Flashing headlights, legal or not??????

[I_hate_rust]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alternating-Emerg ... 0068815957

Discovered these on fleebay and was wondering if they are legal for none emegency vehicles ie recovery vans??

[vmac]

seen a kid on one of them police programmes get a fine for driving with them on the highway said he was impersonating police he was also told he had to take them off his cossie, but now i,ve seen them i might get some for my van, but not for pretending to be the police as the last thing i want to be is a copper........

[I_hate_rust]

That's why I thought they were illegal as very nice mister police man (or woman in this day and age) could say that you were trying to impersonate said person.

But I was wondering if using them at the side of the road (when stationary), say when your recovering a vehicle or helping someone and it's in a dark and dangerous place. Would it still be a punishable offence (as your still deemed to be on the high way and not private land).

I appreciate you can you away at them until you've had your fun when your on private grounds.

[vmac]

as long as you,ve got flashing orange beacons and your parked up i can,t see a problem with them, i do know they kill your eyes as you drive towards them, so any moody little copper is giving you a ticket no matter what you say, i,d use them for meets and shows and getting the odd muppet out my way on the motorway, it says in his ad that they are for accidents and breakdowns so they must be legel as such........

[FredTransit]

Like anything else, I don't think it's illegal to have them, just use them. We have em on the amby, got a 'flip flop' relay from EVS, it was about the same price as the ebay one. You just reminded me I wanted to get them for the 'police' van......

[bigmastif]

wig wag lights are a straight no no

but some coppers will turn a blind eye to them on escort vehicles

but they are only emergency vehicles that are allowed them.

there is loads of debates surronding these and red strobes on non emergency vehicles like

abnormal load escort and recovery trucks. i know that the highways agency had them fitted to there new gen troopers but cops soon told em to get them off

[FredTransit]

So as bad as blue lights then? I am surprised about the highways agency, I would have thought they would have got away with it.

[I_hate_rust]

I think I'll just keep them for "peronal" use

Must keep an eye out next time on of the cardiac doctors flys past me and see what they have going on

[Daveyboy]

Seen red strobes on a Highways Agency Discovery on friday

[FredTransit]

They are red though, what IHR was talking about was flashing headlights.

[I_hate_rust]

Like this

[Guy88]

you could make a kit to do that for about £10

[I_hate_rust]

Probably could if I put my mind to it but was just wondering about the legalities.......

[FredTransit]

you could make a kit to do that for about £10

You might be able to, but electrics are not my strong point.....

[I_hate_rust]

I'd need to think about it but I will be back with a circuit diagram on how to do it