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Originally Posted by BogeyBoy
I think the actually law is pertaining to flashing lights on vehicles that are similar to those on emergency vehicles. The law is broad enough that people have been ticketed for flashing their headlights. Here it is:
Title XXIII - 316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.-
(7)Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as a means of indicating a right or left turn, to change lanes, or to indicate that the vehicle is lawfully stopped or disabled upon the highway or except that the lamps authorized in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9) and s. 316.235(5) are permitted to flash.
However if you read (8) it refers to police, etc.:
(8)Subsections (1) and (7) do not apply to police, fire, or authorized emergency vehicles while in the performance of their necessary duties.
So as I read it - 7 says no flashing lights - 8 says unless you are police, fire, etc.
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That's why I said, "flashing lights that warn oncoming motorists of speed enforcement." Police won't stop you if you use flash lights to allow a truck to pull in front of you, or to signal that somebody forgot to turn on their headlight, or to warn oncoming traffic that there is an accident or obstacle in the roadway. But if you do it with the specific intent of warning others about traffic enforcement, there is a law to cover it.