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What's the meaning of the flash? I've always understood it to be "your back end has passed and it is now safe for you to pull in". But some trucks pass and cut in before I think it appropriate to flash them. A few have started to pull over before the back end has passed me!

The message is: Be alert. Your country needs lerts!

Quote: Originally posted by Viggo on 23/9/2009

What's the meaning of the flash? I've always understood it to be "your back end has passed and it is now safe for you to pull in". But some trucks pass and cut in before I think it appropriate to flash them. A few have started to pull over before the back end has passed me!

The message is: Be alert. Your country needs lerts!

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Quote: Originally posted by michael on 23/9/2009

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always use lights to talk,only when safe to do so obviously.find wagon drivers are first class at this anyway.what i do see now is a lot of cars can not be bothered to indicate when changing lanes or going back in.

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Totaly agree car drivers and tin box towers who dont put the mirrors on are complete bone idel lazy Muppets.....

Towing mirrors are a legal requirement if your caravan is wider than your car.

Steve W

I've no idea what a "chnaceres" is, but you're unlikely ever to be charged with causing an accident just by flashing your lights. A flash of the lights has no significance in law, and in the Highway Code it only signifies "here I am", and is the visual equivalent of blowing your horn.

The responsibility for any driver's actions remain with the driver - so if I have an accident after acting solely on a signal from you, it's still my fault.

Imagine you're stopped at a T-junction, waiting to turn left. A car approaching from the right is displaying its left indicator. Do you pull out, assuming that the car's going to turn left at your junction? If you did, and it resulted in an accident, saying "his indicator was on" isn't likely to carry much weight. The crash would still be your fault, because it's your responsibilty to make sure it is safe for you to proceed, and not to simply assume it is.

Quote: Originally posted by Steve W 77 on 23/9/2009

Towing mirrors are a legal requirement if your caravan is wider than your car.

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Quote: Originally posted by Viggo on 23/9/2009

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I've no idea what a "chnaceres" is, but you're unlikely ever to be charged with causing an accident just by flashing your lights. A flash of the lights has no significance in law, and in the Highway Code it only signifies "here I am", and is the visual equivalent of blowing your horn.

The responsibility for any driver's actions remain with the driver - so if I have an accident after acting solely on a signal from you, it's still my fault.

Imagine you're stopped at a T-junction, waiting to turn left. A car approaching from the right is displaying its left indicator. Do you pull out, assuming that the car's going to turn left at your junction? If you did, and it resulted in an accident, saying "his indicator was on" isn't likely to carry much weight. The crash would still be your fault, because it's your responsibilty to make sure it is safe for you to proceed, and not to simply assume it is.

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Quote: Originally posted by Big Al on 22/9/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by Angus1215 on 22/9/2009

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On the very rare occasions I get overtaken, yes, but I overtook dozens of trucks on Saturday and only one bothered to flash me in.

Truck drivers ain`t what they used to be!

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Us proper lorry drivers dont work weekends cos We are away in our Tin tents !

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We never take a `flash' totally on trust anyway, whether it's from a tractor driver/truck driver/whatever. It is helpful & very appreciated a lot of the time but on occasions we have been fgiven the `safe to pass flash' when only a total idiot would attempt it- too close to a blind bend etc.