re: People who drive in the rain with their hazard flashers on should be flayed.

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It’s definitely a Louisiana/Tigerdroppings thing. This is the only place I see it bitched about to an insane extent. Unless this person with flashers is going way under the speed limit in the left lane, someone going an acceptable speed with their flashers on during low visibility hasn’t bothered me in the slightest or affected my safety.

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Yeah I don’t really get it either. I don’t use my flashers when driving but I also don’t get all triggered about it.

I’m way more worried about the person driving 75 mph with 250 feet of visibility than the person driving 40-50 mph with their flashers on. I see way too many people in LA overdriving their visibility, especially on I-10 southeast of BR.

Personally I try to always be prepared for the worst from other drivers. In low visibility, that means reducing my speed to give myself time to slow down if some idiot is driving 30 mph with no lights on or something. It also means constantly checking my rear view for headlights and periodically tapping my brakes if needed to make sure someone sees me. The problem is that while I can control my reaction to an idiot in front of me, I can’t control the idiot behind me.

All of that said, I do think flashers are generally counterproductive in that scenario. Our brains are conditioned to look for red brake/tail lights.