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Subject:Re: Dont blink your lights! *GANG DANGER*
Date:Tue, 22 Apr 1997 21:36:26 PST

I blink five people a day for the last twenty years..Guess I am beating
the odds a bit.
Good Luck
Ken Lewis

On Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:17:59 -0500 vanbondo@primenet.com (jim ellis)
writes:
>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.Peace, (please)