I got a traffic ticket on my bike. help?

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I brought my bike up from Fargo, my home town, to Missoula, my college town. In Fargo, biking isn't a big thing compared to Missoula, where there is a separate lane on the streets for biking, and 25% of the traffic is bikes. So needless to say I am not extremely savvy on the bike rules. Tonight, I got pulled over by a motorcycle cop for not having a "bike light" I didnt even know what a bike light is until tonight (yea i know ignorance to the law wont get you out of a ticket) but im wondering if I have a case saying that you dont need a bike light in Fargo, and the bike was just transported to Missoula.
but isnt it standard to give a grace period of a few weeks or whatever to get your vehicle into appliance with the law?
fuck you man
cool, thanks zach
 
Many road laws for vehicles, Motorcycles, Bike, ridden on the right of way, apply to accessories such as, lights, turn signals, stop lights headlights etc,
 
No. In order for your bike to be on the road in Missoula it must have the regulations and follow the laws of Missoula, not Fargo. It not being a law in Fargo has no impact on the case in Missoula.

@Ben S You can always go to court and hope the judge will be graceful and allow you to fix it... actually if you fix it before court and bring in pictures they may dismiss the ticket. There is no requirement that you have a grace period to have your vehicle in compliance with the laws of your new town. The only grace period is to get your license and license plate changed.
 
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