Do you warn other drivers...??
Was out the other week.. Just cruising as you do on some A/B roads.. I could see that on my side of the road.. Just before a corner.. (Blindish) was a car on my side of the road facing me with hazards on.. Just behind it was an ambulance with lights on.. Not sure what went on or was going on, so I went round it with due care...so having past the 2 vehicles I then (as I always do) gave a couple of flashes of lights and slowly moveing my arm up and down out the window.
A huge lorry coming towards slowed down and gave a big thumbs up:thumb: fine I thought.. Job done.. But I always do it to a few cars just to make sure.. So along came the next car... And he gave a w@anker sign and 2 fingers...:hjtwofing Gave a mumble under me breath and carried on.. Obviously not just for Also do you warn other roads users of police waiting.. Either with a camera or just sat waiting..?? As I understand it it's actually illegal to warn other roads users of police presence. So do you warn other road users of dangers ahead?? |
Originally Posted by mickeymouse
(Post 11707727)
Was out the other week.. Just cruising as you do on some A/B roads.. I could see that on my side of the road.. Just before a corner.. (Blindish) was a car on my side of the road facing me with hazards on.. Just behind it was an ambulance with lights on.. Not sure what went on or was going on, so I went round it with due care...so having past the 2 vehicles I then (as I always do) gave a couple of flashes of lights and slowly moveing my arm up and down out the window.
A huge lorry coming towards slowed down and gave a big thumbs up:thumb: fine I thought.. Job done.. But I always do it to a few cars just to make sure.. So along came the next car... And he gave a w@anker sign and 2 fingers...:hjtwofing Gave a mumble under me breath and carried on.. Obviously not just for Also do you warn other roads users of police waiting.. Either with a camera or just sat waiting..?? As I understand it it's actually illegal to warn other roads users of police presence. So do you warn other road users of dangers ahead?? |
If on a road where an accident has happened I would certainly give on coming traffic the signal to slow down, wether a copper was there or not wouldn't cross my mind.
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I try to warn other road users when there's police about trouble is most don't take any notice ......
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We've been warning others of the speed camera vans presence here in North Wales for years! Such vans can prop up anywhere any time! At the most unfathomable corners; tucked away, waiting for you to bomb past them. I've been a victim of them. Honestly, they're terribly sneaky, so it's the least we can do for other fellow humans i.e. flash our headlights twice to tell them to watch out. It's a learnt behaviour for me, I didn't invent it.
Is it illegal to flash your lights to other cars? :wonder: If it is, then imagine them having two vans. One for catching you speed, and the other one to catch you flash your lights to save others from the speeding catcher one. That will be terrible! |
Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11707744)
Is it illegal to flash your lights to other cars? :wonder: If it is, then imagine them having two vans. One for catching you speed, and the other one to catch you flash your lights to save others from the speeding catcher one. That will be terrible! |
Originally Posted by scoobyboy1
(Post 11707748)
I flashed a police car out of a junction today and he gave me the thumbs up and carried on his duty, I did think to myself is it illegal to flash your lights at other road users as its not recognized in the highway code, but everyone does it.
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Must have just been that one driver then...!! And I only thought it was me who warned.. As I rarely get it back.
Just to clarify.. I think it's illegal to warn other drivers of a police car waiting.. Rather than illegal to flash. |
Originally Posted by scoobyboy1
(Post 11707748)
I flashed a police car out of a junction today and he gave me the thumbs up and carried on his duty, I did think to myself is it illegal to flash your lights at other road users as its not recognized in the highway code, but everyone does it.
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That was one of the purposes (or the reason it was created IIRC) of the AA back in the late 19th century, cyclists were warning other road users of police presence.
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Originally Posted by mickeymouse
(Post 11707751)
Must have just been that one driver then...!! And I only thought it was me who warned.. As I rarely get it back.
Just to clarify.. I think it's illegal to warn other drivers of a police car waiting.. Rather than illegal to flash. Logically thinking, flashing your lights should be banned altogether tbf. |
Originally Posted by warrenm2
(Post 11707752)
Technically speaking the highway code says that flashing your lights is to " let other road users know that you are there." (Rule 110 https://www.gov.uk/general-rules-all...res-107-to-112).
