defects -do u tell them?

[jphanna]

one of the things i have found myself doing, over the 3 decades of driving, is notifying other road users of possible defects on their cars. (before i get hammered, i am not talking about modified cars, which is the owners choice) , i am talking about the everyday normal cars running around.

the most common one i see, is one of the rear lights gone, even on current model cars. if i am behind them and i stop at the lights, i always wind the windows down and let them know.

one of the other ones i see, but not very often, (and i dont know if its defectable), is cars that 'crab'. while following a car you can see the whole side of the car on one side, and nothing on the other because the alignment of the back axle is out. that points to dodgy rear end crash repairs i suspect. i saw a small early 2000's Merc driving with a 'crab' action this year.

do you tell them if you can, or not?