Do you flash oncoming drivers for a speed trap??

[Conrad231]

No, they shouldnt be speeding. Do you notify street corner drug dealers that the police are coming?

[Peter B]

I always flash oncoming drivers if I pass a speed trap. Problem is, most folks are too stupid nowadays to know what the flash means

[Jetties]

Originally Posted by Peter B

I always flash oncoming drivers if I pass a speed trap. Problem is, most folks are too stupid nowadays to know what the flash means

I agree with this. Usually I am doing it on the thruway or on a highway upstate. I feel liek I am doing it and no one is paying attention.

As for those that said it is illegal, is that really true?

[mr.mrs.b.i]

I don't. Not sure it would work with most drivers, especially younger ones who don't really get it.


Side note, anyone else feel like so many people drive with the high beams on all the time even when not needed around here?

[KENNY GUIDO]

Originally Posted by Jetties

I agree with this. Usually I am doing it on the thruway or on a highway upstate. I feel liek I am doing it and no one is paying attention.

As for those that said it is illegal, is that really true?

they say it falls along the lines of "interfering with governmental procedures/enforcement"/.

[grepman]

Can't say if this is definitive, but from wikipedia:

In New York, headlight flashing is not illegal. New York Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 375 [3] requires that headlamps "shall be operated so that dazzling light does not interfere with the driver of the approaching vehicle".[29] In 1994, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division held that flipping or flicking high beams at approaching vehicles is insufficient to cause the "dazzling lights" prohibited under New York Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 375 [3].[30] In 2009, the New York Supreme Court held that the flashing of lights alone is not a violation of New York Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 375 [3], that stopping a vehicle based upon that is illegal, and all evidence gather as a result of the illegal stop should be suppressed.[31]

-G

[dman72]

Originally Posted by KENNY GUIDO

they say it falls along the lines of "interfering with governmental procedures/enforcement"/.

And how are they going to prove you aren't simply flashing someone to alert them that their lights aren't on or that their brights are on?

[Fastrudy]

And how are they going to prove you aren't simply flashing someone to alert them that their lights aren't on or that their brights are on?

I think the police have heard that excuse, and it doen't hold water if it is in the daytime. They have also heard the, "I wanted to make a turn and flashed the brights by mistake" excuse too.
Here is a related driving trip from me (have over 1,000,000 miles driven):
At night, always travel with your brights on. Turn them off if there is somebody in front of you, of course. And turn them off promptly if a car is approaching you. Cops judge the response time for a driver turning high beams down to low beams. If it is too long of a time, they pull you over to check if you are impaired. With your high beams on regularly:
1) you see more deer, pedestrians, other vehicles running without lights;
2) the approaching driver sees you turn them to low beams, and does not flash you (and blind you) thinking that those are your high beams.

End of free driving lesson, you are welcome!

[alexei27]

I kinda gave up on it after living in Utah where driving skill is at historic lows and arrogance is thirving. It's way worse then here.