If it happened in a parking lot I’m surprised the officer came out at all.
Just me, but with the people driving around with their noses buried in their phones, I’d want all of my rear lights as big and bright as I could get them.
I can’t tell from the picture, but what is the height of those lights?
Is this the statute you mentioned earlier?
Title 47 - Motor Vehicles
§ 47-12-204 - Tail Lamps.
A. Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two tail lamps mounted on the rear, on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet to the rear; provided that, in the case of a combination of vehicles, only the tail lamp on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified.
B. Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a height of not more than seventy-two (72) inches nor less than fifteen (15) inches.
C. Any tail lamps shall be lighted whenever the clearance lamps and:
1. Headlamps;
2. Combination of headlamps and auxiliary driving lamps, as defined in Section 12-217 of this title; or
3. Fog lamps, as defined in Section 12-217 of this title,
are lighted.
Added by Laws 1961, p. 394, § 12-204. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 411, § 24, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.
That is the one. The bottom edges of my taillights are 18" off the ground and quite bright. (There are 6 brake/turn bulbs in total, 3 on each side.)