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Old 05-18-2012, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jeffreydsilver
The universal sign to warn another biker about police activity is tapping the top of your helmet.
I've done this for years. I used it when at Laughlin this year.
Most newbies don't know or care. The "Flashing Lights" can get you a ticket from some cops that don't want you to warn other drivers. It can be called "Interfering".

It can be seen across the Highway better than any "Two Fingers". It is a good way for us Bikers to know when the cagers don't.
 
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Originally Posted by perki48
I guess you just figured out how long I've been around.
Nah all we have to do is look at your avatar. LMAO

You can always try showing the yellow copy of the citation you just got at the speed trap and pointing backwards.
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
Here's the real hazard driving in Nor Cal .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X4tqi7d83M
Should have used the NYC version.......... Gumba wudda just slipped the cop a C-note

 
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Originally Posted by gotnspikes
Universal sign for bikers warning of cops to oncoming bikers is tap tap tap on top of your helmet with hand open flat.
This.

As long as I've been riding in SoCal, this is the standard signal. Seen it used many times.
 
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If I see a LEO and you are haulin ***....I'm not gonna warn you with the tap to the helmet..I like to see all types of vehicles pulled over for speeding
 
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Originally Posted by gotnspikes
Universal sign for bikers warning of cops to oncoming bikers is tap tap tap on top of your helmet with hand open flat. Cagers won't get this unless they ride or have been told, I've heard and used when in cage the two or three flash of the lights.
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CA and all states. SJ Ron
 
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Tap top of helmet three times
 
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Originally Posted by jeffreydsilver

BTW - On the "east coast" flashing your lights at ANY oncoming traffic is a big no no! Gang members use a flashing light as a go ahead into gang initiation. If you're the unlucky one to be so kind as to flash, they just might follow you and kill you! Ain't life great?
That urban myth is worn out.
 
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Thats what I always knew. But my dad was a
truck driver and his dad was CHP

Originally Posted by perki48
I wonder whatever happened to the decades old "trucker" signal. Two fingers held sideways signaled "smokey on the side"?
 
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Old 05-19-2012, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by jeffreydsilver
Urban legend my ***! I hail from NJ, live in Middlesex County, commute thru Union County, work in Plainfield 1 block away from Richmond and South Avenues! You don't want to be tempting fate around here! The police have been thru here more than once "educating" us on what is going on in the neighborhood and how to avoid the pitfalls of not knowing. I'm not infering the whole coast!!!
Yep, urban legend from coast to coast. The Jersey Cops just got YOU to stop flashing your lights ..... so now they can write more tickets!!!!

Dayum Gina!
 
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