Flash Lights on car

kh8

hey can someone flash lights at someone? Is it legal in a car?
cheers

colm_mcm

It's not illegal in itself.

Obviously if you're doing it to alert another driver to a speed trap for example, or in the middle of a drugs dropoff it wouldn't be favourably looked on.

MetzgerMeister

FYI when it comes to warning someone about a speed trap, the whole obstruction of justice thing overrides the freedom of information act.

filbert the fox

kh8 wrote: »

hey can some1 flash lights at some1 is it legal in a car cheers

Presumably the flash function exists for a reason, does it not?

cml387

filbert the fox wrote: »

Presumably the flash function exists for a reason, does it not?

That's actually a good question. For what reason does it exist?

colm_mcm

Funnily enough in Japanese cars it says it's for passing.

filbert the fox

cml387 wrote: »

That's actually a good question. For what reason does it exist?

To:

inform sleepy drivers that their own lights are not on (day or night)

prompt behaviour from other drivers .

inform other drivers that they're doing odd things - like driving with a boot lid unsecured e.g.

give notice that the side of the road they're on is your side.

Etcetera.

kh8

colm_mcm wrote: »

It's not illegal in itself.

Obviously if you're doing it to alert another driver to a speed trap for example, or in the middle of a drugs dropoff it wouldn't be favourably looked on.

it some lad saying im flashing lights on a bumpe road and thinks im flashing lights at him thanks

colm_mcm

No that wouldn't be illegal.

What they could get you on would be driving without reasonable consideration or dangerous driving.

If I were you I'd double check that your headlight units are secure and that your beam is properly set.

What car is it?

Jayop

I flashed a car last night for not dipping their lights quick enough only to realise a few seconds later it was a Garda car.

Oops. :pac:

kh8

Jayop wrote: »

I flashed a car last night for not dipping their lights quick enough only to realise a few seconds later it was a Garda car.

Oops. :pac:

did they do anything

slimjimmc

colm_mcm wrote: »

No that wouldn't be illegal.

What they could get you on would be driving without reasonable consideration or dangerous driving.

If I were you I'd double check that your headlight units are secure and that your beam is properly set.

What car is it?

Some bumpy surfaces can give the impression of someone flashing lights even with secure properly aligned lamps. No offence in such circumstances.

kh8

colm_mcm wrote: »

No that wouldn't be illegal.

What they could get you on would be driving without reasonable consideration or dangerous driving.

If I were you I'd double check that your headlight units are secure and that your beam is properly set.

What car is it?

ya every thing is set just passed nct is it legal to flash lights anyway

colm_mcm

Your car could pass an bit but still have brackets loose that would cause them to move when going over a bump.

Jayop

kh8 wrote: »

did they do anything

Dipped their lights.

Thankfully it was right next to my house so I was off the road within seconds. I doubt they would have done though as they were in the wrong by not dipping till I warned them.

Also, it was local country cops so I doubt they would have done anything anyway.

kh8

Jayop wrote: »

Dipped their lights.

Thankfully it was right next to my house so I was off the road within seconds. I doubt they would have done though as they were in the wrong by not dipping till I warned them.

Also, it was local country cops so I doubt they would have done anything anyway.

they couldnt have done anything anyway if they had ther fulls on

webpal

I often wonder, why do we flash people when we see a speed van? Whats the first thing they do....slow down. As statistics show, speed kills, so if you think someone is speeding, flash at them. If you see someone speeding by a speed van, leave em off, hopefully they'll get caught and justice will be done.

kh8

colm_mcm wrote: »

Your car could pass an bit but still have brackets loose that would cause them to move when going over a bump.

if you flash some one driving for d crak could something be done about it

Into The Blue

webpal wrote: »

I often wonder, why do we flash people when we see a speed van? Whats the first thing they do....slow down. As statistics show, speed kills, so if you think someone is speeding, flash at them. If you see someone speeding by a speed van, leave em off, hopefully they'll get caught and justice will be done.

Just following your logic there that speed kills. If you flash them and they slow down, then you're saving lives every time you flash..

eringobragh

webpal wrote: »

I often wonder, why do we flash people when we see a speed van? Whats the first thing they do....slow down. As statistics show, speed kills, so if you think someone is speeding, flash at them. If you see someone speeding by a speed van, leave em off, hopefully they'll get caught and justice will be done.

