Flashing lights at a speed trap

[bart2278]

Is it illegal to warn oncoming traffic of a speed trap?

 

[Lucas156]

Everything is illegal in the us of a

 

[mrjarrell]

Nope. It's protected speech. Cops may not like it, but the courts have had their say on the matter.

 

[eldirector]

Illegal? No.

However, folks have been charged with "interfering with law enforcement". Remember, it isn't about safety (telling drivers to stick the the posted speed).

 

[BogWalker]

Heck, you could almost call it common courtesy!

 

[bobbittle]

Might get you a ticket for use of your high beams when faced with oncoming traffic.

 

[semperfi211]

I got a warning ticket in Saint John for improper use of high beams around 10 years ago for warning on coming cars about the trap I just passed. This was at nite. One of the people I was warning was another cop.

 

[Trigger Time]

Do the crime, pay up. Flame on

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Interfering with "the man's" money machine? Unforgivable.

 

[remauto1187]

Its much better to stick your rearend out the window. It gets everyones attention. Nobody will dare speed past you and find out the hard way that their is a copper ahead shootin KU radar waves down the road. Rock the moon like a pro!

 

[46321]

While warning other motorists of a speed trap is perfectly legal, other posters correctly point out that use of high beams is a violation of the vehicle code. But courts have held standing at the roadside with signs, posting on blogs and the like is protected speech.

 

[Hammerhead]

Sorry, but the courts have ruled that the use of high beams to warn oncoming traffic is protected under the first amendment.

Flashing high beams is not the same as not dimming when there is oncoming traffic.

I had to flash the high beams on my motorcycle one night to warn a car coming the opposite direction that they should be aware of the deer in the median.

 

[woodsie57]

Flashjng lites on/off after sunset gets ya a ticket for driving without headlites.

 

[92ThoStro]

During the day I flash my hi beams
During the night I use my hazard lights and triple tap my brakes*TF.
If you flash an oncoming motorist at night, they wont think " oh a speed trap "
They will think, WHAT THE HELL IS HIS PROBLEM! I'm going to flash him back!!!!!!!

 

[infiremedic07]

You should install fog lights if your vehicle didn't come with them. Flash them to your heart's content. I can not think of a code violation that you can be charged with.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

During the day I flash my hi beams
During the night I use my hazard lights and triple tap my breaks.
If you flash an oncoming motorist at night, they wont think " oh a speed trap "
They will think, WHAT THE HELL IS HIS PROBLEM! I'm going to flash him back!!!!!!!

*brakes

You should install fog lights if your vehicle didn't come with them. Flash them to your heart's content. I can not think of a code violation that you can be charged with.

Good info.

 

[bobbittle]

Sorry, but the courts have ruled that the use of high beams to warn oncoming traffic is protected under the first amendment.

Flashing high beams is not the same as not dimming when there is oncoming traffic.

I had to flash the high beams on my motorcycle one night to warn a car coming the opposite direction that they should be aware of the deer in the median.

Link?

 

[rjstamp]

Our fine public servants in St John sit in an unmarked car in front of a church on Sunday morning writing speeding tickets to church goers....don't ever spend a nickel in St John...worst money grubbing police force in IN by far!

 

[mcolford]

I have called my wife and parents after passing a cop sitting running traffic, if I know they will be driving through... I dont warn other motorists, as I dont know who I am protecting that way. Maybe that officer will initiate a traffic stop and take 5 pounds of pot out of the hands of a drug dealer, or find a violent felon in possession of items he/she should not be in possession of. Or maybe that officer will be going through FTO and get his first boot on the neck of an innocent subject, err I mean citizen.

 

[kickbacked]

I know that if you want to warn a fellow motorcycle of a cop you pat the top of your head