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Date:         Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:30:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Kens trip & can Westys climb mountains?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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At 10/16/2012 05:15 PM,Don Hanson wrote: > Also, >when a truck is passing you on the interstate it is a nice gesture to flash >your highbeams when their last trailer passes clear of you and they are OK >to pull back ahead of you....They appreciate that, and often have impatient >cars stacked up behind them....You will usually get a double blink of the >trucker's taillights as he comes back into the lane ahead of you...a >"Thanks, buddy" acknowledgement of your helping him with the pass.

The first time I did that (with a FULL 86 Vanagon, we were moving to Chicago) the truck driver flashed me back with his back-up (landing) lights. I never did that again. I will turn my headlights off and back on to let the truck know it cleared me.

Rob vwrobb@gmail.com


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