Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site u1100a.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!whuxle!spuxll!abnjh!u1100a!sr From: sr@u1100a.UUCP (Steven Radtke) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Flashing high beams Message-ID: <580@u1100a.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 10:47:11 EST Article-I.D.: u1100a.580 Posted: Mon Mar 5 10:47:11 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Mar-84 07:30:19 EST References: <1941@ihnss.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 10 The reason that truckers flash high beams when passing is safety-related. When handling a big rig at night it is difficult to judge distance in the rear-view mirror. Flashing the high beams is a signal that the faster vehicle is well past the slower one. When I'm travelling alone at night, extending this kind of courtesy to those with whom I am sharing the road, I feel like I'm not alone out there. Steve Radtke u1100a!sr