Anyone know of an externally mounted bright backup light for a car?
It seems, in particular since Covid, American drivers in my area have gotten RUDE or extremely impatient. In numerous times when I pull into a parking lot - Walmart, Costco, Drug store, doctors office or shopping center, when I get ready to back out, I look both ways, INCH my way back, and when am clear enough of the next vehicle (usually an SUV/truck) to be able to see down the lane, - zooom - a car or pickup goes gunning by just inches from my bumper. I INCH back pumping my brakes to let people know I am backing out. With the 6 to 10 seconds it takes to get a clear view, they have had plenty of notice, but it seems that I am only advertising for them to speed up.
I don't even get a "horn blow". My thinking: "A "horn blow" indicates that I would normally be at fault. No "horn blow" indicates that they saw me but they didn't care to slow down."
I was thinking of adding a very bright blinking backup light to my trunk. I have had more than a few very close calls when inching back. Even a few minutes ago, backing out of a donut parking lot, -zoom - the driver roared past and I was 3 feet out before he turned into the lane that I was backing out of. (I know, ended that sentence with a preposition!)
When I see someone inching back and know that their view is blinded by the vehicle between them and me, I stop and hold traffic to let them out. I used to see this all the time, and still do on occasion, but now, it is mostly just “zoom” to see if the driver can get by without having to stop.
I am serious about advertising that I am backing out. I don’t think we have that many narrow visioned drivers in the USA that can't see a driver backing out.
Rant off
Anyone know of a good magnetic light to put on the back or a car. I don’t want to send LOML back there to announce that I am backing out!
It seems, in particular since Covid, American drivers in my area have gotten RUDE or extremely impatient. In numerous times when I pull into a parking lot - Walmart, Costco, Drug store, doctors office or shopping center, when I get ready to back out, I look both ways, INCH my way back, and when am clear enough of the next vehicle (usually an SUV/truck) to be able to see down the lane, - zooom - a car or pickup goes gunning by just inches from my bumper. I INCH back pumping my brakes to let people know I am backing out. With the 6 to 10 seconds it takes to get a clear view, they have had plenty of notice, but it seems that I am only advertising for them to speed up.
I don't even get a "horn blow". My thinking: "A "horn blow" indicates that I would normally be at fault. No "horn blow" indicates that they saw me but they didn't care to slow down."
I was thinking of adding a very bright blinking backup light to my trunk. I have had more than a few very close calls when inching back. Even a few minutes ago, backing out of a donut parking lot, -zoom - the driver roared past and I was 3 feet out before he turned into the lane that I was backing out of. (I know, ended that sentence with a preposition!)
When I see someone inching back and know that their view is blinded by the vehicle between them and me, I stop and hold traffic to let them out. I used to see this all the time, and still do on occasion, but now, it is mostly just “zoom” to see if the driver can get by without having to stop.
I am serious about advertising that I am backing out. I don’t think we have that many narrow visioned drivers in the USA that can't see a driver backing out.
Rant off
Anyone know of a good magnetic light to put on the back or a car. I don’t want to send LOML back there to announce that I am backing out!
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