someone is impersonating out there. It makes my job much more dangerous and people are afraid to stop when legally signaled to. I have a specific interest in this site because I ride and raced motocross for 2 years. I overlook alot of things, and help out the sport when I can, but serious things I have to act on...........

[Young Gun]

I get what you are saying, but give the kid a break.  You could have just told him that it was illegal, not responsible and if you see him say he did it again then you will report him.  (I still do not get how that would hold up)

I will admit, that if I were him I would have probably done the same.  Who wouldn't get a good laugh out of seeing someone change lanes?  Once is enough though, if he was to start using it daily to help aid him in traffic then thats wrong.

But having about 5-seconds worth of harmless fun is nothing to report someone over, especially when you cannot prove he actually did it.  For all we know he could be joking and making it up.

This is just my opinion, and I have nothing against law enforcement.

[FishaHallic]

I feel I must respond, PBSO_ is right and you should never, ever try to use your lights like your in law enforcement.  About 5yrs ago when my daughter was around 3 my wife and daughter came home around 8 pm from a shopping trip and my wife came running in almost in tears holding my daughter saying that some body turned on police looking lights in the car behind her so she pulled over.  Well it turns out is was teenagers just screwing with people I suppose but I was not a happy camper.  I grabbed my gun and took off in my truck looking for these punks, thank goodness I did not find them because I had a head of steam built up that I may not have been able to control.

You never know who your messing with and if it was just me that would be one thing, but mess with my wife and my daughter in the car and that is a whole nother story.  Listen to PBSO it could save your life.

[Mudneck]

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez Rebel get your license and maybe even a vehicle before you carry on like a driving pro....................

Besides if someone pulled me & came up to me with no badge but they thought it as a joke & I felt like I might be in FEAR Id put a bullet between there eyes to save myself!

[backwoods boy]

not to totally ran on your parade officer but do you know how many mazda bseries dual sports are runnin around florida its gonna be kinda hard to forward a description of the truck driver etc...i think he knew it was illegal when he did it so i would just save my time and let him risk it some people can take that risk
i know theres alot of stuff i would have done in the name of ''bein cool'' or ''havin fun'' that i didnt for the sole purpose of the career i am trying to get so if he doesnt care why should we he'll pay the consequences not you or i
 BTW our sport has a bad name and will continue to have one because rednecks are associated w/ riding and the dumbarse yankees that pretty much control the political scene dont apptrove of us...uhhh...i mean them if ya think about its kinda racism lol

[LostCause]

I can remember when I was 18 or 19 I had lights all over my truck.  That was when you could go shining in Ocala and have a great time just goofin off up there.  To make a long story short I had 2 of the lights directed toward the rear of the truck so when someone came up behind you and didn't turn off their brights you just hit the lights.  Well I did that 1 time to many.  Someone came up behind me and kept their lights on bright for about 5 min.  I hit the lights real quick and he hit the blue lights.  Nothing happened.  I was able to talk my way out of it.  I got lucky that night!!

[PBSO_ATV_Deputy_4]

I agree Backwoods, I'm glad the statute of limitations ran out on the stuff I did. As for the "strobe" situation, it would have been unethical for me not to check with my counterparts in Broward and Metro-Dade. The good news is, I've heard back from both of them and no complaints were received as of 11pm. Case closed........

I just hope everyone understands I don't log in and post to stir things up. I do so only when I see something that needs to be addressed before it gets bad. If you review my posts, you'll find I try to do the right thing for riders and law enforcement alike. So if I mention something about not riding in a certain area, chances are I know the area is being actively patrolled. Those on this site I've met can attest to that.......So if I give you a heads up on where not to ride, and no one shows up there, it's a win-win situation.

[jrpro130]

I agree Backwoods, I'm glad the statute of limitations ran out on the stuff I did. As for the "strobe" situation, it would have been unethical for me not to check with my counterparts in Broward and Metro-Dade. The good news is, I've heard back from both of them and no complaints were received as of 11pm. Case closed........

I just hope everyone understands I don't log in and post to stir things up. I do so only when I see something that needs to be addressed before it gets bad. If you review my posts, you'll find I try to do the right thing for riders and law enforcement alike. So if I mention something about not riding in a certain area, chances are I know the area is being actively patrolled. Those on this site I've met can attest to that.......So if I give you a heads up on where not to ride, and no one shows up there, it's a win-win situation.

