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Anytime you are moving forward and it is dark out, you need to have your headlights on, especially in the truckstops.
The other day, I had stopped at a truckstop to fuel, and I was attempting to make my way out. The lot was very crowded, with trucks parked along the curbs so that the aisles were very narrow with blind corners.
It was at one of these blind corners where I almost got creamed by a large car running at higher than prudent speed with only his parking lights on. Had I not been creeping along, and been able to slam on my brakes, he would have hit me.
IF HIS HEADLIGHTS WERE ON, I WOULD HAVE SEEN HIS BEAMS ON THE PAVEMENT AHEAD OF HIM AND HAD WARNING THAT HE WAS COMING THROUGH!!
Now I am certain that some here will make some lame excuse, like looking cool, or being considerate to sleeping drivers, for why they don't have their headlights on in the truckstop, but it doesn't wash.
Being able to see the beams of a truck before you meet him "accidentally" is important in crowded truckstops.
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Been brought up a time or two before, but it is one of those topics always worth revisiting.
As far as the BS goes about being considerate to sleeping drivers: Well that is why they put a big heavy curtain in between the cab and the sleeper.
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Also turn them off while parked I left mine on the other night in Amarillo didnt realize it till I was leaving must have looked like a dumbazz all night and wounder how many drivers sat waiting for me to pull out so they could park.
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ROFLMAO ! ! ! !
I sympathize, Ray... makes me feel a l'il bit better about occasionally running down the road with my left blinker on for a few miles (the darn dash indicator bulb is screwed up).

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The turn signal stalk on our training truck had a problem and you practically had to tear it off to get the left turn signal to stay on. Several times I pushed it down and got a blink or two and then transferred my attention to other things only to find when I returned to the signal it had gone off.
Back to the original topic, I don't plan to move my truck between dusk and dawn without the lights on unless I'm moving it 6 inches for some reason.
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Also need to Turn Headlights ON When Raining.(if your wipers are ON...Headlightts Should be ON.)


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My lights are on 24x7 when moving. Off when parked, also will flip them to parking lights when I am behind someone trying to back up so I don’t blind them in their mirrors. Also if I see someone parking beside, me I will flip on my parking lights to light the way for them.
Don’t recall having a problem with my truck being lit up at night in the parking lot. It used to pizz me off when someone parked across from me with their lights on. The night I left mine one, I got over it.
Hated reefers also… till I had to drag the d*** things myself. ...got over that too.

Some state the laws require headlights be burning when the wipers are a wiping.
-JHappy Dwellers Society
Company Driver Division

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Scenario......Bright sunny day, not a cloud in the sky..............
"Hey Swift! Why are your headlights flashing on & off.........You got electrical problems?"
"I'm washing my windshield"
Sorry.........I couldn't resist.

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good post rokki
some states require them by law,it should be all the states
so that the 4 wheelers do it too
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Have never seen a car pulled over for not having its lights on in the rain.Also a good idea when its snowing.Marmon

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It's pouring rain, you're in the hammer lane passing traffic............................
and your TAKING PICTURES
Come on choclit snda your not being a good leader here
(ok, maybe you're in the passenger seat and just leaning over and shooting out the drivers side windshield??)
Sorry I just kinda think that is not a good think for newbies to be seeing. Let alone where were your hands while all this was taking place??? Not too many were on the steering wheel.
I usually don't pipe up much, but that just kinda hit me wrong. I'm sure you were in control and no harm/no foul but others could see that as quite a hazardous stunt. (granted I would do it without evening thinking also but that's besides the point)

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I always left my parking lights on in the truckstops. I was always afraid of getting hit and I thought it looked cool. This is USAF 2T2 and I approve this message.

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I use to shut my lights off while driving around T/S's.
Not anymore, too many drivers racing around corners and through the T/S's now.
I've almost been hit by the "Nastruck" idiots several times in the past.
How many times have I seen a driver racing his rig in and over deep holes in some off these T/S's? Too many!!

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I once got flashed at by a 4 wheeler for wearing shades and having my lights on. Said to him the shades are for the benefit of my vision, the lights are there for yours.
Lights on any time vision is any way impared. Never give a sucker an even break. If they say they didn't see you, and you had lights on, then it's obvious to any cop that the sucker should have his licence revoked.Professional Driver's Association UK Member
Owner of a threadbare gypsy soul.

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On a related note, when you are parked in a dark truckstop lot, leave your parking lights on! This makes it easier for another driver to back in next to you and avoid hitting the sides of your trailer.
If the truck is shut off, that is another story, but if the truck is running, and it is dark, the parking lights should be on.