Advice from the police about driving in the islands

[cheb]

It seems a bit odd to me, anyone else care to comment on the bit about flashing one's lights to shift slower road users out of the way? I don't do this FWIW. The doctors have the option of using green flashing lights, unless that's changed.

From the post: Many people in our communities are on call, including firefighters, doctors, coastguard, and lifeboat crew. They use their own
vehicles which don’t have blue lights, so may flash their headlights. Please pull in to let them past

Full post: https://www.facebook.com/HighlandIsland ... fachmXSdcl

[wheelnut]

I always thought it was standard practice in the Highlands and Islands to let faster traffic past by pulling into passing places?

[cheb]

It is if you know to do it IYSWIM. There's frequently someone who's decided they want to lead the parade, and more frustrating is when they politely give way for every vehicle that comes towards them. The passing places aren't that long so you have to stop anyway to let the whole stonk of vehicles pass until you can pull away.

[Horse]

It seems a bit odd to me, anyone else care to comment on the bit about flashing one's lights to shift slower road users out of the way? I don't do this FWIW. The doctors have the option of using green flashing lights, unless that's changed.

From the post: Many people in our communities are on call, including firefighters, doctors, coastguard, and lifeboat crew. They use their own
vehicles which don’t have blue lights, so may flash their headlights. Please pull in to let them past

Full post: https://www.facebook.com/HighlandIsland ... fachmXSdcl

'Transmit - receive' what the flasher (oo-er) means isn't necessarily what is understood.

When I'm on a CFR call it's just a case of going with the [traffic] flow.

I did get tooted at once though. I'd stopped half way across a junction.

To let an ambulance through

Which was going to the same call as me

[Rockburner]

Could just boil it down to "Don't be a twat", but that message never seems to get through either.

[The Spin Doctor]

If you’re a slower vehicle or cyclist, pull in to allow traffic to overtake

Someone better send Jeremy Vine and Cycling Mikey a heads-up!