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Subject: Re: Flashing high beams
Message-ID: <212@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-Mar-84 17:15:38 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  4 17:15:38 1984
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utah-cs!sanjay comments on truckers who flash their lights after being
passed:

	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.

Proper protocol is to flick your lights when a long truck is passing
you, because it's MUCH easier for you to tell him when it's safe to
pull back into your lane than it is for him to guess.  With cars, this
is not a problem at all, I can easily tell when it's ok to pull right
after passing someone.  A trucker has hardly any rear depth of field.
So it's reasonable to flash for a passing truck, but silly to flash for
a passing car.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Masscomp Inc  Westford MA   (617) 692-6200 x274