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Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11707754)
Do you mean it may be illegal to warn other drivers of a police car waiting, but you can flash your lights otherwise for all random reasons? For example, what about when you let someone out of a junction by flashing your lights at them? What if the driver from the opposite direction misreads it and carries on bombing up/down the road? What it the one pulling out crashes into him/her?? :confused:
Logically thinking, flashing your lights should be banned altogether tbf. Illegal to warn other road users of a police car/van waiting to catch you.. As for flashing at junctions etc.. Iirc it's frowned upon especially after 'flash for cash' but I don't think it's illegal.. Your very restricted in what you can flash your lights for.. Just can't remember exactly what they are... |
Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11707758)
Does the 'other road users' include o
ther vehicle drivers as well? I think it would, wouldn't it? Sorry, I've forgotten the highway code. |
Originally Posted by mickeymouse
(Post 11707763)
Yes that would be ALL legal road users.. Including push bikes and disability vehicles etc..
I still think that vehicle-to-vehicle flashing headlights should be economised/monitored/regulated massively, as almost everyone seems to flash their lights to thank others, to allow them to pull out etc. I've once even had some chavvy boy racers behind me, flashing their headlights repeatedly, to push me off the fast lane. I was already doing over the NSL i.e. 80 mph, but the idiots wanted to leave me behind eating the dust by doing about a tonne! Honestly, chav kids! :rolleyes: |
Police fined a driver for obstructing a Police officer from cashing in on....ahem...I mean obstructing the Police from performing his duty by flashing drivers warning them of an impending speed trap.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...eed-traps.html |
Motoring groups and legal experts described the move as “petty” and “unnecessary”, claiming it was a grey area of the law being exploited to “tax” drivers.
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Yes, I warn of anything. Esp police scam traps.
I once witnessed an accident on the brow of a hill where a driver, blinded by the rising sun, hit the rear of a car at a roundabout. Me and another guy ran back down the hill and tried to slow drivers and get them to move into the outer lane, as visibility was horrid. Many did so, but one young women gave us the finger, accelerated and ran into the rear of both cars. Karma. |
Originally Posted by Turbohot
(Post 11707771)
Ok, thanks. I'm sure it includes the pedestrians, too.
I still think that vehicle-to-vehicle flashing headlights should be economised/monitored/regulated massively, as almost everyone seems to flash their lights to thank others, to allow them to pull out etc. I've once even had some chavvy boy racers behind me, flashing their headlights repeatedly, to push me off the fast lane. I was already doing over the NSL i.e. 80 mph, but the idiots wanted to leave me behind eating the dust by doing about a tonne! Honestly, chav kids! :rolleyes: |
I think some people just hate being "told what to do."
The van driver probably thought you were some busy body trying to slow him down; I'm surely he felt daft once he got to the hazard. I always warn people when possible. |
Yes I do and did on Friday...except for the prick in the Brand Spanking black X5 who was bullying his way past people overtaking them on a 50mph road....karma lol.
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When I did my HGV test I was waiting to turn right and a car flashed me. At this point I had to inform the examiner that the car had flashed me with a clear intent for me to turn - he agreed.
If you did the same on a car test I was told you would fail? |
Probably not. But car examiners rarely speak, even to answer, unless you ask for an instruction repeated.
On my HGV test I was told to take the next AVAILABLE right turn. Sure enough, next one up was no entry. |
Originally Posted by pimmo2000
(Post 11707898)
If there was space why hadn't you already moved over?
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Yeah I always try to warn others. The usual flashing lights and waving hand to lorries around blind corners, sometimes we get a Motorway Traffic Womble on the M20 parked up between Ashford and Folkestone so I'll tap the brake lights on and off a few times to anyone behind. When I lived in Folkestone, we used to get a mobile speed camera parked up outside my house so I'd post it on facebook for anyone in my area.
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Should have fired it.
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