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Flashing Your Headlights
#5344688 - 02/27/06 09:55 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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When you pass a stopped cop car, that is searching for speeders, do you flash your lights to alert the oncoming drivers about it? Or does flashing your headlights mean something else where you are from?
I'm from Texas, and I do it (after I pass the cop car). Although I don't speed much, and I've rarely seen it in action, it has saved me from a potential ticket once. It's probably illegal since it takes from their quota (and money spent for traps, etc.), but I still do it. Hopefully the drivers aren't being TOO reckless with their speed though, if so...then they probably need to be stopped for everyone's safety.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5344692 - 02/27/06 09:57 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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It's really illegal where I live, but its kept me out of a few roadbloacks.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5344697 - 02/27/06 09:59 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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If the cop is allready busy writing a ticket then someone else is in no real danger of getting chased down by him... unless they're doing 90mph on surface streets or some such.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5344736 - 02/27/06 10:12 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I flash my lights when someone in front of me is doing 30 in a 45 zone. Or when someone sees me coming down the road at the speed limit (or usually 5 over ) and they pull out in front of me and decide to putz along at half the speed limit.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5344774 - 02/27/06 10:25 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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People have saved my ass doing this, sometimes I will depending on the circumstances.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Adom]
#5344868 - 02/27/06 10:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yes, its like a unwritten law. to do this, if your nice.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: creamrocks]
#5344874 - 02/27/06 10:55 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
creamrocks said: yes, its like a unwritten law. to do this, if your nice.
That's what I was thinking. 
"Unwritten law".
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5344881 - 02/27/06 10:58 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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That sentance(can I call it that?) makes my brain hurt.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: DNKYD]
#5345002 - 02/27/06 11:51 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
DNKYD said: I flash my lights when someone in front of me is doing 30 in a 45 zone. Or when someone sees me coming down the road at the speed limit (or usually 5 over ) and they pull out in front of me and decide to putz along at half the speed limit.
Ugh, isn't it the worst? It's especially bad on the highway.
I don't know if people do it intentionally, or they're just ignorant? 
Did you ever feel like, out of everyone on the road, you are the only one who knows how to drive correctly? 
That's how I feel..
Sorry, to stray off topic there, it's just a huge pet-peeve of mine. But to keep up with the thread, I do flash my lights at on coming cars if I Pass a cop, that is if i'm not the one already pulled over. 
Edited by Fictional (02/27/06 11:54 AM)
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Fictional]
#5345040 - 02/27/06 12:07 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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if its a cop trying to bust people speeding by sitting and gunning people I will flash my lights for sure. I have been saved by people doing that in the past. And I like to thumb my nose at the man.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Fictional]
#5345050 - 02/27/06 12:10 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I don't know about you all but If im allready going 5-10 miles over the speed limit, and somebody gets beind me expecting me to get over, I don't budge. Im not going to speed so that I can pass the car next to me and get over and get a ticket so you can drive a hundred miles an hour on the freeway....
the only time I've ever been pulled over i got a speeding ticket for 94 in a 70, state tried to get my license taken away for a year, after that I don't speed very often.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: deryl]
#5345125 - 02/27/06 12:33 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I never go more than 5 mph over anyway. I hate being pulled, I'm not fond of talking to cops... and if I see one lurking about trying to nab people, I flash my lights. I consider that common courtesy.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5345137 - 02/27/06 12:37 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I turn my light off then back on.
Or if its daytime, I flash em.
People doing this has saved me at least twice.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5345144 - 02/27/06 12:39 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah I try to help out 
However, can it can be construed as obstruction of justice if another cop sees you do this?
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Boom]
#5345159 - 02/27/06 12:44 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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You could say you were reaching for something and accidentally hit the light switch. Then you could tell him to go fight some real crime.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Psilocyan]
#5345163 - 02/27/06 12:46 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, that makes sense..
But in my town, real crime is basically non-existent. A black guy walking down the street is highly suspicious here
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Boom]
#5345175 - 02/27/06 12:48 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i cant even turn off my headlights .. i dont think anyone would even notice if i flashed my flood lights either
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Boom]
#5345182 - 02/27/06 12:49 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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ditto.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5345555 - 02/27/06 02:15 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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A friend and I were discussing this the other week. I always flash my lights when cops have a speed trap set up. But the problem is, flashing your lights could mean so many things: there's a cop ahead; there are deer ahead, be careful; hello; or it could just be an accidental brush of the light switch.
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Re: Flashing Your Headlights [Re: Darkcloud]
#5345565 - 02/27/06 02:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nobody around here does anything like that -in this area they would probably be glad to see you get busted. The only time they flash lights is if they're pissed off at you for some reason.
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