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Print it out and carry it with you to show to anyone who challenges it.
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This is a very good idea, and will work, most of the time, unless you have some really unusual situation. And be aware that if it is an unusual situation, you can't count on the police knowing what is, and isn't within the law.
A friend of mine has a 1940 Indian motorcycle. Licensed as a registered antique. AS a registered antique, he is exempt from the state helmet law when he rides it. He carries a copy of the law with him when he rides it. When he gets stopped, he shows it to the officer.
He says it gets him out of about HALF of the tickets. The rest of the time, the cops write him a ticket anyway, and tell him "if you're right, the judge will throw it out..." and, so far, that's what has happened, every single time...
I realize that's an apples/oranges thing but they are both fruit, so the principle applies. Cops MAY know the exceptions to the law, but you can't COUNT on that. Officer Friendly may in complete good faith bust you for what he believes is good reason, and SGT Friendly Sr. might kick you loose because you actually were legal.
Read the law yourself, if you can.
Good Luck!