# Do you flash your headlights to warn of speedtraps?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flash-your-headlights-to-warn-of-speedtraps/442797>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 26, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flash-your-headlights-to-warn-of-speedtraps/442797 "2008-03-26T15:25:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flash-your-headlights-to-warn-of-speedtraps/442797/81 "2008-03-29T07:33:56Z")

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Yes. Government gave me a $196 fine and since then I’ve made it my mission. I keep count of how many speeders I’ve warned and so far I reckon that $196 has cost the government $5292 in lost revenue.

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