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jwjanner@tamu.edu (Jeffrey W. Janner) writes:
> [ I wrote ]
>} It [ flashing one's headlamps ] is not an
>} imposition of driving style, it's just a request made in about the
>} most polite way available in car-to-car communication.

>Thought I heard someone way that this was also illegal, i.e., a ticketable
>offense.  However, I don't have a copy of the code next to me right now to
>check it out.

Huh.  Well, a couple of people have said this.  I'm dead positive I heard this
waaaaay back in the high-class institute of unimpeachable repute in sunny
Irving TX where I learned to drive, and I know it's very common in this 
country and in Europe.  I don't spend much time browsing through traffic
laws, however, so I could very well be wrong.

(It does seem less rude & startling than honking.)

>                                         If you'll be observant for a
>while, I think you'll notice that you'll see these every time the road
>narrows from 3 or more lanes, and every so often on 2 lane roads.  Not
>that keeping to the right is not a bad idea, of course.

Shows what I know.  Of course, I hardly think it'd make sense to argue that
once the road opens up to three lanes it's OK to swing over into the left
lane and continue along at 50mph.


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