The "legitimate" reason is flash-to-pass, to warn the driver ahead of you
that you're coming around. The sburuban/urban use is flip the brights on the
guy ahead of you so he'll move out of the fast lane (I just pass those on
the right, since the kind of driver that rides in the left lane generally
won't check his mirrors.)
Gregory W. Smith
1980 TR7 30th Anniversary Edition
1980 TR7 Spider (eventually to be a v8)
Web Site: http://www.cvn.net/~gsmith
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff S. Hapke <hapkejs@cig.mot.com>
To: John L. Walker <up497@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>; The Collective Wisdoms
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 97 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: Flashing headlights is illegal??
>In Illinois it is. I should know, I got a ticket for it. I was warning
another
>driver of a speed trap. I have thought of a good excuse which I will use
NEXT
>time...I was trying to get the windshield washer to work.
>Keep on flashing those lights!
>
>On Sep 17, 2:07pm, John L. Walker wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>-- End of excerpt from John L. Walker
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