Warning: Don't Flash Your Headlights!

[johncarlos2003]

Hey all-

Apparently, the street gang, the Bloods (organized crime gang, drugs etc., very large, thousands and thousands of members all over the country and lots! here in so. cal) have an innitiation going in on the bay area and so cal- who knows where else, at least as of recently.

The initiation for new members is as follows: drive around with another "pledge" brother with your headlights off. First car that flashes lights at you must be chased down and killed. I don't details/ much else but . . .
So, just be careful- it's a crazy world and this thing is SCARY- even if it happens minimally, ya never know. I don't live in fear but, this year, Ill only be flashing my brights at other air-cooled beauties!

Anyway . . . back to the Porsche!
See ya on the New Year's Run! Hopefully it won't drizzle this year and we will have no accidents of tickets! Which bring me to another question, JASON CULLEN, did you ever customize the lic. plate on the mean green machine (930)??

[john walker's workshop]

old news.

[Cory M]

urban legend

[Chocaholic]

"Old news"

So what? Are you implying that everyone is aware? Not true.

[madmmac]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp

[Blanco]

dell dude got busted with pot!!!

[dbrisson]

I flash my lights after every radar trap, the police love it

[Danny_Ocean]

The "don't flash your headlights" e-mail story (fairy tale) was the first urban legend I recall receiving....in 1996.

www.snopes.com is your friend.

[Todd Simpson]

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp

[toman]

This is a joke, right? Please?

[johncarlos2003]

Urban legend of not my father is pretty tied in and, ***as you know, urban legends tend to be pretty attractive to re-create to young people trying to create "crazy" "cool" "tough" challenges/ hazings etc- the whole copycat thing ya know-


Point is, as a judge who has recently (actually, as we speak) sitting over a trial of two men who did this and have shared recent rehashing of this insane hazing, Im just sharing it as I hear it- it it actively going on- at least once in a while- that's enough for me-

I hear ya on the it's an old story but kids often dig on this kinda stuff and want to "try it out"- two just did- anyway, flash if you wanna! especially at 911s!

[Danny_Ocean]

Judge's name? Court? Link to newspaper article?

This is the epitomy of a "choking doberman" story.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choking_Doberman

No references in Google News:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=headlights+shooting+-Gus&sa=N&start=0

[LakeCleElum]

Bring it on, I'd be standing in a pile of brass up to my knees....

[johncarlos2003]

It's kinda funny when you think about it, if someone did chase us, we should be able to evade them in the twisties!

[SandyI]

Don't urban legends belong in OFF TOPIC?

[Formerly Steve Wilkinson]

The basic elements of an urban legend invariably are that it never happened to the person recounting it, only to "a friend," "a relative" or, most frequently, "A friend of a friend." And that the friend or relative is of some assumedly admirable occupation--a priest, an airline pilot, a cop, a college professor, a judge. Nobody ever quotes a hooker, bartender, drug dealer, care salesman, magazine writer...

[MRM]

Is there anyone here who didn't know this was an urban legend in the 90s? When the Bloods and Crips were real news?

[Danny_Ocean]

Originally posted by MRM
Is there anyone here who didn't know this was an urban legend in the 90s? When the Bloods and Crips were real news?

Well..apparently there are two.

[Hoss3.0]

Originally posted by Formerly Steve Wilkinson
The basic elements of an urban legend invariably are that it never happened to the person recounting it, only to "a friend," "a relative" or, most frequently, "A friend of a friend." And that the friend or relative is of some assumedly admirable occupation--a priest, an airline pilot, a cop, a college professor, a judge. Nobody ever quotes a hooker, bartender, drug dealer, care salesman, magazine writer...

Admirable occupation and airline pilot in the same sentence...Interesting! Speaking as an active airline pilot..."There ain't nothing admirable about being gone from your family and working for a company on the brink of bankruptcy. Unless you really like flight attendants and free pens (ill gotten booty from Delta hotels). Perhaps it should have been included in the last sentence along with hooker, drug dealer, etc...

[Zeke]

Don't drive at night. Problem solved, whether it's true or not. We don't drive at night in LB unless it's necessary. And then, about 1/3 of the city is off-limits.

Yeah, you can move this to OT, but the fact remains that one doesn't want to bring attention to one's self these days.