Couldn't agree more! BTW, You have a PM from me.

[greenmachine]

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez Rebel get your license and maybe even a vehicle before you carry on like a driving pro....................Besides if someone pulled me & came up to me with no badge but they thought it as a joke & I felt like I might be in FEAR Id put a bullet between there eyes to save myself!

he is not only a driving pro without a truck, he is the resident atv advice expert. He is telling people which quad to buy & why now........

[Mudneck]

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez Rebel get your license and maybe even a vehicle before you carry on like a driving pro....................Besides if someone pulled me & came up to me with no badge but they thought it as a joke & I felt like I might be in FEAR Id put a bullet between there eyes to save myself!

he is not only a driving pro without a truck, he is the resident atv advice expert. He is telling people which quad to buy & why now........

And when somone is selling a truck bike etc.....Countless e-mails questions blah blah blah blah...................................SHUT UP about who can co-sign,how much of a payment you can afford etc TILL YOU ACTUALLY POST WHAT YOU HAVE & ARE DRIVING!

ARGH!~

[yunt2ride]

i used them a few times in traffic, but just for showing off, they arent permanent, just on ther for now,

its just 4 lights inside the grill but i am goin in between jobs right now so i cant go blow money (truck payment and insurance.. etc) but when i do, i cam getting a cb put in it, then a train horn, then REAL strobes, not the ones i got in there,  by the way i pulled my dad over tonight, lmao

These two statements right here puts him as impersonating an officer. Rebel then you make these statements.

lol I would only use them at night if I were him.  At day people can read your plate easy as hell, at night you just pass them and shut your lights of until your about 15-20car lengths in between them.

PBSO has been a member on this site for almost three years and I have read many of his posts. He is always trying to help this community out by letting you know what the law is.

[300 quadrunner]

aahhhhhhh wait wait wait, i know alot of ppl who have strobes, i was just testing them out PBSO and man u had to rat me out to BSO, that is kinda mean man, wut i ever do to u, and plus, i am never in palm beach county, and after this, i dont plan on visiting ne time soon, and i dont pull ppl over and get out of the truck, i (relocate slower vehicles to the slower lanes) cause i know everyone in here who drive on south fla roads can agree that cops could pull ppl over that are doing 55 mph in the left lane on a highway that has a speedlimit of 65-70. this was blown way out of proportion, and thanks PBSO for the look out, but its dwn country dirt road, where there is no cops, and where i wont be spotted. so PBSO there isnt a description on my truck out is there???

[300 quadrunner]

also, i stated i pulled my dad over, not a no body, i kno my dad, i deff kno his truck and i kno cuse i pulled him over outside our drive way, it was a joke.... and it isnt illegal to have the lights if u aint using it, it says "offroad use only" well if i aint using them then it aint illegal

[Young Gun]

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez Rebel get your license and maybe even a vehicle before you carry on like a driving pro....................Besides if someone pulled me & came up to me with no badge but they thought it as a joke & I felt like I might be in FEAR Id put a bullet between there eyes to save myself!

he is not only a driving pro without a truck, he is the resident atv advice expert. He is telling people which quad to buy & why now........

And when somone is selling a truck bike etc.....Countless e-mails questions blah blah blah blah...................................SHUT UP about who can co-sign,how much of a payment you can afford etc TILL YOU ACTUALLY POST WHAT YOU HAVE & ARE DRIVING!

ARGH!~

When in the hell did I refer to me driving like a pro?  WTF are you on the white pony today?  And where in this whole entire thread is it stated that we are talking about him pulling people over and using fake badges?  Please point that out and I will gladly shutup.

I said it was bull that he forwarded it to a department.  Now if they get a complaint of someone using lights in traffic, he is a prime candidate to contact.... even if it wasn't him!  The PBSO Deputy on here sounds like a respectful law enforcement officer, dont get me wrong.  I am not targeting him, I am targeting law enforcement related people that are plain jerks... which could easily be at the department he forwarded it to.  I have seen plenty of officers make up bullcrap just to get you in more trouble. 

