Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihnss.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!ihnss!warren From: warren@ihnss.UUCP (Warren Montgomery) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Flashing high beams Message-ID: <1941@ihnss.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 16:19:27 EST Article-I.D.: ihnss.1941 Posted: Fri Mar 2 16:19:27 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 23:29:00 EST References: mprvaxa.479 <2546@utah-cs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 18 Fascinating, for many years I have noticed trucks flashing their lights at me after I pass, particularly when I drive late at night and the traffic is 90% trucks. I always thought that they were tryingt to warn me of something, like an impending speed trap or that they would probably be going a lot faster when we got past the top of the next hill, but most of the time there was nothing to warn me of. I never thought that it might be a signal that it's safe to pull over. (Actually, I probably returned the signal unintentionally quite often, since my natural reaction to flashing lights is to think smokeys and drop my speed a bit, generating a nice flash of my tail lights.) -- Warren Montgomery ihnss!warren IH x2494