I was sitting in a pub tonight due to the fact that I was without power for a number of hours, and therefore couldn't see to make any food at home... It occurred to me while sitting there (there are lots of big windows in this place) that I can't for the life of me figure out why the NJMVC inspection checks for high beams on cars... (a busy road runs in front of the place)
Understand, I grew up here... I got my license here, as well as my first truck here... I had my NJ license and registration for something like 7 years before I had to change to Mississippi... Then I moved back 8 years ago (got a PA license and registration at the time due to insurance rates) to central rather than north Jersey... In those combined 15 years, I don't think I remember a single time I was ever really able to use the brights on my vehicle... There are just too many people here to be able to kick on the brights and drive around... In PA, sure... Mississippi, sure... In NJ?... Not bloody likely...
And yet, they still check their operation and where they are aimed at the inspection... That means I'm going to have to get the damn switch fixed in my truck... You see, for 5 years, the switch that flips from high to low beam has been bad... If I switch to brights, I risk losing all the lights when I switch back... For all these years, I didn't care, because I had PA registration, and inspection... My inspection consisted of the guy asking how the brakes were, and then asking if I minded putting the sticker on myself... Now, I'm trying to roll over to NJ registration as insurance will be cheaper when combined with my homeowners... The catch is this damn switch... I have to deactivate the air bag system to work inside the column... I do not want to tamper with the bomb that is inside my steering wheel, and I can't afford to pay a garage to do it... It'll get done soon since my PA registration is almost expired, but I'm not gonna like it for sure...