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Does anyone blink thier brights at red lights to change them?

Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:21 pm
Posted by NATidefan
Two hours North of Birmingham
Member since Dec 2008
36359 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:21 pm
Works on a lot of red lights. The thread about running the red arrow light made wonder who else knew the bright lights trick.
Posted by SwaggerCopter
H TINE HOL IT DINE
Member since Dec 2012
27233 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:22 pm to
There is no way this shite works.
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
8985 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:22 pm to
mind blown
Posted by lsufan_26
Member since Feb 2004
12559 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:23 pm to
Sounds like a good way to seem like an a-hole
Posted by Grassy1
Member since Oct 2009
6278 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:24 pm to
Sometimes, when I'm drunk I do.

But my fav thing to do, is when it rarely happens, but when I'm lucky enough to be behind a car, with a cop in front of them...

start honkin like hell as soon as the light turns green.

Posted by TheDude321
Member since Sep 2005
3170 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:38 pm to
quote:

Works on a lot of red lights.


Yeah, and sometimes it takes a lot longer for some red lights to react to your brights than others.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 10:07 am
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:38 pm to
I use to

someone told me that doing that does nothing so I don't anymore
Posted by pivey14
In Your Head
Member since Mar 2012
15445 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:41 pm to
It's for emergency vehicles and is highly illegal.
Posted by TigerFanDan
BFE
Member since Jul 2008
885 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:53 pm to
Holy shite, you gumps think the sun rises and sets in saban's arse and now you think the traffic lights change for YOU. Put on your sneakers and your jogging suit and shove those 2 rolls of quarters up your arse, that spaceship should be coming soon.
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
Reseda
Member since Feb 2007
18971 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:54 pm to
It doesn't work.

I still do it.
Posted by NFLSU
Screwston, Texas
Member since Oct 2014
16708 posts
Posted on 11/28/14 at 10:56 pm to
Works in my hometown
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164657 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 12:24 am to
Yeah I do that shite.

How do ambulances change the lights. At newer signals in Baton Rouge they'll all change to red for how ever long as the ambulance is driving through and then re-cycle after it passes.
Posted by CaliforniaTiger
The Land of Fruits and Nuts
Member since Dec 2007
5309 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 1:05 am to
Never heard of such crap
Posted by lsufan9193969700
3 miles from B.R.
Member since Sep 2003
55180 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 1:36 am to
Wow...I don't know what to think...
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
17906 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 2:24 am to
Works about as much as snapping your fingers and pointing at the traffic light.

I had a roommate that used to do that.
Posted by ELLSSUU
Member since Jan 2005
7330 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:36 am to
Posted by Mr Fusion
The American Dream City
Member since Dec 2010
7457 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 9:02 am to
Sometimes if the light is taking forever and I'm a passenger when we are in the right lane, I jump out and press the crosswalk button next to me. It gets the light to change colors faster.
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
31964 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 9:06 am to
Omg.......the video detection cameras use detection zone software that defines an area actuated by the cars presence. It does not use headlights!

The controller sequences because the camera senses the car nd the previous minimum green time has expired.

Now, if you are talking about Opticom emergency vehicle detection (the small black trumpets), they work with special emitters that vehicles are equipped with and are not affected by headlights.




Humans and their foil hats....
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 9:09 am
Posted by meangene323
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
815 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 9:08 am to
quote:

NATidefan Does anyone blink thier brights at red lights to change them? Works on a lot of red lights. The thread about running the red arrow light made wonder who else knew the bright lights trick.


This has got to be the dumbest thing I have ever read. I generally consider it a stereotype that gumps are dumb, perhaps inbred, rednecks but you certainly fit into this category. Trust me from someone who knows a little more than the average guy this in no way works anywhere.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75391 posts
Posted on 11/29/14 at 9:29 am to
Urban legend
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