Jayop

webpal wrote: »

I often wonder, why do we flash people when we see a speed van? Whats the first thing they do....slow down. As statistics show, speed kills, so if you think someone is speeding, flash at them. If you see someone speeding by a speed van, leave em off, hopefully they'll get caught and justice will be done.

I'd agree with you if I didn't think that the vast majority of the placements of the speed vans were anything more than a money making scheme.

On my way to work there's 2 locations where the traps are allowed. One of them I have no issue with and agree that it's a dangerous location. The other is simply shooting fish in a barrell. It's a 50kmph zone in a rural area and they were there last night at midnight. Saving lives my arse.

pajero12

Jayop wrote: »

I'd agree with you if I didn't think that the vast majority of the placements of the speed vans were anything more than a money making scheme.

On my way to work there's 2 locations where the traps are allowed. One of them I have no issue with and agree that it's a dangerous location. The other is simply shooting fish in a barrell. It's a 50kmph zone in a rural area and they were there last night at midnight. Saving lives my arse.

But aren't speed vans placed at areas where there's already been a crash or fatality?

artanevilla

webpal wrote: »

I often wonder, why do we flash people when we see a speed van? Whats the first thing they do....slow down. As statistics show, speed kills, so if you think someone is speeding, flash at them. If you see someone speeding by a speed van, leave em off, hopefully they'll get caught and justice will be done.

May as well fit a strobe light to the bonnet in that case.

MarkAnthony

cml387 wrote: »

That's actually a good question. For what reason does it exist?

Dogging.

Ant695

pajero12 wrote: »

But aren't speed vans placed at areas where there's already been a crash or fatality?

That's what they say but I see them regularly in spots where I don't ever recall there being any kind of accident never mind a bad one.

I agree with the idea of making people slow down as there are some shocking cases on the roads every day but some of the locations I would question based on them saying only at site of serious accidents.

kh8

cud u flash som1 for d crak would that be legal

ohnonotgmail

kh8 wrote: »

if you flash some one driving for d crak could something be done about it

why would you want to do that? its idiotic.

MarkAnthony

kh8 wrote: »

cud u flash som1 for d crak would that be legal

See dogging comment above, but be advised it might not be the crack you're looking for.

Jayop

pajero12 wrote: »

But aren't speed vans placed at areas where there's already been a crash or fatality?

So? Just because there was a crash or a fatality doesn't mean that it's a bad spot for speeding or a place where speeding is particularly dangerous. In Sligo there's a place called Ballinacarrow and they park in private property in a closed Petrol Station at 3/4 in the morning getting people going maybe 10kmph over the limit in the dead of night when no-one is around. They aren't people who are hurting anyone or driving badly.

There's another location they are on regularly about 5 miles south of there and it's a terrible spot for dangerous speeding. No issue with them being there.

It's tactics like these that are causing people to lose any respect they may have had for them. Like I said, in bad stretches of road or places where speeding is genuinely dangerous I have no problem but that's just silly.

Ant695

Funny thing with them is though for example when the donegal rally was on in june and it would be like fish in a barell there was none to be seen and alot of the people who turn up for that could do with being caught.

Back on topic in relation to flashing lights in relation to another thread on here from months ago I asked a friend in traffic division about flashing lights and it's use to draw someones attention be it to the fact that they haven't dipped or that you are about to overtake is considered good practice as it gets peoples attention and focuses them. So as long as your not just flashing at random people for the craic or driving on someones bumper flashing repeatedly which could be considered intimitdating not much wrong with it. And the obvious alerting people to speedtraps/checkpoints is frowned upon.

davidoco

In Egypt on rural roads AT NIGHT they drive holding the flash down if necessary to see (they get more moonlight) and then if meeting someone flash the lights like crazy. It s an absolute nightmare because if they opposing driver doesn't flash they'll start horn blowing.

kh8

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

why would you want to do that? its idiotic.

never said i was doing that just to back it up if people think im flashing on a bump e road.. it looks like people do be flashing me but i know its the bumpe road

*Kol*

davidoco wrote: »

In Egypt on rural roads AT NIGHT they drive holding the flash down if necessary to see (they get more moonlight) and then if meeting someone flash the lights like crazy. It s an absolute nightmare because if they opposing driver doesn't flash they'll start horn blowing.

I remember them driving in the dark with no lights on at all with the odd flash of the headlights. Surreal.

biko

Don't flash.
Don't text speak.