Re: Headlamp flashers, fly-off brakes - origins (longish)

In Australia it can also mean: Warning, Speed Camera Ahead.  Not a 
legal use, but widely practised.

Trevor Jordan
74.5 TR6

At 12:20 PM +0100 7/12/04, David Brister wrote:
>One of the downsides of flashing headlamps is the difficulty of 
>interpreting the meaning of the flash. In some countries it can mean 
>"get out of my way" whilst in otheres GB for example it means 
>"please go ahead."
>I remember the practice of flashing high beam briefly before 
>overtaking at night from my earliest memories as a small boy before 
>the war.