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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2014, 09:18:19 pm »
I open the sunroof and chuck a empty beer can out back.  Very effective.  I used to use full ones, but we're now in the age of the wimpy so one needs to adapt .....  somewhat.

A frozen can of beer!

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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2014, 09:21:04 pm »
I open the sunroof and chuck a empty beer can out back.  Very effective.  I used to use full ones, but we're now in the age of the wimpy so one needs to adapt .....  somewhat.

Hey, I thought that was a rural Alberta thing.....
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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2014, 09:11:32 pm »
I flip the lever on the rearview mirror and make shadow animals on my head liner.

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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2014, 10:44:12 pm »
That person might highbeam the wrong vehicle someday...


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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #24 on: January 23, 2014, 10:50:38 pm »
I open the sunroof and chuck a empty beer can out back.  Very effective.  I used to use full ones, but we're now in the age of the wimpy so one needs to adapt .....  somewhat.

Hey, I thought that was a rural Alberta thing.....

If that's the way you're doing it, you're doing it wrong.


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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #25 on: January 23, 2014, 10:52:41 pm »
I love high beams, BTW...




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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #26 on: January 23, 2014, 10:52:59 pm »
I open the sunroof and chuck a empty beer can out back.  Very effective.  I used to use full ones, but we're now in the age of the wimpy so one needs to adapt .....  somewhat.

Hey, I thought that was a rural Alberta thing.....

If that's the way you're doing it, you're doing it wrong.


Real Albertans toss Bear Bangers out the sunroof!

Only if its a wedding procession....

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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #27 on: January 23, 2014, 10:54:28 pm »
I love high beams, BTW...



The proper "high beams"



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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #28 on: January 23, 2014, 10:56:23 pm »
I open the sunroof and chuck a empty beer can out back.  Very effective.  I used to use full ones, but we're now in the age of the wimpy so one needs to adapt .....  somewhat.

Hey, I thought that was a rural Alberta thing.....

If that's the way you're doing it, you're doing it wrong.


Real Albertans toss Bear Bangers out the sunroof!

Only if its a wedding procession....

My brother was doing some mapping in the middle of nowhere in AB.  He said a drunk maniac in a pickup pulled up beside them and started swerving...like he was pretending to side swipe them.  The guy he was riding with pulled out his bear banger and shot it directly into the cab of the maniac drunk. 

I can't even imagine how long that guys ears were ringing....

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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #29 on: January 24, 2014, 07:01:14 am »
I love high beams, BTW...



The proper "high beams"



Hmmmm.  Not sure I'd be complaining so much if these were coming up behind me...
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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #30 on: January 24, 2014, 11:06:41 am »
I've always thought cars should have an LED message display in the bottom of the rear windscreen. An editable scrolling message, preferably voice command.

"Message edit"
"Spell"
"O-I - space D-B-A-G comma space T-U-R-N space Y-O-U-R space H-I-G-H-B-E-A-M-S space O-F-F space O-R space G-T-F-O"

Something like that.
I do believe those are illegal in Ontario

To solve the hi beam truck,buy a truck, the bigger the better  :rofl2:

Really? They sell them at Canadian Tire...  ???
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Re: Argh...How to tell car behind me that his high beams are ON!!
« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2014, 12:44:49 pm »
I've always thought cars should have an LED message display in the bottom of the rear windscreen. An editable scrolling message, preferably voice command.

"Message edit"
"Spell"
"O-I - space D-B-A-G comma space T-U-R-N space Y-O-U-R space H-I-G-H-B-E-A-M-S space O-F-F space O-R space G-T-F-O"

Something like that.
I do believe those are illegal in Ontario

To solve the hi beam truck,buy a truck, the bigger the better  :rofl2:

Really? They sell them at Canadian Tire...  ???
This stuff http://shopledauthority.com/items/automotive-led-displays/list.htm

I think they are illegal since you are only allowed to have certain colours for lights, you can not have something distracting on your car, you are not allow to text, so how would you type your message in

I remember years this came up before, they are illegal in many States , so Ontario the good it is probably illegal

This would be a good news story for the editorial staff  to check on ;D