Why do people turn their brights on?

High beams are designed to provide better visibility when driving in rural areas where street lights aren’t common. You should use your high beams if you’re driving at night and you aren’t within 200-300 feet of another driver. Keep your low beams on so other cars can see you.

When can other drivers flash their headlights at you?

Flashing headlights highway code The Highway Code states: ‘Only flash your headlights to let other road users know that you are there. Do not flash your headlights to convey any other message or intimidate other road users. ‘

What should you do if a car coming toward you at night keeps its high beams on?

If an approaching car is using its high-beams, don’t look directly into the oncoming headlights—look toward the right edge of your lane. Watch the oncoming car out of the corner of your eye. Do not try retaliating against the other driver by keeping your high-beam lights on.

Can someone flash their lights at you while driving?

Under certain circumstances, someone may flash their lights or high beams at you, or you may be moved to flash your lights at another driver. First up, and we’ll repeat this again later, never ever pull over for someone behind you flashing their lights.

What does it mean when someone flashes their lights at you?

Here in Michigan when someone flashes their lights at you it depends on where you are driving. On the city streets it usually means they are coming towards you and they are telling you that your lights are off, or you may have your bright lights on.

What does it mean when a truck flashes its headlights?

At night, a flash of headlights, or full beam for a few seconds longer, is a reminder that you’ve left your brights on and that you are a douchebag. On a dual carriageway or motorway, when a HGV or bus overtakes another long vehicle, the driver of the truck being passed will flash to indicate they’ve cleared enough space to pull back in safely.

What happens if two people flash their headlights at each other?

If you both flash each other, you can expect to enter a stalemate that will either end when one of you dies of literal boredom, or you both simultaneously proceed and collide mid-junction. “At night, a flash of headlights, or full beam for a few seconds longer, is a reminder that you’ve left your brights on and that you are a douchebag.”