Alternately flashing headlights

[gshughes]

Anyone know the legal position on these ? Can't be that hard to wire up, and would be one way to deal with lane hoggers. I know blue lights are an absolute no no, but these seem like a bit of a grey area

[CraigAlsop]

Setting up a switch that simultaneously switched on mainbeam & off foglights, then vice versa would be a better bet. You could then drive along flicking the switch
I think that they could still get you for impersonating a police officer, or something similar.

[mel]

No officer I was impersonating an ambulance

[loaf]

You can buy an alternating relay from SP Services for about 50 quid. Wouldn't advise it though, it's a legal grey area and you'd probably get clobbered if the outside lane hog you were flashing was a plain wrapper Plodmobile.

[marki]

mungo said: Why on earth would you want them????

terrorising the outside lane i guess

[Marcos maniac]

we have go them fitted to one of our vans, it does headlights, spots and indicators
Used for AR work,

[s2ooz]

I had them on my audi S4. brilliant. I only used them sensibly, but it cut my drive to work down considerbrly, avoided use on motorway, unless there was a blatant hogger holding up the traffic.

[gnomesmith]

Construction and Use Regs, paraphrased require a minimum of two headlamps which must be capable of being switched on or off simultaeneously by one switch.

Alternating headlamps would seem to be illegal on the road rather than in a grey area.

[Byff]

could you fit two stobe lights behind the grill - white of course?

[JohnL]

I'm just imagining this with popup headlights

[regmolehusband]

I reckon it wouldn't be long before a driver noted down your reg no. and you'd be getting a visit from the BiB.

[marki]

JohnL said: I'm just imagining this with popup headlights

my old Wedge had trouble getting them both up at the same time any how

[neil_cardiff]

marki said:

JohnL said: I'm just imagining this with popup headlights

my old Wedge had trouble getting them both up at the same time any how

It's not your lights that have trouble getting up, really is it..?

Edited to say - ah the good old days...a thread slowly degenerating into smut...



>> Edited by neil_cardiff on Wednesday 12th February 09:27

[mel]

Almost related and nearly on topic.

But when I was in my local motor factors yesterday the w@nkers window caught my eye on the way out, as blue flashing lights do tend to get your attention. They were selling for £16 blue strobe lights that can be fitted into clear lensed indicators in exactly the same way that some patrol cars have them, along with high intensity dash mounted blue strobes that plug into the ciggie lighter.

Now is it just me or is this particulary concerning as any scroat can now easily impersonate an un marked car and pull people over. I'm now certainly of the opinion that if I'm not sure of the legitamsy of a pull I'm not stopping. I'll drive to nearest plod station and sort it out there and have said to both my mum and wife that unless its a fully marked jam sandwich (or is that dayglo battenburg now days) they should do the same.

Quick question though to MC would that count as a "failure to stop" offence ??

[rob.ellis]

mungo said: "please can you provide me with escort?"

>> Edited by mungo on Tuesday 11th February 12:03

Or Mens World, Playboy.. etc?

:illgetmecoat:

[Fatboy]

Now is it just me or is this particulary concerning as any scroat can now easily impersonate an un marked car and pull people over. I'm now certainly of the opinion that if I'm not sure of the legitamsy of a pull I'm not stopping. I'll drive to nearest plod station and sort it out there and have said to both my mum and wife that unless its a fully marked jam sandwich (or is that dayglo battenburg now days) they should do the same.

Quick question though to MC would that count as a "failure to stop" offence ??

That is perfectly legal, my dad used to say he wouldn't even stop for a marked car when he was carrying stock (a lot of diamond jewellery). And his company used to tell their reps not to stop, but go directly to a police station as policy

[marki]

neil_cardiff said:

marki said:

JohnL said: I'm just imagining this with popup headlights

my old Wedge had trouble getting them both up at the same time any how

It's not your lights that have trouble getting up, really is it..?

Edited to say - ah the good old days...a thread slowly degenerating into smut...



>> Edited by neil_cardiff on Wednesday 12th February 09:27

Oi Taffy ,,,,, or should i say Canuck there is nothing wrong with my appliances

yakky dah

[richard sails]

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That is perfectly legal, my dad used to say he wouldn't even stop for a marked car when he was carrying stock (a lot of diamond jewellery). And his company used to tell their reps not to stop, but go directly to a police station as policy

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I do not know if it is legal but I do know Securicor vans will not stop, one hit my dad a few years ago and carried on. Secoricor driver later admitted the incident although he did not go to the police station to report it, he just carried on with his pickups as if nothing had happened. If my dad had given chase then I suspect he would have headed towards a police station?

Finally getting to the point, the securicor PR man stated that all drivers were under instruction not to stop but to report the accident later.