What have you done to your K2 today?

SafetyDaveG · February 11, 2022

14 hours ago, dieselfan1 said:

Good Lord. $60k for a 1/2 ton truck. I'd like to know where in life I turned left when I shoulda turned right.

shakenfake · February 11, 2022

11 hours ago, 16LT4 said:

So no that you know that you are falsely identifying your truck, what's your plan? I have a LEO friend who is as much as a stickler as I am and who carries a tape measure with him; he loves pulling over guys with extra, unwarranted lights. Illegal lighting and HOV lane infractions are the easiest tickets to write.

God imagine doing something as lame as this for a job lmfao

Just keep writing your own paychecks, so glad you boys are pulling over some dude with 3 grille lights instead of actually serving your community.

Edit: Don't get me wrong extra lights all over are ghey and you don't really need them tbh but still. Don't get your rocks off too hard over some illegal lighting lmfao

HOV lane infractions I can understand that though that is acceptable.

Edited February 11, 2022 by shakenfake

16LT4 · February 11, 2022

2 hours ago, shakenfake said:

God imagine doing something as lame as this for a job lmfao

Just keep writing your own paychecks, so glad you boys are pulling over some dude with 3 grille lights instead of actually serving your community.

Edit: Don't get me wrong extra lights all over are ghey and you don't really need them tbh but still. Don't get your rocks off too hard over some illegal lighting lmfao

HOV lane infractions I can understand that though that is acceptable.

I never said I was pulling anyone over or writing tickets. I don't run a legally required front license plate on 3 of my vehicles and I get them inspected when it's convenient for me, not necessarily by the expiration date; I am fully aware of the requirements, and I accept that risk.

I guess the other item of note is tossing lights all over a vehicle without understanding their meaning, kinda like having some foreign symbol inked in one's forearm and hoping it means what one thinks it means. ; at sea, lights are a major communication device for size and direction, and serve the same purpose on a vehicle in conditions of reduced visibility. If one likes the look of the lights on their own vehicle that's fine, just own that it could result in a ticket or at the very least a wasted-time pull-over, same is driving around with green bulbs in the running lights or a flashing red on the roof with no reason for it. Carry on.

Edited February 11, 2022 by 16LT4

Rad_Rado17 · February 11, 2022

33 minutes ago, 16LT4 said:

I never said I was pulling anyone over or writing tickets. I don't run a legally required front license plate on 3 of my vehicles and I get them inspected when it's convenient for me, not necessarily by the expiration date; I am fully aware of the requirements, and I accept that risk.

I guess the other item of note is tossing lights all over a vehicle without understanding their meaning, kinda like having some foreign symbol inked in one's forearm and hoping it means what one thinks it means. ; at sea, lights are a major communication device for size and direction, and serve the same purpose on a vehicle in conditions of reduced visibility. If one likes the look of the lights on their own vehicle that's fine, just own that it could result in a ticket or at the very least a wasted-time pull-over, same is driving around with green bulbs in the running lights or a flashing red on the roof with no reason for it. Carry on.

I do accept the risk. I would think Law Enforcement would have bigger fish to fry than looking for vehicles with 3 amber lights in their grill with what's going on now a days.

I totally respect what you do, and thank you for your service!!

Edited February 11, 2022 by Rad_Rado17

dieselfan1 · February 11, 2022

4 hours ago, SafetyDaveG said:

Good Lord. $60k for a 1/2 ton truck. I'd like to know where in life I turned left when I shoulda turned right.

I could have spent more.....

Edited February 11, 2022 by dieselfan1

shakenfake · February 11, 2022

2 hours ago, 16LT4 said:

I guess the other item of note is tossing lights all over a vehicle without understanding their meaning, kinda like having some foreign symbol inked in one's forearm and hoping it means what one thinks it means. ; at sea, lights are a major communication device for size and direction, and serve the same purpose on a vehicle in conditions of reduced visibility. If one likes the look of the lights on their own vehicle that's fine, just own that it could result in a ticket or at the very least a wasted-time pull-over, same is driving around with green bulbs in the running lights or a flashing red on the roof with no reason for it. Carry on.

Agreed, but when you get multiple replies about "I didn't know that" it means that those 3 amber lights probably don't mean anything to the majority of people. Also we aren't at sea but I understand the comparison.

Red or blue flashing lights on the roof are a different thing imo, I hate workers that drive down the roads with stuff like that and are not actively working on the road.

