re: PSA - Wipers ON, Lights ON - Hazards OFF

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This is called over-driving your visibility and the bigger safety issue in this scenario is you. Your stopping distance on wet pavement at 70 mph, with a one second reaction time, is about 700 feet. If you can’t see 300 feet, you shouldn’t be driving nearly this fast.

FWIW, I don’t drive with my hazards on. I do, however, slow down during torrential rain.

I also see a lot of people talking about how folks in LA don’t know how to drive in the rain. While I think that’s generally true, it’s just as much due to people driving 70+ in <100 ft of visibility as it is due to people driving 30 in light showers. It’s easy to get complacent because we deal with it all the time, but we get summer thunderstorms that would shut down roads in many other parts of the country.

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I never said 70 mph or any specific speed outside of the speed of traffic, which slows down during torrential rain.

I know its fun to play gotcha online and all but the person going well below the speed of traffic is definitely the one creating a dangerous situation as opposed to all other drivers on the road going the speed of traffic.