I thought flashing the lights was the universal way of indicating to
some idiot in the passing or fast lane of a multi-lane road that you are
moving faster than they are and they should move over.
Where I live we have lots of such multi-lane roads where there are
numerous signs indicating "slower traffic keep right" (we drive on the
right side of the road) but it is amazing how many clods either:
1. do not look in their rear view mirrors to see what is going on behind
them, or
2. feel that if they are driving in the fast lane they have no
responsibility to let faster traffic through.
Needless to say this behavior is more than mildly irritating.
As for getting a ticket for flashing the lights - I can't believe this!
As if the speed traps weren't bad enough on their own. Talk about
rubbing salt in the wound...
Peter Zaborski
76 TR6 (CF58310 UO)
Calgary AB Canada
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John L. Walker [SMTP:up497@freenet.victoria.bc.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 1997 3:07 PM
> To: The Collective Wisdoms
> Subject: Flashing headlights is illegal??
>
>
> I can't beleive you could get a ticket for winking your lights at
> someone. It doesn't make sense, the 90something Pathfinder at work
> has a
> switch that flashes the hi-beams (using the same lever that controls
> the
> lights- ie, pull to flash, push to leave on)... is there another use
> for
> this? I doubt it.
>
> Around here, the norm seems to be to wave to fellow LBCs (I got
> snubbed
> by a Porsche tho :-( ) and to wink one's lights when there's a photo
> radar or speed trap nearby.
>
> BTW I went to our local brit car show this past weekend... ran out of
> film in the camera. There weren't any TR4s! Seemed to be everything
> but, (except Vitesse) - was even a 'Triumph' Van (Standard) and a
> Mayflower. Lots of other nice cars too.
>
> -Malcolm
>
> Too many rocks and not enough sand.
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