Following yesterday's discussions about the merits of and issues wirh flashing bicycle headlights, I looked up the laws in North American States and Provinces in addition to European countries. They are indeed banned in several legislations, while other have limitations on frequency.
The California case is a grey one. Flashing lights there are banned for all vehicles with the exception of those specified; the list does not include bicycles. I am unsure if other states have similar grey areas and so do not take this post as legal advice.
by PrinterFred
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Dang, illegal in Washington? I used to commute by bike in Seattle and would regularly use flashing headlight. The only time I got pulled over by police was for running a red light, treating it like a stop sign, with no cars in sight.
I didn’t know they were illegal in Ontario. Toronto’s [bike share](https://globalnews.ca/video/5417034/everything-you-need-to-know-about-bike-share-toronto) system has flashing front and rear lights.