Only in South Africa
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This trend started in America a couple of decades ago because it was a well known road tactic to drive with your headlights on during the day to let oncoming traffic know that there was a speed trap ahead. Eventually, law enforcement started a campaign of "lights on for safety" encouraging people to drive with their lights on during the day to nullify this tactic. Eventually some automakers started making this a feature on cars so that they would stay on all the time, no doubt to the delight of the headlight manufacturers. In Florida, it's been law for a long time that you have to have your lights on when it rains, which makes practical sense. Requiring people to turn on headlights on a clear, bright, sunny day is pretty silly. At least until you understand the ulterior motives of how it began... Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
Oh heavens no, they thwarted us by making us keep the lights on at all times! We normally flash our lights twice to indicate a speedtrap. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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Oh heavens no, they thwarted us by making us keep the lights on at all times! We normally flash our lights twice to indicate a speedtrap. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Paul Watson wrote: We normally flash our lights twice to indicate a speedtrap. In the states, that tactic was the predecessor of leaving the lights on. The police started pulling people over and giving them "obstruction of justice" tickets for flashing the headlights, which was hard for the driver to otherwise justify. That then migrated to the tactic of leaving the lights on during the day, which was a bit less overt. Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
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Paul Watson wrote: We normally flash our lights twice to indicate a speedtrap. In the states, that tactic was the predecessor of leaving the lights on. The police started pulling people over and giving them "obstruction of justice" tickets for flashing the headlights, which was hard for the driver to otherwise justify. That then migrated to the tactic of leaving the lights on during the day, which was a bit less overt. Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
Few cases of that here as well, has not really stopped people though. So many anti-speedtrap ideas have sprung up though. One involves SMSing speedtrap locations to a website. The website then publishes it. Then, if you have GPS in your car, you can get a little app which beeps when you are nearing a known speedtrap location. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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Few cases of that here as well, has not really stopped people though. So many anti-speedtrap ideas have sprung up though. One involves SMSing speedtrap locations to a website. The website then publishes it. Then, if you have GPS in your car, you can get a little app which beeps when you are nearing a known speedtrap location. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Of course, I'm philosophically opposed to all such things, since they constitute methods of breaking the law. The only reason I have a radar detector in the Vette is to impress girls with the neat flashing lights. Really. Paul Watson wrote: Einstein says... :laugh: :applause: :laugh: Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
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Oh heavens no, they thwarted us by making us keep the lights on at all times! We normally flash our lights twice to indicate a speedtrap. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
i can't do that with my car, since the lights are on whenever the emergency brake is off - and there's no way to turn them off. i suppose i could pull the brake twice, quickly, while zipping down the highway ... :) ClickPic | ImgSource | CheeseWeasle
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i can't do that with my car, since the lights are on whenever the emergency brake is off - and there's no way to turn them off. i suppose i could pull the brake twice, quickly, while zipping down the highway ... :) ClickPic | ImgSource | CheeseWeasle
You can blip from low to high beam and back, right? and lol, a hand-break slide on the freeway might be fun :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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You can blip from low to high beam and back, right? and lol, a hand-break slide on the freeway might be fun :-D regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
Paul Watson wrote: You can blip from low to high beam and back, right? yeah, but where i'm from that means "hey, your brights are on!!!" ClickPic | ImgSource | CheeseWeasle
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This trend started in America a couple of decades ago because it was a well known road tactic to drive with your headlights on during the day to let oncoming traffic know that there was a speed trap ahead. Eventually, law enforcement started a campaign of "lights on for safety" encouraging people to drive with their lights on during the day to nullify this tactic. Eventually some automakers started making this a feature on cars so that they would stay on all the time, no doubt to the delight of the headlight manufacturers. In Florida, it's been law for a long time that you have to have your lights on when it rains, which makes practical sense. Requiring people to turn on headlights on a clear, bright, sunny day is pretty silly. At least until you understand the ulterior motives of how it began... Christopher Duncan Today's Corporate Battle Tactic Unite the Tribes: Ending Turf Wars for Career and Business Success The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
I read once about an Italian T-shirt company, who made white shirts with a black diagonal stripe, so drivers could get away without wearing their seat belts.:doh: "For all of our languages, we cannot communicate" - Christy Moore, Natives
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:laugh: Link? Or did you get the fine? :~ I was surprised to find that in Sweden it's illegal to drive in the day with your lights off - but at least in their climate it's understandable. But in bright, sunny SA? Is this specifically for the holiday season Arrive Alive campaign?
Look at the world about you and trust to your own convictions. - Ansel Adams
Meg's World - Blog Photography - The product of my passionmegan there was a story about it on www.iol.co.za[^] a couple of days ago ... im sure u can dig it up if u look its completely retarded and soooooo south african :laugh:
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Few cases of that here as well, has not really stopped people though. So many anti-speedtrap ideas have sprung up though. One involves SMSing speedtrap locations to a website. The website then publishes it. Then, if you have GPS in your car, you can get a little app which beeps when you are nearing a known speedtrap location. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Brian Welsch wrote: "blah blah blah, maybe a potato?" while translating my Afrikaans. Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...