At 11:17 AM 4/22/97 -0500, jim ellis wrote:
>*Welcome to the new world!* =(
>If you see any car driving without their lights on (at night) DO NOT blink
>your lights at them. Even though you might be thinking that you are doing a
>good deed in desire for saftey, you are, in fact, placing yourself in danger.
>
>There is at least a 50% chance possibility that you may find yourself the
>target of a gang initiation. It seems that some gangs initiate new
>"shooters" by trolling in traffic with their headlights intentionally left
>off. Their goal is to wait until some well intentioned citizen blinks their
>lights at them intending to add to the saftey factor. The good samaritian
>ends up in the crosshairs of the newbie shooter. 
>
>I tend to think that I have a fairly decent "sidewalk diploma" in street
>smarts but this was a new one on me. If I can help keep you and your family
>NOS then all the better.

Ellis,

I hate to shoot you down, but this is a fairly old urban legend.  It has
the U.L. signature of playing on fairly valid fears people have (drive-by
shootings.)

Coyote
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