Use of Lights

I agree that switch on a 4 wheeler is referred to as " flash to pass " . Does it make sense to blind someone just before you come around them ?
I remember an incident several years back when a truck tried to pass a 4 wheeler and the 4 wheeler decided to speed up and stay beside the trailer tandems and hang the truck in the left lane . After a mile or so the 4 wheeler decided he'd "flash to pass " and speed up and pass on the right .

While obviously this is a worst case scenario, there are times when a high beam is needed to wake up a driver as you pass on the left. I can't tell you the number of times I've attempted a pass on the left were a fellow driver was falling asleep and nearly run me into the median as I do most of my running at night.

If I notice a driver is running multiple lanes at once, keeps braking for no reason, or can't maintain his speed, I will turn my high beams on before I decide to pass to make certain I'm seen. This usually happens after I've made an attempt to contact the driver by CB.

If a driver thinks he's seen an increase in the use of high beams near his vehicle it may just be a signal that it is time for that driver to go to bed!

We've all had that situation were we've been hung out to dry in the left lane. Any driver worth his salt can over come this without killing anyone in my opinion.

 

i dont flick my lights and dont want no one flicken em at me, thats for use on two lane roads so the one passing can get back in quickly. to many trucks out here now for all that, you would wear out your switch. i like the drivers that pass and then flick a thank you when you havent even flashed em to come back over.

 

maybe they are saying "thanks for nothing a'hole"

 

your proabably one of em that flashes their highbeams when i come around and blow your doors off

 

HBs should only be used out in the middle of no where at night. Years ago as a truck completed it's pass, we'd flip the low beams off once for a moment to let the passing truck know he was clear to come back over. We'd flash the low beams off twice if it was a friggin bear going by. This was before radar, and tons of traffic. If the trucker back there a ways was being passed by a four-wheeler, and we saw 2 blinks, we'd check our speed and proceed accordingly.