Coffeeholic:
I never flash Royal Mail in, never get a chance as they are always coming back over way too early.
I agree, I also never flash coaches or anyone who thinks it acceptable to drive with their front fog lamps on.
I personally don’t bother flashing-in, simply because I don’t think it’s necessary. To my mind, anyone who needs flashing because they can’t judge the length of their wagon shouldn’t be driving it.
What does make me laugh though are the dicks who do the dancing indicator routine when they HAVEN’T been flashed in 
What’s that all about■■? And even more curious is that I rarely get this in my normal wagon, eight legger flat with big hiab, but get it regularly when I’m in an artic’ 
hendydaf:
Eddie sorbart won’t flash most of us in who i drive for why
Disagree, if you pass me i’ll flash you in.
I never flash coaches or anyone who thinks it acceptable to drive with their front fog lamps on.
+1
threewheelsonmywagon:
I personally don’t bother flashing-in, simply because I don’t think it’s necessary. To my mind, anyone who needs flashing because they can’t judge the length of their wagon shouldn’t be driving it.What does make me laugh though are the dicks who do the dancing indicator routine when they HAVEN’T been flashed in
You can take that attitude simply because you don’t think it’s necessary, particularly in the dark in winter time when it’s chuckin down no doubt. But I’ll wager, you’re the assshole who starts weaving around all over the road flashing your headlights when some guy pulls in front of you with a good 20 yards gap because he’s shown you his barn doors too early, even though you couldn’t be bothered to show a bit of common courtesy. Sad. And as for pointing out that you hiab is “big”, what’s that all about?
robroy:
paul_r:
Next thurs night I wont be flashing anyone because I am on my once a year supervision and it is against company policyPaul
, “company policies”
I probably flash someone in about once a year, so it could work out if I am on the road that particular night
Pat Hasler:
Flashing another lorry in is just a polite thing to do, it’s not required and is actually not a legal sign that you have cleared the vehicle you just passed. Most trucks over here are longer than in the UK, the average is 72 feet and I rarely take note of the lights of anyone I pass here because most of them are ignorant morons anyway, trust your sense of distance and not the other driver, it’s so easy to judge when you are well clear, if it’s not that easy to judge then you have no business driving a lorry in the first place. Look for the shadow in your mirrow for instance, when it is well clear it is safe to pull in, if you can see all of the tront end of the veicle you just passed and also the rear of your trailer, it should be easy to see when you are clear. I dont take any notice of the idiots around here anyway
Our company has NY Thruway double’s 125 feet long and even with those it’s easy to judge when you have passed by enough. It’s no different to reversing on to a dock or in a space really, you should be able to stop exactly on thet dock without actually hitting it.
West coast mirrors +/or small ■■■■■?
Nothing personal. . .ime on the Carlsberg 
MAT:
And as for pointing out that you hiab is “big”, what’s that all about?
It’s a way of describing the size, simple as that.
You obviously have a problem with men with large equipment…
And you’ve lost your wager as well, ■■■■ head.
threewheelsonmywagon:
MAT:
And as for pointing out that you hiab is “big”, what’s that all about?It’s a way of describing the size, simple as that.
You obviously have a problem with men with large equipment…
And you’ve lost your wager as well, [zb] head.
mmmmm… the fact that you have the urge to tell how big your equipment is suggests some kind of inadequacy hang up 
. But I digress.
Just have a problem with arrogant, no it all, done it all, done [zb] all drivers who think they’re above common courtesy.
What possible harm can be done by flashing the driver in front in? Maybe he can judge the length of his vehicle, but, out of courtesy, might be waiting to see that you’re comfortable with the gap.
Plenty of trucks were flashing me in when heading towards Goole on m62 yesterday. Some Stobarts as well
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3 Feathers Haulage:
It’s nice to be nice sometimes, I flashed in a little 7.5 t sleeper cab about a month ago near Chester, well a few miles down the road and I pull in for my daily rest, and there is the lad in the 7.5t, we got chatting and he told me I was only the second truck to flash him in all day, turned out to be a good evening, a few beers and a cab cooked curry shared!
