Flashing your headlights

[doonyc]

I heard that flashing your headlights to the incoming traffic is a warning for cops ahead?

[jollyeskimo]

I heard that flashing your headlights to the incoming traffic is a warning for cops ahead?

Yes it is.

[Carpe Diem]

Used to be on-off on-off, but that's hard to do with daytime headlights.

[charliebrown]

Used to be on-off on-off, but that's hard to do with daytime headlights.

Do people still do this? I have only seen truckers flash on-off on-off to warn upcoming speed traps

(and even with daylight running lights, i think it's still a visible difference when u do on-off on-off highbeam)

[unr3al]

Yes, I flash my headlights EVERY time I pass a speed trap. I wish more people would do the same.

Quite often I see people hitting their brakes as they go by me. I'm sure I have saved a couple people the odd ticket here and there.

[thelefteyeguy]

i do it (if req'd)....lots of speed traps in Scarlum.


under bridge at warden/danforth
under hill of birchmount/danforth
under the hill at the pizza hut (401/birchmount)
under hill at Brimley/401 onramp
stretch of road on midland from Sheppard and Finch

that's all i know in scarlum

[Bullseye]

Barely anyone does it anymore, probably because of the daytime running light issue.

I've never done it, I want people to get nailed with tickets if they are speeding excessively enough to get pulled over for it. If a speeder gets a ticket, then maybe they'll be more careful next time, and maybe someones life in future will be saved because of it. Maybe that life will be my own, or that of someone I love.

And before you ask, yes, I do have a perfect driving record for the past 13 years (and one of my vehicles is a high powered muscle car). I drive the speed of traffic, which is the safest speed to be going. If I want to drive fast, I go to the drag strip at Cayuga!

[galanz]

I do it most of the time if possible.

If speed traps were used to increase safety and not just for revenue I might have a different opinion.

[Bullseye]

'If speed traps were used to increase safety and not just for revenue I might have a different opinion'

How do you know the difference??

Either way, though, the result is the same, a speeding ticket will cause most people to drive more carefully in future, and that increases my safety on the road.

In my opinion, there are no where near enough police on the roads, I see people driving dangerously and getting away with it every single day.

[JuNGleR72]

I recieved alot of highbeams warning me of speed traps, im gratefull too so I return the favour when I pass one.

[galanz]

How do you know the difference??

Most speed traps I see are on wide open roads. Not on crowded side streets or school zones.

Either way, though, the result is the same, a speeding ticket will cause most people to drive more carefully in future, and that increases my safety on the road.

You're confusing slow with safe. They're not the same thing.
The most dangerous drivers I see out there are the clueless, zoned out, meandering, distracted driver. Not the guy going 10k over the speed limit. Regardless of what the police try to tell you speeding isn't the cause of most accidents, its carelessness and inattention. Police like to crack down on speeders because they're easy to catch and a good way to generate revenue.

[Bullseye]

'Most speed traps I see are on wide open roads. Not on crowded side streets or school zones. '

Not around here, most are in fact in school zones and on busy streets. Even still, many lethal accidents happen on wide open roads, there is a such a road near here called 'Killer 6', a four lane undivided highway with an 80kph limit. Speed is a factor in many of the accidents.


'You're confusing slow with safe. They're not the same thing.
The most dangerous drivers I see out there are the clueless, zoned out, meandering, distracted driver. Not the guy going 10k over the speed limit. Regardless of what the police try to tell you speeding isn't the cause of most accidents, its carelessness and inattention. Police like to crack down on speeders because they're easy to catch and a good way to generate revenue'

The problem is usually differences is speed, not speed itself, hence this is why travelling at the speed of traffic is safest. The secondary benefit is that the police won't usually ticket you for going 10kph over if everyone else it doing it as well. This is why I have no tickets, even though I often drive at 10kph over, as everyone else is doing that as well.

Bottom line: if you're so opposed to supposed revenue generating activity by police, you can guarantee you won't contribute to this tactic. Just don't speed.

[GangStarr]

my hid's dont have a high beam so I lay on the horn with my four ways and even wave my arm when I know theres a big and dangerous speed trap ahead. People in the city usually dont know what the hell your doing but outside of toronto on the smaller highways people know full well.

My butt has been saved twice by high beam flashers. Its common courtosy.

[Bullseye]

my hid's dont have a high beam so I lay on the horn with my four ways and even wave my arm when I know theres a big and dangerous speed trap ahead. People in the city usually dont know what the hell your doing but outside of toronto on the smaller highways people know full well.

My butt has been saved twice by high beam flashers. Its common courtosy.

That's hilarious! In the country, they probably think you're a lunatic, and in the city, they might start shooting at you. At any rate, such a tactic could result in disorientating the other driver, causing them to get nervous and possibly cause an accident.

[joey3k]

they always do a speed trap on bloor street between jane and old mill (where that BRIDGE is) and it's a PURE revenue tactic.

I always flash my high beams to warn people when i'm passing that those losers are waiting on the other side to nab them for speeding (the road slopes down and if you're not paying attention it is very easy to accidentally go over the limit and get nailed.)