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From: monroe@sequent.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Flashing high beams
Message-ID: <414@sequent.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 01:24:06 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 11 01:24:06 1984
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>>  Another interesting sequence (that usually truckers follow) is the following
>>
>>1> Car faster than you approaches you from behind and flashes his lights.
>>2> You move over to the right lane if you are not already there.
>>3> Car passes you and when it's clear YOU flash your lights indicating that he
>>	can move over to the right lane if he wants to.
>>4> He does so and blinks his TAIL lights.
>>
>>This is very common among truckers. On a recent 2000 mile trip almost 90% of
>>	the truckers that I passed (or that passed me) did this. Most other 
>>	people (over 90%) don't seem to know. Maybe one of the reason is that
>>	it's not very easy to blink tail lights on ordinary cars. 18 wheelers
>>	probably have separate switches for it. Try it out the next time you 
>>	are on the freeways.
>>
>>- Sanjay

	For those of you wishing to try it out in Oregon, better stop at step 2.
	Flashing your lights to indicate that it is safe to move into the right
	lane is agains the law here, for fairly obvious liability reasons.

>> Also how about flashing your lights on-off during the DAY to let someone know
>>that their lights are on.

	Some of us paranoides drive with our lights on during the day, 
especially on windy roads or other poor visibility areas and conditions.  How 
about flashing your lights off-on at night to let someone know that there lights
are OFF (not as uncommon as one might think on well lighted city streets).
	One more thing and I'll get back to work:  If you seem to get flashed
alot (low-high-low), that probably is an indication that other drivers think 
your headlights need adjusting, which of course means that your headlights
need adjusting.  So get out a No.2 Philips and spend 10 minutes some night
doing it.


					The Knight In Glowing Phosphor,

					Doug Monroe
					Sequent Computer Systems
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