Flashing lights speed trap warning

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Seems to me the goal in speed enforcement is to motivate drivers to safely drive within the speed limit and a driver flashing their lights will slow the other drivers down. Isn't that what it's all about? Well then there's the revenue generated by writing tickets.....:rolleyes:
 
I posted about this several months ago.

Seems that Caj said it only applies to the 6th circuit court area.
 
I don't flash my lights.I'm hoping that these people will get what they deserve.Speeding on the highway is one thing.Speeding in a school zone or on the smaller residential streets is something else.

While we're at it let's add people that barely slow down when cruising through a stop sign or turning right at a red light.
 
The decision of a St. Louis county judge does not have the force of law anywhere else. Beware of the need to fight your own battle if you find yourself busted for flashing!
 
Says he is a Federal Judge. Does that make a difference?
 
It depends on the state you are in...unfortunately I live in the that communist democrat state called Maryland. Here they have a law that says it is unlawful to drive on a public road with a flashing light unless you are rescue, fire, LEO or a tow type vehicle.
It never was unlawful to warn other drivers of radar here. You just cant do it with flashing lights in this state.
 
There has been a ton of deer killed by cars in a small section of road about 3/4 of a mile from my house. They put up a deer crossing warning sign with flashing bulbs all around a yellow stop sign shape warning. A few days after they put it up I seen two dead deer that got hit by one vehicle about 20 yards one on each side of the sign. Hows that working for us?
 
Get the phone app "Waze" and you'll get pretty good warnings of them in real time. (android, apple, and windows phone)
 
I don't consider what I do with my lights anybody's business-- I drive with my headlights on as well-- Yeah, I am old and set in my ways- been driving since I was 11 and have never had so much as a parking ticket-- Just the way it is- thank you very much-- :rolleyes::)
 
They made an example....

They dragged a woman over the coals here on the premise that "Only emergency vehicles can have flashing lights". This is dumb because what are signal lights, emergency flashers, brake lights? I don't even remember what the outcome was, but it sent a signal that they could cause a person a heck of a lot of trouble.
 
Strictly a scenario, but imagine if you will, that police were in the area monitoring traffic unbeknownst to you for a specific red car with a white bumper containing a child abductor. And there you are flashing away, just to help your fellow citizen, a person that you do not know avoid a speeding ticket. Have you given no thought that in doing so you could have potentially warned this offender of police presence and that the person may have changed their course because of your actions and avoided arrest. Is this the reward of your noble deed that you want?


A little later while you’re watching the news, what goes on in your mind when its reported that nearby police are looking for a specific driver of red car with a white bumper, one identical to the car you just flashed 20 minutes ago that contains a little girl who has been abducted.

Isn’t she also a fellow citizen worthy of your help?

By not flashing your lights and allowing the abductor to become arrested perhaps you potentially would be giving the little girl a far greater gift.



terry
 
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