Re: Flashing headlights is illegal??

[Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>]

John L. Walker wrote:
> I can't beleive you could get a ticket for winking your lights at
> someone.  It doesn't make sense, the 90something Pathfinder at work has a
> switch that flashes the hi-beams (using the same lever that controls the
> lights- ie, pull to flash, push to leave on)... is there another use for
> this?  I doubt it.

  Well, it has uses other than warning people about
speed traps, which you can't really deny is sort
of sidestepping the law.

  Don't get me wrong, I do it myself and am very glad
when somebody does it to me. But it can't really be
argued that this behaviour is really "in the spirit
of lawfulness".

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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
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