broken taillight
Shattered rear lamp
A broken taillight is a malfunctioning or damaged rear light on a vehicle.
Beyond its literal meaning, the phrase often appears in discussions of pretextual police stops—minor traffic violations used as justification to pull over drivers for other reasons: He got stopped for a broken taillight, but they searched his whole car.
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- ticketEntry permit slip
- copLaw enforcement slang
- police officerLaw enforcement agent
fix it ticket · pullover · red · lens · bulb · fender · bumper · accident · citation · violation · traffic · stop · repair · replacement · dim · smashed · rear · warning
- Car Damagedent, scratch, dents, scratches, scrape
- traffic offensesspeeding, drunk driving, DUI, DWI, reckless driving