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08-31-2009, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Morris County, NJ
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blinking for cops...
am i the only guy who still blinks the high beams on and off a few times when he sees a cop speeding trap for oncoming motorists to notify them???
did this today to warn a few people..(there was a pig...ahem, i mean police officer, hiding behind a tree in a cruiser..) and 2 of them stuck their hands out the windows like i was trying to blind them on purpose...
geez...some people...
any of you still do this?
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08-31-2009, 04:32 PM
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IIRC, its illigal to do so...
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08-31-2009, 04:32 PM
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i drive a truck and i'll do it occasionally to other truckers to warn them but i never do it to cars. fyi it is illegal to do that!! you could get a ticket for it.
and c'mon besides being ignorant "pig" went out in the 70's
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08-31-2009, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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I do sometimes, depending on how far past the cop i am, the direction he's pointed, and the car coming. The majority of people today assume that you're telling them their high beams are on, and flash back or turn on their high beams constant. So sometimes i don't bother.
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Last edited by 91chevywt; 08-31-2009 at 04:37 PM.
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08-31-2009, 04:34 PM
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i used to do it but noone gets it. In poland its common courtesy to do so tho
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08-31-2009, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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It's not illegal to warn oncoming motorist, but it depends on how you warn them that makes it illegal.
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08-31-2009, 04:46 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacdout96
It's not illegal to warn oncoming motorist, but it depends on how you warn them that makes it illegal.
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How can it not be seen as obstruction of some type?
Last edited by WildBillyT; 08-31-2009 at 04:47 PM.
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08-31-2009, 04:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WildBillyT
How can it not be seen as obstruction of some type?
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it probably falls into the same categorical argument of entrapment
edit: ill do it if i see someone hauling ass, late at night, or when people are leaving a bar
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Last edited by Squirrel; 08-31-2009 at 04:56 PM.
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08-31-2009, 04:57 PM
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Ayatollah of Rock N Rolla / Admin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Squirrel
it probably falls into the same categorical argument of entrapment
edit: ill do it if i see someone hauling ass, late at night, or when people are leaving a bar
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Catching speeders is entrapment?? "Speed Trap" is a colloquialism.
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08-31-2009, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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well not really entrapment....entrapment is more of a cop telling somebody you can speed here, we never patrol that. then putting a cop there and giving him a ticket. like a cop tricking somebody into doing something so they can ticket them...similarly if i were to tell somebody its ok to park here, then tow them anyway.
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08-31-2009, 05:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by baddest434
i drive a truck and i'll do it occasionally to other truckers to warn them but i never do it to cars. fyi it is illegal to do that!! you could get a ticket for it.
and c'mon besides being ignorant "pig" went out in the 70's
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bill... you bring the age jokes on your self man!!! hahah 70's.....
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08-31-2009, 05:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transmaro93
bill... you bring the age jokes on your self man!!! hahah 70's.....
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lol, bill don't mind the old jokes 
age is nothing but a number. and i'm 103 already soooooooooooooo
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08-31-2009, 05:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WildBillyT
Catching speeders is entrapment?? "Speed Trap" is a colloquialism.
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no no i meant how both are he said/she said arguments
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99 Riviera, Bone stock, 14.34 @ 96 "Walking 5.0's in luxury" RIP
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93 TA, Bone stock, 13.8 @ 100 "Beating ****** drivers in ****** LS1's"
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08-31-2009, 05:48 PM
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it is 100 percent illegal to warn oncoming motorists of a police officers presence down the road. not to mention illegal to flash your highbeams at oncoming cars anyway. so either way its against the law.
just like its illegal to wave a cop ahead of you. 
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08-31-2009, 06:05 PM
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i still do it because ive been saved from a ticket a few times from someone doing it for me
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08-31-2009, 06:45 PM
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I don't flash the high beams, usually flash the headlights on/off a few times. Less blinding
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08-31-2009, 10:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Morris County, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacdout96
It's not illegal to warn oncoming motorist, but it depends on how you warn them that makes it illegal.
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well what is legal and what is illegal?
also..it was daylight out so i dont think one or two high beam blinks was blinding anyone...
the way i see it..this road was a 25mph road...with next to nothing on it..should be at least 35mph..and couldve even been 45mph without it being an issue to anyone's safety.. 25 mph on this road feels like ur practically walking...its rediculous..
so if they're out to bend you over and stick thier hand in ur pocket, then i feel justified warning people..as i hope someone would do for me
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08-31-2009, 10:42 PM
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I sometimes do it, depending on how close to the cop and such. I've rarely gotten it done back to help. Never in retaliation. Then again I live in the boonies.
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08-31-2009, 10:49 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Norwood, NJ
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some girl in a black firebird in my area did that to me one night, saved my ass the ticket
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Last edited by CamaroJoe1987; 08-31-2009 at 10:50 PM.
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08-31-2009, 10:55 PM
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im not a pig....
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It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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08-31-2009, 11:05 PM
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Quote:
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im not a pig....
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but are you considered an leo?
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09-01-2009, 12:09 AM
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yes
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It started before I drove your car. I just have to look at it the wrong way and your car poops parts.
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09-01-2009, 01:09 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Somerset, NJ
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honestly i dont do it. serial killers, kidnappers, etc. have all been caught in the past due to motor vehicle stops..who knows who you are warning. plus its not my fault if someone else gets caught speeding, im not paying their ticket.
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09-01-2009, 06:53 AM
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I flashed once just at a car that cut me off.
Got a ticket for "improper use of highbeams"
Now granted, the cop also saw/heard me going through the intersection tires screeching and racing off from the light... so i didnt mind the ticket... 
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09-01-2009, 10:22 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
it is 100 percent illegal to warn oncoming motorists of a police officers presence down the road. not to mention illegal to flash your highbeams at oncoming cars anyway. so either way its against the law.
just like its illegal to wave a cop ahead of you. |
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