Originally Posted by
CB HI
There is federal case law from a southern state (Alabama or Georgia maybe) that a man used a flashing blue light for safety when his car broke down. Cops arrested him and the state convicted him for using the blue light. He appealed to Federal Court and won. The Federal Court said the man had a constitutional right to use the light for his safety and as long as he did not attempt to impersonate police (pull someone over, etc.) or endanger others, the state could not prohibit the blue lights use for safety.
If anyone has access to a law library that they can find the case law, please post it.
I assume that a similar case can be made for cyclist safety in using a blinking white head light.
Well, that sure takes the fun out of my occasional use of a blue light. Every so often I put a flashing blue light on the back of my helmet to confuse Bubba a bit and hopefully encourage him to pass me safely. (It works.) Here I was thinking I was being illegal and now you go and rain on my parade. Just for that, I'm going to roll through a stop sign without stopping tomorrow.
