Re: flashing high beams

["Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I think we should save the high beams to warn
>oncoming traffic of cops. This is a dying
>tradition. I have been saved from a few speeding
>tickets because of other motorists doing this and
>have saved lots of others the same fate. For those
>of you who saw the last "Friends," I think this
>may be the one totally unselfish act anyone can do
>for their fellow man. (OK, most people probably
>think "why the hell is that idiot flashing his
>lights at me?", but one in ten understands &
>benefits from my help).


I've been on the giving and receiving end of this, too, and though I don't
generally go fast enough to gain unwanted attention, the warning always
helps.  I was just pointing out that flashing high beams is also a typical
BMW-to-BMW salute.

    - Justin

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