Road Courtesy

Larimani · #1 07-09-2005, 10:39 AM

Warning other drivers is a crime & if you get caught doing it you goin' DOWN boy!

P.S.: There are speed regulations & cops for a reason... you pay taxes to pay the cops and then sabotage their work?

The Dude · #2 07-09-2005, 10:54 AM

Go away.

Larimani · #3 07-09-2005, 11:19 AM

You know it makes sense. Go back to your 4-monitors.

Pocket Trips · #4 07-09-2005, 03:52 PM

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Great just what OOT needs... another troll

RunDownHouse · #5 07-09-2005, 12:12 PM

Yes, I do it (used to live in St. Louis, too). Its pretty rare I see someone reciprocate, though.

And a friend of mine has told me that he saw someone get pulled over for doing this, fwiw.

[censored] · #6 07-09-2005, 12:28 PM

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unlikely.

gonores · #7 07-09-2005, 02:05 PM

The practice of pulling people over for flashing high-beams is not uncommon in Wisconsin. Then again, high-beam flashing is a very common practice for motorists. We don't just do it to alert people to cops...we do it any time a driver should pay extra attention to the road (accident ahead, deer spottings, junk in the road, etc.)

I'd say the weeks I've either flashed or been flashed slightly outnumber the weeks I haven't flashed or been been flashed.

mason55 · #8 07-09-2005, 03:13 PM

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unlikely.

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Many states tried to do this on under many different laws. It was appealed and found to be a free speach right. Thus OP's friend probably did get pulled over but it is no longer illegal (it might still be on the books in some states but there is precendent if you really want to fight it)

razor · #9 07-09-2005, 12:19 PM

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cops for a reason...

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and yet we still have left lane bandits and untold numbers of donk drivers.

Arbogast · #10 07-09-2005, 12:29 PM

I live in St. Louis, and have been saved many times by the flashing light people. Maybe it's cause I speed so much.

My biggest beef - people who like to enforce the speed limit in the passing lane, or people who match speeds on a two lane road, blocking everyone else behind them.

I'm a big believer in using the left lane to let people make a right. Glad to hear there are others (although apparently not is St. Louis).

-Arbogast