# Flashing Headlights **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 27, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381 "2000-01-27T15:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/21 "2000-01-28T06:00:00Z")
Beat ya, Doc. ---
**Author:** ![CatInHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CatInHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInHat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/22 "2000-01-28T06:01:00Z")
Wow. Great minds think alike, huh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/23 "2000-01-28T06:02:00Z")
Anybody want any bets on how long it takes for the personal attacks to start? ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/24 "2000-01-28T06:04:00Z")
I’d say by his next post, Glitch. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/25 "2000-01-28T06:05:00Z")
CatInHat: I heard something similar (don’t know the details) and I never did hear how the case came out. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![SterlingNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@SterlingNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SterlingNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/26 "2000-01-28T06:05:00Z")
$50 on three hours. * * * This drive-by posting has been brought to you by **[www.snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com)**. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/27 "2000-01-28T06:06:00Z")
At last. A _real_ urban legend/ er jp[r! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/28 "2000-01-28T06:07:00Z")
Oops. That was “we hope”. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/29 "2000-01-28T06:10:00Z")
Gaudere: You didn’t, by any chance, mean me, did you? Just asking. ---
**Author:** ![CatInHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CatInHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInHat)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/30 "2000-01-28T06:14:00Z")
David, I don’t know much more than what I already posted. I seem to remember that the car manufacturer picked up some of the costs of the trial. I’ll poke around a bit and see what I can find. * * * Never attribute to malice anything that can be attributed to stupidity. – Unknown ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/31 "2000-01-28T06:18:00Z")
No, of course not you, Lib. Read the last two pages of the “Mormonism” thread to see why some of us have a somewhat jaundiced view of a certain poster who is advocating belief in an UL. (At least, I’m pretty sure that’s what Glitch was referring to.) ---
**Author:** ![Glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@Glitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glitch)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/32 "2000-01-28T06:27:00Z")
Lib, definitely not you. A big 10-4 on that. About as not you as not you can get. You mean nasty communist you (see Mormonism page 3). ---
**Author:** ![NewtonsApple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@NewtonsApple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NewtonsApple)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/33 "2000-01-28T06:27:00Z")
Urban legend? Um yeah thats it. The gangs were young suburban white middle class kids. In fact our high school was even given a lecture about the incidents. They were happening in Rocklin and South Sacramento. Both neighborhoods arent great, and the kids are all wanna bes. Vanilla Ice-esque. So thank you again there nay-sayers. They never suceeded in killing anyone, just vandalizing the cars, and I believe once shot at one. Most UL’s come from the exageration or added details of a SINGLE incident of truthful basis. Some dont, but thats why MOST not ALL is used. David you disgust me. Leave me alone, this is a demand not a request. I choose not to be found in the company of such a lowly heel biter. I’ll refrain from comment on you, you do the same in regards to me. End it. -N ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/34 "2000-01-28T06:29:00Z")
So what’d I win, Glitch? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/35 "2000-01-28T06:30:00Z")
OK, which one of you guys is Newton’s Apple? * * * Livin’ on Tums, vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/36 "2000-01-28T06:31:00Z")
techchick68 wrote: > [@](#): > > I also do it to a trucker when he/she wants to get in front of me and it’s safe to do so. Be careful you use the right protocol in that case, so’s you don’t tell him it’s safe to merge when he’s still alongside you. And be aware that the protocol is reversed at night. Truckers can do one thing that regular cars can’t: They can flash their running lights off while keeping their headlights on. (They use this as a “thanks, buddy!” signal after they’ve merged successfully.) Almost all cars are wired so that in order to turn the headlights on, you must also turn on the running lights. * * * The truth, as always, is more complicated than that. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/37 "2000-01-28T06:32:00Z")
Ok, Gaudere wins – his next post it was! NA (hmmm, must stand for “Not Applicable”) whined to try to defend what is a well-known urban legend, and then said: > [@](#): > > David you disgust me. Yeah, well, people who insist on the facts have that effect on some people. Guess you’re one of 'em. > [@](#): > > Leave me alone, this is a demand not a request. I don’t care if it’s an order from God. I’ll post to you whenever I feel like it. You can’t get away with posting bullshit just because you don’t like to hear that it’s bullshit. > [@](#): > > I choose not to be found in the company of such a lowly heel biter. You’re free not to return to this message board. Nobody’s making you stay. In fact, considering your behavior in the last couple days, I bet few would shed a single tear. > [@](#): > > I’ll refrain from comment on you, you do the same in regards to me. You do what you want. But if you continue to post bullshit, I’ll continue to point out that it stinks. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Zambezi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/38 "2000-01-28T06:33:00Z")
Oh the sweet irony! :::::smirking with self satadsfaction::::: God, that post just made my day. A perferct follow up from " does money make you smarter?" Too bad the OP wasn’t, “does money make you gullible?” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Zambezi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mr.Zambezi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zambezi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/39 "2000-01-28T06:37:00Z")
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**Author:** ![NewtonsApple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@NewtonsApple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NewtonsApple)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381/40 "2000-01-28T06:39:00Z")
Shining example of the A\*\*hole known as DAVDIB moderator. You realize that you are such a world famous ass that people even talk about you on other boards? I think thats where these people who haunt and want to kill you come from. Take some time and search the net Davey, ya might see what I mean. Might I also ask why no other administrator nor moderator has had or has any problem with me, just you? Maybe its you David, maybe you are a bitch with no one else to bitch at. The kid everyone picked on and hated as a child, now empowered to rule a board on the net. Typical psychology of people like you, you either become a cop, or a system admin. I’ll be the first to say, give me an address so I can mail 5$ to contribute to your help. -N [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flashing-headlights/17381.md?page=3)