When to return to lane after passing.
I have towed many different trailers in the past. But, my current trailer seems to be the hardest. When I passed a slower vehicle on interstate, I was not sure if I was cleared and had enough distance...
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mtrumpet wrote:Dennis M M wrote:
As others said, I wait until I can see both headlights. Some truckers will flash you over, probably half of them will not. Many trucking companies have rules that prohibit their drivers from doing so.
If they do flash me in I respond with three flashes of my 4 ways. At night I have a dash switch that flashes just the trailer lights. That said I usually run about 62-63 so we do not pass a lot of trucks!
At night when flashing a truck back in it is better to flip your headlights off and on quickly rather than hit him with your high beams just as he is looking in the mirror.
This is the first that I've ever heard of this (?) I can't imagine why would they prohibit it? This has been a common practice in the trucking industry for a long, long time. Most trucks (and many RV's now) even have an "ICC" button (as you have to flash the trailer lights) for just that purpose.
They prohibit it because somewhere, sometime, someone got in an accident and sued the trucking company because the truck driver flashed his lights and they blamed him for the accident. Right or wrong, some don't allow it. I have heard it is also because the insurance companies don't allow it.
Jim
