Originally Posted by ProfessorDave

I, too, agree. I do get what I believe are invitations to race, and also do not make eye contact, and pull away from the light very slowly. I have no interest in being able to declare my car faster or not as fast as someone else's, especially when determined in an illegal street race. I could not live with myself if a street racer even thought I was going to race, flew down the road only to have their faux carbon fiber erector set rear wing fly off and hit some woman pushing a baby stroller. I'm too old for that $hit.

In the olden days when cars where first invented, we just used to flash our reverse lights at someone. This required wiring a switch into the harness leading to the lights, or some darn fancy shifting!