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I have a question about probably my biggest pet peeve of all time...  
 
Whe you are travelling on the highway at night and someone has their high beams on or you THINK they have their high beams on - why do you wait until you are directly in front of them to flash yours?  
 
If you are trying to remind them to switch to low beams - it is too late, you are passing them and the damage has been done. If you are trying to temporarily blind them, you are risking your life, theirs and everyone around you.  
 
I just don't understand why people do this. If you think someone has their high beams on - flash yours briefly while you are still far enough away so that they have a chance to change them before you meet them, making it safer for everyone - if they don't - so be it.  
 
The reason this drives me nuts is because I drive a truck with halogen low beams - they are very bright and I rarely use high beams at all. Almost every single time I am on the highway at night - most times more than once people do this to me and it drives me nuts. I don't have my high beams on and I could show you if you were far enough away and tried to remind me - but when you wait until you are passing and flash your lights at me, it just makes me nuts - scary at times.