T HE Minister of Transport has come to the conclusion that
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the growing practice by drivers of signalling by means of flashing headlamps and taillights may become a source of danger. Road users generally, he considers, may find themselves having to interpret the intentions of drivers as indicated by a code of light signals which is far from uniform or generally understood.
The recommendation of the Committee on Road Safety, of which Lord Chcsham is chairman, is that flashing headlamp signals should have the same significance only as signals by the horn—an indication of presence on the road to some other user who might be unaware of it, The Minister proposes to accept this, and to advise drivers to signal by flashing headlamps only in circumstances when they would otherwise use the horn. Several organizations representing operators and drivers have been told of this.