How Critical Are Running Lights?

[Lin]

I noticed that my left rear roof running light was out.  No big deal-- change the bulb, right.  I did that and still no light, so I opened the fixture and saw it had a really badly corroded ground.  No big deal--take it apart and clean it.  Still no light.  Oh my, the ground lead to the bulb came loose.  No big deal-- remove the parts and solder a new wire to it.  Still no light.  A little testing revealed that although all the other running lights a lit, this one is not getting current. Yes big deal.  Getting further down to look for a broken wire is not an exciting option and running a new one from a neighboring light is not easy either unless I was going to run it on the surface, which seems almost to tacky even for me.  So the solution I thought of was to forget about it for now.  Is there any problem with that?

[luvrbus]

DOT mandates the lights if they are mounted there make it work if not working the man will stop you I had one out and got stopped 4 times between AZ and Idaho

[Barn Owl]

Go to the dollar store and buy a couple of those white led reading lights. Turn it on and stick it in the lens at night until you get it home, if not having a light is going to be a ticket magnet. I doubt it will burn all night, but for a $1, get several.