Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
According to
F.S. 316.2397 it is illegal for any vehicle to have flashing lights:
[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=-1](7) Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as a means of indicating a right or left turn, to change lanes, or to indicate that the vehicle is lawfully stopped or disabled upon the highway or except that the lamps authorized in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9) and s.
316.235(5) are permitted to flash.
I'm not sure if our running with head/taillights in blink mode would violate this or not.
In Washington State, blinking tail lights are specifically legal for bicycles, as a specific exception to the law banning flashing lights on any vehicle.
Since the law specifically addresses bicycle tail lights as an exception to the blanket prohibition on blinking lights, it's reasonable to assume the Legislature did consider bicycles when drafting the law, and since they didn't allow blinking headlights, blinking headlights are covered by the blanket ban.
RCW 46.37.280
Special restrictions on lamps.
(3) Flashing lights are prohibited except as required in RCW 46.37.190, 46.37.200, 46.37.210, 46.37.215, and 46.37.300, warning lamps authorized by the state patrol, and light-emitting diode flashing
taillights on bicycles.