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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: pmcook@gte.net   
      
   On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:56:05 +1100, Rod Speed wrote:   
      
   > You claimed brake lights, not trailer lights.   
      
   Now you're just getting picky.   
      
   The trucker flashes his lights to thank the driver who   
   flashes his lights.   
      
   In general, the driver flashes his headlights, while, in   
   general, the trucker flashes his 'red' lights.   
      
   Sometimes they're the lights on top and other times it's   
   the brake lights, in my experience.   
      
   I don't actually know *how* the trucker flashes his lights,   
   but, it also works in reverse, by the way.   
      
   So, when "I" overtake a truck, I pass him on the left, and then,   
   when he flashes me with his headlights, I move into his lane,   
   and then I shut off my lights twice (or I hit the flashers   
   and allow them to flash twice).   
      
   The truckers seem to do this more when I'm on the beemer   
   than when I'm in the Infinity, but they do it more when I'm in   
   Bimmer than when I'm in the Infinity, so, they seem to inherently   
   know who seems to understand the rules of the road better.   
      
   That last statement is mere anecdotal; but the rest is   
   from almost 50 years of driving & riding experience.   
      
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