Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!utah-cs!sanjay From: sanjay@utah-cs.UUCP ( Sanjay) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Flashing high beams Message-ID: <2546@utah-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 22:55:33 EST Article-I.D.: utah-cs.2546 Posted: Thu Mar 1 22:55:33 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 22:04:50 EST References: mprvaxa.479 Lines: 20 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 Also how about flashing your lights on-off during the DAY to let someone know that their lights are on.