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Posted by: Nuclearaudio

Is there any law that states anywhere that you cannot flash another MV with your headlights "Warning Them"

Posted by: Curious EMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nuclearaudio

Is there any law that states anywhere that you cannot flash another MV with your headlights "Warning Them"

Uh huh, flashing isnt allowed, nor are high-beams when near other vehicles (day/night doesnt matter)
90/7
No motor vehicle so operated shall mount or display a flas hing, rotating or oscillating light in any direction except pursuant to section seven E of this chapter;
or
730cmr 7.08(22b)
(b) On Ways Other Than the Tunnels. Whenever there is sufficient light within the
traveled portion of a way other than the Tunnels to make clearly visible to the
operator of a vehicle all other vehicles, individuals, or substantial objects for a
distance of 350 feet, or whenever the operator of a vehicle approaches an on-coming
vehicle within 500 feet, the operator shall regulate or operate the headlights of the
vehicle so that no dangerous or dazzling light when measured 75 feet or more ahead
of the headlights on a surface of uniform grade, rises to a height greater than 42
inches above the grade.

Posted by: jsc4324

Regardless of law or not, think about this. Often people see a cruiser sitting watching traffic. Most of the time they are looking for violations or speeders. However there are the times that they are looking for a vehicle/person that might be wanted, etc... So the next time you "flash" your lights to warn other vehicles that a cruiser may be running radar, think about the fact that the cruiser may be looking for a vehicle with a pedophile or murderer within. Now that you have flashed your lights and "warned" this person they may change routes and go undetected.

Posted by: USMCMP5811

very good point jsc

Posted by: Portable81

Yeah... 540 CMR something or other... FAILURE TO DIM

90/7/E is a stretch

Posted by: 4ransom

or your could write them for defective equipment...

Posted by: lawdog671

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Originally Posted by jsc4324

Regardless of law or not, think about this. Often people see a cruiser sitting watching traffic. Most of the time they are looking for violations or speeders. However there are the times that they are looking for a vehicle/person that might be wanted, etc... So the next time you "flash" your lights to warn other vehicles that a cruiser may be running radar, think about the fact that the cruiser may be looking for a vehicle with a pedophile or murderer within. Now that you have flashed your lights and "warned" this person they may change routes and go undetected.

Great point, but unfortunately here, you're preaching to the choir if you know what I mean. Half the lemmings out on the road probably think that they're doing a good thing when they flash their lights. And I would write for failure to dim, because it shows intent rather than give them an excuse that there is something accidentally wrong with the car "that I didn't know it was broken, sir."

Posted by: BrianC

Wouldn't that be interfereing with a police officer? Or interfereing with/ or impedeing an investigation? If you were set up doing radar, you'd be investgating for speeders, wouldn't you??

Posted by: frank

Motor vehicle stuff is mostly civil infractions, so I don't think that one would fly very well.

Posted by: lofu

You could always ask the operator "Did you flash your lights?"
If they reply yes, hit them with failure to dim. If they reply no, hit them with defective equipment because obviously something is wrong with their headlights if they are flashing on and off uncontrollably.

Posted by: 1moreftrleo

I was heading east on Rt 20 in Brimfield at about 2300 when I was nearly blinded by a vehicle heading towards me, I waited about 10 seconds and he didn’t dim so I flicked my highbeams on to let him know he needed to ; as soon as mine came on his went off so I shut mine off too. Now that I was actually able to get a look at the vehicle I recognized crown-vic lights, and as it turns out; I had just flashed a statey.
I wasn’t pulled over or anything but it made me nervous. Would he have been within his rights to pull me over? Would any of you current state-troopers have bothered pulling me over if you were in his shoes? The way I figure it; if he did pull me over he might aswell have gone ahead and wrote himself a ticket for failure to dim.

Posted by: Gil

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Originally Posted by 1moreftrleo

I was heading east on Rt 20 in Brimfield at about 2300 when I was nearly blinded by a vehicle heading towards me, I waited about 10 seconds and he didn’t dim so I flicked my highbeams on to let him know he needed to ; as soon as mine came on his went off so I shut mine off too. Now that I was actually able to get a look at the vehicle I recognized crown-vic lights, and as it turns out; I had just flashed a statey.
I wasn’t pulled over or anything but it made me nervous. Would he have been within his rights to pull me over? Would any of you current state-troopers have bothered pulling me over if you were in his shoes? The way I figure it; if he did pull me over he might aswell have gone ahead and wrote himself a ticket for failure to dim.

No I think you were all set, I only cite if they fail to dim after I give em a few (wake up) flicks of the high-beams. If they fail to dim after that then they get stopped. They don't always get cited but it's worth checking into.

Posted by: Mikey682

Hey we all forget to shut them off, I usually stop them and check them out, most of the time it ends with a friendly verbal warning and have a good night, but twice now its ended with a suspended license arrest/summons.

Posted by: OCKS

A bunch of years ago a trooper charged a light flasher with obstruction of justice, and that didn't fly, good try though. I have gone with asking the person if he/she flashed their headlights, if they admit it I would try to explain that we are out there for the public's safety, if they wouldn't admit it I would gig them for 90-7 defective headlights.

Posted by: sherifflittle

i know somebody w/ oscillating lights...i think its gay that non police officers have them..especially the wanna be cops.....hey even the ones that drive crown vics w/ tinted glass and antennas on the trunk....frikin gay

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