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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
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Posted: Fri Mar  2 16:19:27 1984
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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.)

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	Warren Montgomery
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