Flashing your headlights to warn of cops

[Asher]

How come no one does this any more? Flash your high beams at oncoming cars to warn of a cop or speed trap that is.
Bikers are pretty good at warning each other but when I'm in the car almost no one warns ya. I try to warn people a km or two after but I feel like I'm one of the rare few. 5 or 10 years ago a lot more people did it but now no one does. Why?
Discuss...

[Mike.Gayner]

I commute 90km each way to work on a road frequented by cops - on my journey people usually flash to warn.

[ellipsis]

...far less these days I've noticed too...as long as you carry on doing it, it may encourage others...a lot of new or foreign drivers to our roads probably wonder why we do it...

[FJRider]

How come no one does this any more? Flash your high beams at oncoming cars to warn of a cop or speed trap that is.
Bikers are pretty good at warning each other but when I'm in the car almost no one warns ya. I try to warn people a km or two after but I feel like I'm one of the rare few. 5 or 10 years ago a lot more people did it but now no one does. Why?
Discuss...

Don't flash a mufti cop ...

[Berries]

I flash randomly just for a laugh.

[Akzle]

i warn bikes more than cars.
never warn asshats in SUVs..
will warn someone who looks like they're over enthusiastic.


i was thinking of implementing an LED system, where people can flick an LED on their dash from red to green.
uptake may be patchy, and you'd get the johnny too-goods who drive around with red on all the time, but hmmmmeh.



also, some cunt got done for "inappropriate use of warning signal" for flashing a UC, or being seen by one.

[Big Dog]

I flash randomly just for a laugh.

He is talking about your lights.

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[pritch]

I see cars flashing their lights, doesn't work so well on the bike though 'cause the lights are on. If in the car I will warn others.

[Swoop]

Still do it.
Bacon on the road is a serious hazard. Think of all the U-turns they have done which put others in danger.


Bike = all the time.
Tin-top = for a Km or two.

[tigertim20]

I reckon way less people are doing it these days too.
gets the same result = people slow down, just means the pop / got dont get their cut.

[Night Falcon]

flashed a car with its headlights on full but turned out they weren't....modern cars with LED's are too bright on low beam

[Scuba_Steve]

How come no one does this any more? Flash your high beams at oncoming cars to warn of a cop or speed trap that is.
Bikers are pretty good at warning each other but when I'm in the car almost no one warns ya. I try to warn people a km or two after but I feel like I'm one of the rare few. 5 or 10 years ago a lot more people did it but now no one does. Why?
Discuss...

It's cause a few years back cops started extorting money from people who warned of the dangerous scam run by them, the propaganda machine spread the word & people got scared off warning about the scam

[flashg]

flashed a car with its headlights on full but turned out they weren't....modern cars with LED's are too bright on low beam

They might be HID's, the light is white and bloody awesome. My car has them. When you turn them on they start lower down and rise up to level, they are self leveling. They might not self level on all cars though, or may not be set correctly. They can be blinding head on, they are only used on dip (on my car). High beam is normal halogen and a more yellow light by comparison.

[Berries]

Still do it.
Bacon on the road is a serious hazard. Think of all the U-turns they have done which put others in danger.

Bollocks. You are basing that on the high profile nature of a crash involving a cop doing a u-turn and ignoring the fact that people cross the centre line and cause head on crashes daily, so frequently in fact that they only make the news now if the crash involves tourists, babies or a high body count.

I'd be interested in seeing how many demerit points some of these drivers have on their licence. I suspect a number would be close to 100 points and have only managed to hold on to their licence for so long because people have warned them about cops ahead. Thanks for that. I like sharing the road with people who have shown that they don't give a shit.

[Autech]

How come no one does this any more? Flash your high beams at oncoming cars to warn of a cop or speed trap that is.
Bikers are pretty good at warning each other but when I'm in the car almost no one warns ya. I try to warn people a km or two after but I feel like I'm one of the rare few. 5 or 10 years ago a lot more people did it but now no one does. Why?
Discuss...

It's a Cuntabrian thing mate. I noticed this myself, up north you get heaps of warning, down here I've only ever been warned once.


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