Journal photo by Erika Elaine Wells
In West Virginia it is illegal to use additional LED lights while riding. Bob Cunningham, who lives in Martinsburg, WV, did not know that either until a State Trooper pulled him over and handed him a ticket. But that traffic stop set Cunningham on a mission to change the law.
First, Mr. Cunningham gathered more than 1,000 signatures on a petition supporting the change and then he enlisted his State Delegate John Overington in the cause. He convinced Mr. Overington of the safety enhancements that come from the auxiliary lighting and gave him a battery operated example of the LED lights that Overington could use in support of a bill to allow the lights.
Long story short, Delegate Overington pushed for the bills approval and it passed the House of Delegates but ran out of time in the State Senate. Mr. Overington is going to reintroduce the bill in the next session of the WV legislature and work with the Transportation Committee to get the bill into consideration faster.
You can read the news article here.
I JUST WANT 2 RIDE!! 
It’s hard to understand why a trooper wouldn’t just issue a warning for such a violation. jeeez.