A friend of mine, whom is a member on here but I will not say who unless they want to chime in, was telling me the other day about a kid using lights to his advantage.  He was going to a carshow and there was a kid who had a crown vic.. which is a common police vehicle.  He had lights on the car and was using them to get passed people on the roads, and even had some slow down and almost pull over.  He also said that he saw the same kid flying down the EMERGENCY lane on a highway with his lights on. THAT IS WRONG, he deserves to have the car impounded and never returned.

300 said he used them once and a car moved.  He did it out of CURIOSITY, not to be an A$$HOLE who does it 24/7.  There is a huge difference between the two.  He uses his for show, other use them for go. (that rhyme is copyright 2007 REBEL )

Next time, instead of trying to single me out and say I am wrong, try fully comprehending what is being said.  Then again I doubt you two even read this entire topic, you just wanted to say I'm wrong because you have something against me. 

And FYI I am 16 with about 8k in the bank.  I am looking for a vehicle that will be reliable, sorry if I am cautious when making a 20-25k investment when the economy nowadays BLOWS

[yunt2ride]

aahhhhhhh wait wait wait, i know alot of ppl who have strobes, i was just testing them out PBSO and man u had to rat me out to BSO, that is kinda mean man, wut i ever do to u, and plus, i am never in palm beach county, and after this, i dont plan on visiting ne time soon, and i dont pull ppl over and get out of the truck, i (relocate slower vehicles to the slower lanes) cause i know everyone in here who drive on south fla roads can agree that cops could pull ppl over that are doing 55 mph in the left lane on a highway that has a speedlimit of 65-70. this was blown way out of proportion, and thanks PBSO for the look out, but its dwn country dirt road, where there is no cops, and where i wont be spotted. so PBSO there isnt a description on my truck out is there???

also, i stated i pulled my dad over, not a no body, i kno my dad, i deff kno his truck and i kno cuse i pulled him over outside our drive way, it was a joke.... and it isnt illegal to have the lights if u aint using it, it says "offroad use only" well if i aint using them then it aint illegal

We see you cannot listen. He was trying to warn you. maybe after you get pulled over and arrested, or someone steps out of their vehicle and whips up on you,  you will decide to take them off.

[Bleedsblue]

I will admit, that if I were him I would have probably done the same.  Who wouldn't get a good laugh out of seeing someone change lanes?  Once is enough though, if he was to start using it daily to help aid him in traffic then thats wrong.

But having about 5-seconds worth of harmless fun is nothing to report someone over, especially when you cannot prove he actually did it. 

The problem is he is in control of what he deems harmless fun and what is harmless to him might not be harmless to those around him. He's admitted to doing a few careless things but you have no idea if he's done anything else and that's why the deputy reported him. I've seen punks hit strobes in crown vics and caprices to get traffic out of the way and seen them nearly cause accidents just having "harmless" fun. I've also had one pull up behind me and hit the lights while traveling on the turnpike...if I hadn't seen the same idiot pull this crap with another driver a few minutes earlier I would have pulled over and who knows what there intentions were.

If he wants them for car shows then great do it but they have absolutely no use on the street other than causing trouble.

Bill

[jrpro130]

What your not understanding is that having any blue/red lights foward facing on your truck is illigal to my knowledge

[300 quadrunner]

but if they are not on then it isnt illegal

[300 quadrunner]

they arent red and blue, who ever got that info is wrong, they are bright white, like HID color, hell i wouldnt want red/blue on my truck, they look like construction strobes, so is that legal when not used on the street?

[Young Gun]

If you read the laws he posted it states that your not allowed to display blue or red lights.  You can use lights like amber or white just not as an emergency person.

Tow truck drivers have lightbars, they dont use it for speeding they use them for warning.  Electric companies and construction companies have strobes in their company vehicle headlights and taillights for when they are stopped. 

Basically, dont use red or blue lights and dont make it look like you work for law enforcement.

[jrpro130]

Well I definetly mis-interpreted that one...I thought you put red/blue on, bc you said how FWC looked good.

Anyway, I don't think white/yellow is a problem.  I wouldn't run them on any street or backroad though, just me.

I'm doing red/white just for my atv because we have a little firefighter thing going, it's kinda a club thing, red/white is fire, so we are running red/white...on an ATV it's a totally different ball game.