Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!masscomp!trb From: trb@masscomp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Flashing high beams Message-ID: <212@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Mar-84 17:15:38 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.212 Posted: Sun Mar 4 17:15:38 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Mar-84 01:17:17 EST References: mprvaxa.479 <2546@utah-cs.UUCP> Organization: MASSCOMP, Littleton, MA Lines: 20 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