DO NOT FLASH YOUR HEADLIGHTS AT ANY CAR WITH NO LIGHTS ON!! 

West Babylon 03/10/07 - This could be old news but we just heard of it yesterday. While in a store in Deer Park we picked up the below flyer which was printed in Maryland and distributed accross the nation and advises of a Nation Wide Alert not to flash your vehicle headlights at oncoming traffic for any reason.

Reasons people sometimes flash headlights:

• 1 - To alert another driver that his/her lights are not on.
• 2 - Warn oncoming traffic that police are ahead. (not supposed to do it, but alot of people do this)

Here are the reasons you DO NOT want to flash your headlights at oncoming traffic.

In short, gang initiations require new gang members to drive with their lights off until they are flashed. The gang members are then required to immediatly turn around and KILL the people who flashed their lights. Please review the below scanned letter from the District Court of Maryland. The letter is undated.