JimCost2014 · February 11, 2022

So, you are saying this might not be a good idea to copy for my truck?

dieselfan1 · February 11, 2022

7 hours ago, SafetyDaveG said:

Good Lord. $60k for a 1/2 ton truck. I'd like to know where in life I turned left when I shoulda turned right.

I remember saying the same thing when I saw a new loaded LTZ in 2014 for 50k.

So at this rate they will be unaffordable for many people soon. Some say they already are.

M1ck3y · February 11, 2022

3 hours ago, dieselfan1 said:

I could have spent more.....

I must be blind Does it come with an engine?

Found it, top right corner

Edited February 11, 2022 by M1ck3y

doubeleive · February 11, 2022

you can add marker lights galore here in California as long as they are the right color, you can also have 4 headlights.

you can't add red or blue lights in the front but you can on the rear.

16LT4 · February 12, 2022

7 hours ago, dieselfan1 said:

I remember saying the same thing when I saw a new loaded LTZ in 2014 for 50k.

So at this rate they will be unaffordable for many people soon. Some say they already are.

Nonsense, the banks will just start offering 120-month loans.

Aaaaaand there's the reason my '16 Silverado with 100k miles is the newest, and lowest mileage vehicle in my fleet (not counting my wife's Pacifica). I'm perfectly happy with my '70 ACVW as my Island station car; if the tide comes up too high for a storm I just need to remember to tie it off to a bollard, lest it flow/blow away! If driving an ACVW on a 200 mile commute is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

16LT4 · February 12, 2022

10 hours ago, shakenfake said:

Agreed, but when you get multiple replies about "I didn't know that" it means that those 3 amber lights probably don't mean anything to the majority of people. Also we aren't at sea but I understand the comparison.

Red or blue flashing lights on the roof are a different thing imo, I hate workers that drive down the roads with stuff like that and are not actively working on the road.

Well then I guess we all learned something today.

I'm usually at sea... but I digress. The light patterns that we're all familiar with, at their base, are designed to let other drivers know the vehicle's fore, aft, and sides, direction, driver's intent, disability, and length. Most people just think "oh to see where I'm going" but it's much more. Why red for tail lights and brake lights for example, and not blue or green? Because red is the most easy color on the brain in low-light conditions, and why BMW and airplane gauges are red back-lit, along with chart tables in ships wheelhouses having red overhead lights. When driving behind others one is constantly looking up the stern of every car in front of them, hence everything being red to prevent light-blindness and offer maximum "retinal recovery." Vehicles over a certain length (including trailers) require multiple lights down the flank to indicate there is a vehicle between the bright and dull lights so that someone doesn't attempt to split the uprights. At sea, if someone switches a green and a red (I've seen it), people die. I promise, every external light on a vehicle that leaves the factory is DOT required, someplace. If Ford wanted to install lights because they thought it "looked cool" and would entice buyers, they'd have backlit rotors and under-chassis lighting as options but don't for a reason.

3 ambers in the grill are far better than the nudnicks who replace their halogen bulbs with LEDs expecting better light; Dante has a specific circle reserved just for them.

Edited February 12, 2022 by 16LT4

16LT4 · February 12, 2022

6 hours ago, doubeleive said:

you can add marker lights galore here in California as long as they are the right color, you can also have 4 headlights.

you can't add red or blue lights in the front but you can on the rear.

Don't current Super Duties and most cars from the mid-60s to the late '80s have 4 headlights? Hell, Clark had 8!

16LT4 · February 12, 2022

13 hours ago, Rad_Rado17 said:

I do accept the risk. I would think Law Enforcement would have bigger fish to fry than looking for vehicles with 3 amber lights in their grill with what's going on now a days.

I totally respect what you do, and thank you for your service!!

Tell that to the good ol' boys (who can somehow afford 392 Charger patrol cars) in Currituck County along 158.

Glorified babysitter? Sea cowboy? Machine whisperer? Thanks!

Edited February 12, 2022 by 16LT4

doubeleive · February 12, 2022

24 minutes ago, 16LT4 said:

Don't current Super Duties and most cars from the mid-60s to the late '80s have 4 headlights? Hell, Clark had 8!

I had 6 headlights on while traveling up in Washington state, I got stopped and given a warning at 4:30 am by a state trooper, lots of elk run up in the area I was in people hit them and get messed up bad they are much larger than typical deer, he was cool about it and just said those are way too bright and I can only use 4