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Your signals are correct.

I don't know what signal would be proper to tell a truck not to come over into your lane too soon when they have passed you. This seems to be a much more prevalent problem today than it was years ago.

By the way.... officially the mega carriers have a policy that you are not to signal other trucks. They don't want the liability. So much for etiquette.

 

#1, when you're being passed, dim your lights when the passing vehicle's cab reaches your cab, no later.
#2, I don't think it's necessary or prudent this day in age to "signal" a driver over except in rare circumstances.
#3, There is no way to tell a driver NOT to come over because he's not got enough clearance, just do your part not to speed up half way in the other's pass and be prepared for anything because not everyone is 100%, every second of the day. We all make mistakes and we've all cut in a bit close on occasion ... problem is we are not aware of when we've done it.

 

I flash my hi-beemers rapidly when other motorists are dangerously close to a collision with me and a lengthy blast of the train horns I hope gets their attention.

Don't be shy when it comes to safety.

 

You could always try to give him a holler on the CB.

 

Flashing your high beams is probably one of the worst things you can do. If the other driver happens to be looking in their mirror when you do this it can cause then to swerve right into you. How about just backing off of it slightly if you feel they are to close. That's probably the safest thing to do.

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Flashing your high beams IS THE WORST thing to do. And I hate it. Just as I look in the mirror to see where the back of my trailer is, "FLASH" in my eyes from the dumb ##### I'm passing. At that point I let them know they are #1. The best thing to do is NOTHING. Or turn off your lights if you must do something but never Flash your high beams. Unless it's an emergency. Thank you.

 

Well you can but he's most likely playing on his phone and not watching the road. And they wont care what you do.

 

Our former safety man is a retired state trooper. He said never flash your lights or dim them to signal someone over; if there's an accident, the trucker that flashed his lights is held responsible for a percentage of liability for the accident. That probably was OK when there were no interstates and many trucks ran on narrow 2 lane highways.

 

Flash your brake lights a few times to give him more room. That's the only sure way I know how to handle that circumstance.