A simple request

Thread over, you win

 

Actually there are some schools that do preach that only the drivers can keep the roads safe...Just sayin!

 

Someone said it was laziness? how is it easier to flash brights than reach over and flash markers. my last post on the subject

 

Are you allergic to the quote button?

Yes...laziness. they're hand is already on the wheel, but they have to reach to kill the lights. Laziness

 

My current truck just had the interrupt switches fixed.
(In fact, I think it was you that suggested the real problem - the contact ring in the steering column)

Until that was fixed I would flash my highs, but only during the daylight hours. I'd never do it at night.

Even then I kept it to a minimum. I would usually do it if there was a 4-wheelie on the tail of the passing truck, just at the point that it had clearance to cut to the right lane to pass on the right.

Too often I see cars try to zip around the passing truck just as the truck is moving back over, so I try to time my flash accordingly.

 

Yeah, that's actually the only time I signal. If it's open road I want you to put a cushion between us before coming back. And I do the same.

 

I agree, My school at Scott Cummunity College (Bettendorf, IA) taught us the same thing...if you signal it's safe to come over and something goes wrong....You are partly to blame, and high beams were considered a big NO-NO in this instance.

 

I understand the reason for the caution. But is it a real legal liability? I mean, would an investigator even listen to a driver telling them that you indicated it was ok for HIM to change lanes?

--Isn't the driver changing lanes ultimately responsible for changing lanes?