Contrary to what was taught, your vehicle's high beam is seldom used as a safety feature to enhance your visibility. 

More often than not, it is a visual sign of giving the motorist in front of you a middle finger. 

Watch how a flash of high beam quickly turned this BMW driver unhappy: 

What Happened?

This incident occurred at a Tampines Expressway (TPE) exit towards Punggol Road.

While traveling on lane 2, the taxi ahead of the cam car indicated his left signal and proceeded to change from lane 1 to 2. 

The taxi continued leaving his left signal and started changing lanes from lane 2 to 3.

However, before the taxi could successfully change lanes to lane 3, a BMW 535i emerged from behind.

For some reason, the cam car decided to flash his high beam as a 'warning' to both the taxi and BMW drivers.

And not to anyone's surprise, the BMW driver quickly became unhappy at the cam car's unnecessary flashing of high beams.

As a result, the BMW driver gave the cam car a brake check and proceeded to switch lanes multiple times to be behind the cam car.

He proceeded to give the cam car a taste of his own medicine - by shining some light on him.

Moments later, the BMW driver quickly accelerated and cut abruptly in front of the cam car before performing another brake check manoeuvre.

Was It Necessary?

TBH, the cam car's action was uncalled for. 

At 0:08 of the video, the taxi was already canceling his lane change manoeuvre when the cam car flashed his high beam.

Essentially, the cam car's high beam did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but agitated the BMW driver.

In similar scenarios, honking is the better solution to alert fellow drivers instead of high beams. 

After all, the intended purpose of a car horn is to alert motorists of impending car accidents/collisions.

Netizens' Comments

Exactly! It is important to check your blindspot before performing any lane change. 

No problem then want to find problem🤷‍♂️

I wouldn't bother retrieving my dashcam footage for something this trivial.

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