ALMS "Flash to Pass"???

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07-24-2007, 03:47 PM

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Van

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I flash lights, and even honk occasionaly in races. Why not? There's no rule against it that I know of.

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07-24-2007, 03:55 PM

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Not sure honking does much with open pipes.... but Ronnie Savenor is the flashing lights king of PCA here in the NE. Some might say it has the opposite of desired effect.

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07-24-2007, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by smlporsche

Isn't "the flash" more of a warning that the driver is comming up upon a slower car and not a mandatory "let me by" signal?

Yes. It is flash-to-pass. Not mandatory. If you've ever seen the lights that the ALMS race cars are equipped with, it would be next to impossible to miss the headlight flash. These are high intensity lights with very impressive candle power capacity.

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07-24-2007, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonster

Eheh . . . I have been known to tap brakes (just enough so that the lights will go on -- no friction, just lights) before the braking zone to cause the car behind me to slow down. NEVER trust brake lights!