flashing me!!!

Agreed. Nor does it make the driver that flashed him over an idiot. In days past it was a courtesy thing, and still is I guess. But yea, your still responsible for making sure it's clear.

 

That was a ####### move on the part of the driver changing lanes. So he got signaled for one lane. No excuse to take two lanes.

 

You can tell the difference between DRL and regular headlights even in a mirror. DRL's are usually operated at 1/3 the power of a normal headlight. At least all 3 I've owned we're and I know the Casacdia and Prostar does as well.

Only time I use my high beams is during the daytime to let drivers know they cleared me. At night I have an interrupt switch.

 

Maybe you can, but I don't think I can. I'm pretty sure the only time I notice myself being flashed over is when the truck I'm passing either interrupts their lowbeams or flashes the highbeams.

Never paid that much attention to the ProStars but every Cascadia I've paid attention to, even the one I drive doesn't use typical DRL's, they light up the turn signal/hazard flasher portion of the bulb on the front.

 

It did to the dumb trucker that was in lane 3.

What if I also wanted to merge into lane 2 at the same time? If I was driving, hit my signal and the vehicle behind me flashes, should I assume it's ok to merge? Should I assume to not bother looking at whats in lane 3?

My point is that you should always pay attention to all traffic. Behind you, in front of you, next to you, and in the oncoming lanes. You always need to account for every vehicle on the road. If not, one of those vehicles will end up under your truck. Just because someone flashes you doesn't mean you're clear to merge. You need to make that call yourself.

If you pay attention to traffic by constantly scanning all areas around your vehicle, you'll know whether or not someone's in your blind spot.

And when is a safe time to merge in front of a vehicle? When you can see both headlights on the flat mirror. Any sooner will render you merging too close in front of the other vehicle. When vehicles flash me over at this point, it's more of a annoyance factor.

 

Any driver worth a hoot obviously checks for himself too. If they don't, it isn't the guy signaling hims fault. Period. It is just a courtesy saying, "Hey, your far enough ahead of me that you can get over."..

If you don't check out your other flanks, that is your problem.

 

You're right by stating it wouldn't be the flashers fault, but they can be subpenaed by a court and held liable. Given the fact my accident didn't have much damage involved it won't happen. If I was killed in the accident you can bet your bottom dollar it will.

 

Uh, no. Day 1 in even regular "Drivers Ed" your taught not to trust any ones signals. People leave them on by accident, or change their mind all the time.

A person could have their left turn signal on, and you pull out in front of them thinking they are turning, and they T-bone you, and you will be cited for failure to yield. Trust me, experience speaking. The man that signaled is not at all liable for anything that other driver did.

On top of that, I doubt the driver payed enough attention to get his truck number, or any other identifying information. "That Swift driver" won't hold up in court.

 

It's taught in drivers ed, but most drivers don't apply what is taught to them.

 

Your right. But that doesn't change that the flashee is not responsible.