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Perhaps a more controlling decision is Hiein v. North Carolina. The SCOTUS ruled that the police may misinterpret the law and make a valid traffic stop for having a tail light out that was not required. This was decided by 8-1 vote in Dec. 2014. In this case, the car was stopped because one of the taillights was out, even though one was working. The NC Supreme Court threw the case out after deciding that the NC law only requires one working taillight where it says "a tail lamp".

It is just another case where I disagree with SCOTUS.