Did you have a ■■■ after…And when’s the wedding?
bigvern1:
3 Feathers Haulage:
It’s nice to be nice sometimes, I flashed in a little 7.5 t sleeper cab about a month ago near Chester, well a few miles down the road and I pull in for my daily rest, and there is the lad in the 7.5t, we got chatting and he told me I was only the second truck to flash him in all day, turned out to be a good evening, a few beers and a cab cooked curry shared!Did you have a ■■■ after…
Depends if he was flying the rainbow flag.
MAT:
hendydaf:
Eddie sorbart won’t flash most of us in who i drive for whyDisagree, if you pass me i’ll flash you in.
Me too 
common courtesy lads it’s not hard! the problem is that nowadays because of the recession many trades have a class one licence ie chippies, sparkies, builders and the list goes on turn up and drive like morons it leaves us all with bad press! Etiquette darlings! Etiquette that’s all it boils down to I got taught by lads from the 60s and 70s so you listened or learnt the hard way! 
Professional drivers? Let’s start acting like it then lads and lasses! As for the dancing indicator routine they’ll be taking the p1$$ out of you for not flashing them in in the first place! 
can’t wait till we get them longer trailers at our place! Rtt and hvt
I did in the Past,but in these Days many not giving you a chance.Its more likely that i have to step on the Brakes to safe the Mirror
IMHO a flash tells me they are comfortable with the gap, not that I am passed them, I know that for myself, unless as I said before visibility is a bad issue due to sun or spray.
Good manners costs nothing eh.
Phantom Mark:
IMHO a flash tells me they are comfortable with the gap, not that I am passed them, I know that for myself, unless as I said before visibility is a bad issue due to sun or spray.Good manners costs nothing eh.
Well said. +1
Won`t flash Yuill and Dodds in,they going that hard there by you before you know it.
The flashing lights goes back to the ‘Good old Bad old days’, it wasn’t the headlights that were flashed, most vehicles had a single spotlight on the nearside then and this was used. An overtaking motor would flash his lights (remember no indicators then) to tell the guy infront he was coming past if it was safe, he responded by flashing his spotlight which in the dark the overtaking driver could see and he pulled out and passed, once clear of the vehicle and the overtaken driver decided this, he would then again flash his spotlight so the overtaking driver could safely move over, once he had done that the courtesy reply was to switch off his lights, off, on, off, on. In the days of 20mph limit this was hardly a dangerous manouvre although the overtaking vehicle would generally be travelling a lot more than 20. Why not just flash the headlights like today, well there was no facility in those days, once vehicles became fitted with the flashing headlight stork, headlights were used.
Purely a drivers courtesy thing along with stopping to help on a breakdown or puncture, checking someones load as you pass and giving the thumbs up if everything was okay, flashing lights and waving to a mate or drivers you knew coming in the opposite direction, flasing lights and putting the thumb down if the Police or Ministry were nearby or if there had been a bad accident the other driver would come across. Most of these nobody bothers with today and the reply from overtaking drivers has gone from flicking the lights on and off to flashing indicators or hazards. During the day this same procedure would be carried out and the reply would take on a particular tune, side lights on, off, on, pause, off, on, off. So no legal requirement just good old manors but then those were different times I suppose. During the Sixties when Artics became much more common and trailer lengths longer with mirrors still only very small a driver needed all the help he could get and a response from behind that all was well wasn’t too much to ask. Franky.
Well put F/D. I remember the mirrors on the first wagon I drove round ones the size of a teacup, this was a Bedford A 5, then I had an Atki/Albion Etc with the oblong ones on a ball joint for adjustment, When you look at the mirrors on to-days motors there is no comparison, but I agree with flashing overtaking motors in. Regards Larry, PS In my younger days when I started driving I would have got a clip on the ear for not doing so off my older mates.
I don’t flash in any car driver, coaches/buses or anyone in a tuffnells truck…!