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Originally Posted by Littlebear
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Originally Posted by 4Hockey4
I got pulled late 80's on a bridge over 495 doing that, and it was police coming the other way, and he turned around me and pulled me. I asked him what I did, and he said flashed my beams. I laughed....he wasn't amused so I told him I hit them by accident.
He let me go.
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It has been found legal, as a 1A right of communication, sort of like using your horn.
But then, somehow, Virginia won't let you use radar detectors.  |
Using your horn has rules, just like using your brights. By law, I can cite you for using your horn for anything other than emergency purposes (...
27001 CVC). Obviously it's something that an officer rarely does, BUT......they can. I have used it before as reason to stop a car whose driver I wanted to check out. I've also used 22517 CVC (...
vehicle door impeding the roadway) to check out a gangster parked in front of a gangster pad. The law states that you can only have the driver/passenger side door(s) open long enough to ingress/egress the vehicle if that open door impedes the roadway for other vehicles. Knowing the vehicle code provides a myriad of reasons to conduct investigatory stops.