Had someone on 295S do it to me 295N I wasn't going fast anyways but sure enough one was patrolling next to the welcome to RI sign

That was knocked down on appeal. It's protected by freedom of speech because it's a communication method, just like your clothes are protected.

but you still need to have navigation open, are people really using navigation to go to work and get home everyday?
If I'm going somewhere out of the norm, I'll mark it on google maps, but I still flash my lights.

Generally speaking books, libraries, and google are the place to go for facts.

reddit is the place for creativity, discussion, and debate.

Still using Waze.

And during the day?

No, I mean for getting angry at someone

Not to discourage you from seeking info here, but this is exactly the sort of thing your local librarian would be able to help with.

I think we’d have to get you two together and let you duke it out.
And then apologize to Webstuh’.

I still do it

I still do it.

When I was younger, I used to do this. I thought I was being a bro and protecting another bro from being harassed by the man.

As an adult, I now understand that some chode racing at 65mph down a 25 mph road is a potential threat to innocent pedestrians or other drivers. There is a speed limit for a reason.

Sometimes ignorant people need to take the hit to learn.

I honestly have no idea why people in relatively new cars ever turn their headlights off…. basically very new car has an ‘Auto’ setting for headlights. No idea why people don’t use it.

Absolutely, fuck the police. Someone saved me the other day.

Take lots of pictures and screen shot all texts to the landlord.

Having bought homes in Colorado (and sold) and Rhode Island in the last five years, they’re different beasts. The homes here can be significantly older and different setups that what you may be used to in CO. For example, our house in Thornton had the furnace in the attic, apparently that’s common out there, but was new to me.

Whatever you do, get an inspection and trust your gut!

All you're doing is blinding oncoming traffic. Just use Waze.

I think it’s interesting. I have enough going on in my life to worry if I flashed too many times or not enough or whatever code, but I do find it interesting. We are all different people with different ideas, I appreciate your input weather I use it or not, so thank you. None of us will ever please all of us.

Welcome to waraq!!!

So. I strongly suggest asking questions before assuming. While I am white. My wife isn’t. So when we are driving yeah. We are targeted and have been. As our our kids 2 of the 3 are driving age. It’s a bit of the “talking down” when you are explaining to someone something they live through daily.

And it still doesn’t negate the NO. Usually cops are looking out for speeding and reckless behavior. I don’t have the time normally to identifying the ethnicity of another driver as their passing me. Anymore than most cops can either. The majority of racially motivated and targeting happens when the officer FOLLOWS someone and looks up their info and/or takes the time to identify the driver.

Flashing at someone hauling ass past you that there is a cop ahead is warning them for only one of two reasons 1) slow down it’s a speed trap or 2) slow down there is an emergency incident ahead.

And I’d flash someone for 2. But definitely not for 1. I want them pulled over and given a ticket dammit.

This right here. I'm 60, I do not flash to warn and ignore when someone else flashes anymore. Why? because people flash for everything just like a previous poster mentioned. Also, being blinded by someone else's high beams at night is not a courtesy, it's an a-hole move.

Evidently it's a controversial opinion of mine, so YMMV. Seems like people have a lot of strong opinions on the topic.

Thanks, I had no idea. I always did the checklist, if you flashed your headlights at me I of coarse check my headlights first, then my speed for police, then all my surroundings. If I’m letting a semi out/in, I never counted, just always assumed the communication was understood.

So is jaywalking

Gen X thanks very much. Unwillingness to see another point of view and I'm never wrong - classic rhode island