I didn't say beyond the spirit of the law ... I said beyond the LETTER of the law.
By the way ... if the running lights on small Class C motorhomes are to indicate the width of the RV to other vehicles approaching from the front at night ... then what are the other three front running lights for? The two outside ones are enough. Also, why do many normal width pickup truck cabs have five front running lights on them ... does the letter of the law imply that they are too wide or imply that they are too tall?
Obey all the letters you want and do all the RV tinkering you think you have to do as a result. As for me, keeping my small Class C RV in tip-top leak-proof shape is time and money consuming enough as it is ... without adding more work/concerns/headaches by keeping the parts of it going that serve no usability purpose other than to bring water inside that you don't want.
By the way to many of you letter of the law hounds out there, if your RV is a widebody (around 101-102 inches wide) one, then be sure to do the due-diligence research to see what roads in the U.S. you can letter of the law illegally drive on ... so that you can plan your RV routes accordingly.
