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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
... I have also seen Jeeps fitted with those yellow breakdown vests fitted over the spare wheel. Anything goes to be more visible!  |
It works! When I flat towed (OK bad idea after all) my M38A1 Jeep from Oshawa to Ottawa, Ontario a distance of about 300 old fashioned miles, I put a yellow safety vest on the spare. The tow vehicle tail lights were slaved to magnetic tail lights on the Jeep. When I saw another vehicle come up behind, I flicked on the 4-way flashers to encourage them to change lanes. That worked when the amount of traffic was low; on the 401 Highway I just pi$$ed off a couple miles of traffic by being fractionally slower. FWIW, parts of 401 are rated as the busiest highways in Canada connecting Montreal and Toronto.
Your yellow flashing light would be called a 'whoopie light' if attached to a NATO convoy vehicle.