At  10/16/2012 05:15 PM,Don Hanson wrote:
>   Also,
>when a truck is passing you on the interstate it is a nice gesture to flash
>your highbeams when their last trailer passes clear of you and they are OK
>to pull back ahead of you....They appreciate that, and often have impatient
>cars stacked up behind them....You will usually get a double blink of the
>trucker's taillights as he comes back into the lane ahead of you...a
>"Thanks, buddy" acknowledgement of your helping him with the pass.

The first time I did that (with a FULL 86 Vanagon, we were moving to
Chicago) the truck driver flashed me back with his back-up (landing)
lights. I never did that again.
I will turn my headlights off and back on to let the truck know it cleared me.

Rob
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