Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!wjh12!n44a!ima!inmet!wisen From: wisen@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Flashing high beams - (nf) Message-ID: <909@inmet.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 05:46:23 EST Article-I.D.: inmet.909 Posted: Sat Feb 18 05:46:23 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Feb-84 06:02:16 EST Lines: 24 #R:hou5d:-82200:inmet:2700052:000:993 inmet!wisen Feb 17 10:11:00 1984 Mark, laws and customs are different in the various states. There's a Uniform Vehicle Code which the Federal Government wants all states to adopt, but that's slow in coming. In Massachusetts, the Drivers License manual says that it is the duty of the driver being passed "not to obstruct the passing car" - a duty not always adhered to. Flashed high beams are used for warning other drivers, and have interpretations such as "You forgot to turn on your headlights", or "Turn off your high-beams, stupid!" or "Watch out! There's a speed trap ahead of you." Your problem may be that you live in an area which many out-of-staters would like to pass thru as soon as possible, since you are halfway between the Hub of the Universe (Boston), and the Asshole of the Universe (Washington DC) (-: :-) . |\ ------Bruce Wisentaner /| \ cca!ima! \ / | \ esquire! --inmet!wisen o / | \ harpo! / ^_. _/___|===== O\/`O \_______/] \_(