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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: There are two kinds.... (actually highbeam twits)
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Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 19:43:51 EST
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>                             ...  It was late, I'd been driving for hours,
> and my brights were one when I came up behind a truck.  In order to inform
> me my brights were on, he flashed some side-mirror-mounted lights (that I
> swear were as bright as regular headlights) right at me.  I shut off my
> brights immediately.
> 
> ...                           Do all semi's have these nasty (but exceedingly
> useful) devices?  Some?

I have seen these on flat bed semis for use in unloading cargo
at night.  I think they are intended only for that use, though they
do seem to have others ... :-)
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