I hope they win the suit. Flashing your lights tells people to slow down. You're doing the cops a favor in my opinion.
Think about how many people who are wanted for crimes or are driving without insurance or whatever else are caught each year, because of what started as a simple traffic stop? In my eyes you may just have warned a criminal who would of otherwise been stopped and apprehended.
Flashing your lights can also mean you're asking oncoming cars to put on their daytime running lights. Think about it. All new cars have running lights for daytime use. Who is to say a driver was just reminding an oncoming driver to put his on. IMO that law is a weak one in court. Cops up here used to cite drivers who did that but I haven't heard it being done nearly as much. Maybe for good reason.
IDK about you, but I've yet to see a car with manual DRLs. They come on automatically.
I've also never flashed my lights to remind someone to put on their DRLs, and I doubt many other people have.
Think about how many people who are wanted for crimes or are driving without insurance or whatever else are caught each year, because of what started as a simple traffic stop? In my eyes you may just have warned a criminal who would of otherwise been stopped and apprehended.
Think about how many people who are wanted for crimes or are driving without insurance or whatever else are caught each year, because of what started as a simple traffic stop? In my eyes you may just have warned a criminal who would of otherwise been stopped and apprehended.
Florida has some stupid laws. Including the "It's your fault if you rear end someone" law. Dealing with a nightmare myself here. Was headed home from work the other night, and some woman in a Jeep thought it would be a great idea to park at a green light with no signals or brake lights on, whatsoever. God knows what the hell she was doing, but after the collision, when I went to go check on her, her cellphone was on her lap :nonono:. By the time I noticed she was stationary, I tried to jump lanes, but there was oncoming traffic behind me. So I had to get on the brakes. Needless to say, you all know what happened next. No offense, to any LEOs out there, but the officer that did the report, fabricated it so all of the blame falls on me. He didn't even mention in there the fight he had to break up with her and her hick boyfriend:dw:, which is who she was probably texting at the light :cuss:. Never ran any sobriety tests on us either.
This law can basically put you in a position where, someone can just jump in front of your car, get on the brakes and leave you liable for bullshit. :nonono:
IDK about you, but I've yet to see a car with manual DRLs. They come on automatically.
I've also never flashed my lights to remind someone to put on their DRLs, and I doubt many other people have.
Think about how many people who are wanted for crimes or are driving without insurance or whatever else are caught each year, because of what started as a simple traffic stop? In my eyes you may just have warned a criminal who would of otherwise been stopped and apprehended.