The simple things you never knew

Originally Posted by Haji

4. Flashing your head lights is a way people communicate while driving.

(another time with the rent guy. whenever i'd pull up to a stop sign or whatever i'd flash my headlights for the other person to go. my friend thought i was just trying to be an ass or something i dunno. i had to sit him down and explain it to him)

Similar to this, I learned pretty late that there are other reasons to flash your headlights at someone... I was surprised at the number of meanings behind flicking the high-beams.

1.) Signaling someone to go first at a stop sign
2.) Signaling someone that they've left their high-beams on, and they're bright like hell
3.) Signaling someone that they don't have their head lights on at all (they probably have the parking lights on, so with the dashboard lit, they don't realize the headlights aren't on)
4.) Informing someone that there's a cop in a speed trap ahead (This one surprised me immensily... its also saved my ass a couple times).

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Cellius

Yeah. Freaks me out.

I was gonna check that on Snopes myself... I'd never heard of that legend. Snopes says.... not true! Yay, we can continue flashing highbeams at people without worry for our lives... unless roadrage somehow comes into play.

There's nowhere I can't reach.