Flashing Lights to Change Lanes

**snowwy** · 07.21.2012

Originally Posted by gator21

if your seat belt is working properly,then you will have movement(forward and back).when you hit the brakes or impact something,the counter balancer offsets so it locks.unless of course you are so LARGE around the middle you have the belt extened all the way out and there is no more room to move.my dear old dead dad had this problem in the end.he actually had to buy a seat belt extender.and besides that...i can reach the dash(all controls)belted in and barely leaning forward.you got "T-REX" snydrome????

if your seatbelt is working properl;y. it lopcks in place and you can't move forward. that's what it was designed to do.

in utah. that's a fail on the safety inspection.

D. SEATS AND SEAT BELTS
1. Check seats for proper operation of the adjusting mechanism and to see
that the seats are securely anchored to the floor.

REJECT when:
1) Seats are not securely anchored to floor.
2) Seat adjusting mechanism slips out of set position.
3) Seat back is broken or disconnected from seat base so
that it will not support a person’s full weight.
4) Seat belts per OEM Specifications are missing or
ineffective.
5) Seat belts are cut, torn, frayed, or otherwise damaged.

**jgremlin** · 07.21.2012

Originally Posted by gator21

when you approach a construction zone you can see that they are bright.when you are lookin in that mirror,its dark.then the flash,that is multiplied by that mirror.

Why are you looking directly in your mirror at night when you KNOW there is a good chance someone is going to flash their high beams at you? You just passed them, you know they're back there, you know they could flash you at any time, so why are you focusing your eyes directly in the line of fire?

**RickG** · 07.21.2012

Originally Posted by chompi

Aahhhh, RickG so your one of those numbnutz that's flashes your highbeams at me!

Newsflash there Supertrucker, its illegal to flash your highbeams too!

Well RickG at least your honest in coming out and saying that you to drive like a newbie! Smarten up! Oh yeah and stay out of the hammer lane!

Typical ignorant post . Quote one of my posts where I say I flash my high beams .

**rockee** · 07.21.2012

Originally Posted by snowwy

if your seatbelt is working properl;y. it lopcks in place and you can't move forward. that's what it was designed to do.

in utah. that's a fail on the safety inspection.

D. SEATS AND SEAT BELTS
1. Check seats for proper operation of the adjusting mechanism and to see
that the seats are securely anchored to the floor.

REJECT when:
1) Seats are not securely anchored to floor.
2) Seat adjusting mechanism slips out of set position.
3) Seat back is broken or disconnected from seat base so
that it will not support a person’s full weight.
4) Seat belts per OEM Specifications are missing or
ineffective.
5) Seat belts are cut, torn, frayed, or otherwise damaged.

Uh I dont think so. I believe gator explained exactly how seat belts work and were designed to work. There is nothing in your example that says seat belts cannot let you move forward and if what you say is correct, then probably every truck out there has a "defective belt"

Ok back to the flashing quandary......

**chompi** · 07.21.2012

I agree RickG your posts are ignorant! Never quoted you on anything!

**Noggin** · 07.21.2012

Originally Posted by ew2108

Why Not flash a guy back In? Don't turn your lights off flash your high beams. I can tell Ive cleared a truck too but knowing that the guy behind me is giving me the go ahead confirms that i cleared in case my depth perception is off on a rainy day or at night,it also lets me know he has a space cushion that he is comfortable with between he and I. LIke PackRat said its about being courteous its something we do to keep us going on the highway no different then waving at anyone who passes you or flashing the markers to thank someone for letting you in.

I don't mind when drivers do this, however it ALWAYS seems that I am looking in my mirror at the PRECISE moment the other trucker flashes their beams. <insert Manfred Mann song title here>

**Noggin** · 07.21.2012

Originally Posted by Female Driver

Sounds like I ought to start flashing people more often.

Just don't get caught.

**Noggin** · 07.21.2012

Another thing you can do during the daytime is watch the passing driver's mirror. Watch for his head to look at the mirror to hit your lights....

I had a dude yell at me on the radio for not thanking him for flashing me over....he said he flashed his lights 2 times. I replied "Well, sorry buddy. The sun is a he!l of a lot brighter than your headlights, sorry if I didn't see them"...