Getting peoples attention to pull over?

JaxDad wrote:
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1) you really think you could blind someone with a 3 AAA battery flashlight in their rear view mirror from probably 75' back?

2) I didn't see any 'bragging' and I certainly can't by any stretch of the English language figure out how a shirt pocket sized flashlight used to get the attention of a driver in a potentially deadly situation could be described as "obnoxious".

3) Well, not anyone with even a bit of common sense anyways.

#1. The number of AAA batteries is immaterial. I can get myself in big doo doo by shining my 2-AAA-battery laser pointer at an airplane.

#2. Let me remind you of what you wrote:

JaxDad wrote:
I have a small but extremely bright LED flashlight that lives in a pocket on the doghouse. It has an adjustable beam, flood to spot, and three settings, low, high and high strobe. You would NOT miss the strobe pointed your way.

I've used it a few times to get another drivers attention, it is very effective, day or night.

"Extremely bright", "LED", "High Strobe" "You would NOT miss it." "It's very effective day or night"

You're bragging dude.

3). There's too many people in the world who lack common sense.

...No where do you describe how you are careful at night to not use the Extremely bright, High Strobe setting, that's very effective and would NOT be missed during the day during the day...

...nor do you describe efforts to be sure you aren't blinding the other driver, nor describe how you convey that there's a problem with their trailer and you're not some road-rage person or car jacker.

I don't know if you have common sense or not, maybe you do. But the problem is indeed what you didn't say.

I stand behind my comments that folks need to be careful about using extremely bright lights that would NOT be missed day or night (regardless if you back pedal now on how weak it is or how many batteries you have).