A fix-it ticket for a "dim" tag light (the bulb was working) shows up on your record as "operating a vehicle in an unsafe or illegal manner"
........which to people later on, who have no knowledge about the situation, they might think that you have been driving with bald tires and no brakes.

The TPD who wrote it years ago said the light "had to be visible from 1,000 feet", which was a source of laughter to the Deputy Sheriff who signed off the ticket the next day........but that was years ago...the TPD
has probably found a more suitable line of work....-Bob