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

To: David Brister <brister@tiscali.fr>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Headlamp flashers, fly-off brakes - origins (longish)
From: Trevor Jordan <trevor@jordan.name>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 08:18:32 +1100
References: <002901c4db98$ba327f40$a9e107c3@evesham> <005a01c4dc4e$c45bb200$3eba9853@SN301853770004>
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.




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