It's just an excuse to pull you over. The only time I ever got a "fix-it ticket" when one I was already middle aged. They're just taking advantage of your naive

It's just an excuse to pull you over. The only time I ever got a "fix-it ticket" when one I was already middle aged. They're just taking advantage of your naivety as a teenager to sniff around. Teenagers with disposable, conspicuous consumption are profiled. With no record of the reason for the stop, there's no reason to fix it. I did replace the lights, obviously but that didn't stop them from pulling over every time I went through that part of town.