Re: Is it a dicky thing to flash headlights in the left lane?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, C. E. White wrote:
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> Brent P wrote:
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>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, frederickson wrote:
>> > I did it last week and felt guilty, but it worked. One quick flash to a guy
>> > driving on pace with a truck. He sped up, moved over and let me pass. It was
>> > a heartfelt moment (yes im drunk)
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>> It's called communication. It's called flash-to-pass for a reason.
>> It's the media that has tried to make a valid method of communication
>> into a symptom of road rage. Because of this, the number of people who
>> react negatively to a quick flash has increased in my experience. Because
>> of this, I now start out using the left turn signal. Even if they don't
>> understand it, when I follow it up with a quick flash the chance of a
>> negative reaction is reduced.
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> I don't have anything against a quick flash to let someone know that you are there
> and want to pass. I just look on it as a polite reminder. What I do object to is
> the sort that rides your bumpers and repeatedly flashes their light, or that
> highlight you, because you aren't completing your pass quickly enough to suit
> them.

When someone is just technically 'passing' going .5 mph faster than the 
vehicle being passed and has been in the act of passing for over a minute 
and a mile or two or more, what should one do? 

There has to be a line somewhere. 

And then there are the people who linger behind a semi, not passing
since the time they came within visual range, and when signaled that
they should move over begin passing the semi with that 0.5mph or less
differential.