The city of Memphis is the only place in the state of Tennessee that requires the annual inspection of motorcycles, and "The head of the inspection department has taken a part of the city code to an interesting interpretation," says Fogman of CMT/ABATE of Tennessee.

"Aftermarket manufacturers sell a brake light which pulses rapidly for the first few second when activated, but whenever our erstwhile bureaucrat sees one of these offending lights, he refuses to pass the bike and tells the owner to take it home and remove the illegal light and then come back. His reason? People might confuse the offending light with a fire truck!"

Fogman says, "We tried to reason with him but got nowhere, so CMT/ABATE introduced a bill to clarify that these lights are legal."

CMT/ABATE's "brake light bill" has since passed both Houses and been signed by their governor.

"When the bill allowing pulsing brake lights becomes law, we are going to present said public servant and defender of a lawful society with his own personal copy of it," Fogman promises. "Sometimes there is justice in the world."