Why are they called "Chicken Lights?" We found several answers to this question but which one is correct?

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Chicken lights are put on the front of truck bumper to help the driver get as close as possible to an object before having to make a corrective turn or maneuver. The reason there called chicken lights is because truckers were/are afraid of damaging the nose of their rigs.
 
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It's a derogatory slur. A "chicken hauler" is the lowest level in the cast of southern truck drivers, hauling live poultry in open cages to market. A lowly chicken hauler truck may often be decorated with "chicken lights" in order to bring his status up in the world via ornamentation.
 
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They called them chicken lights cause back then hauling frozen chicken paid the most money so they could afford extra marker lights and chrome accessories. Chicken money =more chicken lights.
 
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None of these are correct.
 
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