Path: utzoo!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bnr-public!schow From: schow@bnr-public.uucp (Stanley Chow) Newsgroups: ont.general Subject: Re: Highway Driving Rules Message-ID: <392@bnr-fos.UUCP> Date: 10 Apr 89 22:35:42 GMT References: <13189@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@bnr-fos.UUCP Reply-To: schow@bnr-public.UUCP (Stanley Chow) Distribution: ont Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 20 In article <13189@watdragon.waterloo.edu> hpchang@rose.waterloo.edu (Hsi P. Chang) writes: > >There are other alternatives than flashing the high beam into the other >drivers eyes. I like to think that flashing the high beam is reserved for >emergency warning situation (ie. Your tire is blown, your baby is about to crawl >out of the backseat window, etc). There are alternatives to flashing the >high beam: > > 1) Turn your lights on and off (Or off and on when dark) > 2) Signal LEFT (On the left lane, of course) > 3) Change lane (Passing on the right is possible!) I was under the impression that turning off your light means your are *yielding* regardless of the right of way. (As least it is in England). The times that I have seen people do it here, they also seemed to be yielding. Stanley Chow ..!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!schow%bnr-public (613) 763-2831 No one is responsible for my opinions, not even me.