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re: People who drive in the rain with their hazard flashers on should be flayed.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 1:59 pm to Steadyhands
Posted on 4/10/24 at 1:59 pm to Steadyhands
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If there was clearly no hazard being indicated, other than rain, you would eat your lunch at your next stop while looking at your valid citation.
Where does it talk about rain in the statute?
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Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:00 pm to TackySweater
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So what hazard would you invent?
I wouldn't have to invent a thing. I have a driver's license and I know how to properly use my lights.
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Would you go to court to fight the citation?
Absolutely.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:02 pm to dnm3305
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It is the universal signal to everyone else on the road saying “CAUTION, VEHICLE PULLED OVER ON SIDE OF ROAD.”
Incorrect.
Hazard lights are used to signal a hazardous condition. Period.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:03 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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Where does it talk about rain in the statute?
Exactly, it doesn't include rain as an acceptable reason for utilizing flashing lights to indicate anything.
Next question.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:04 pm to TackySweater
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Are they driving in the rain without their lights on?
I don’t know what settings they have set for their vehicle. All I know is that when it’s broad daylight but really overcast and grey, with sheets of rain, the taillights aren’t as effective as hazards.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:04 pm to Steadyhands
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Exactly, it doesn't include rain as an acceptable reason for utilizing flashing lights to indicate anything.
Oh.
What does it include?
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:10 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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wouldn't have to invent a thing. I have a driver's license and I know how to properly use my lights.
The Louisiana statue in questions allows for hazard lights in the case of a vehicular traffic hazard. So if in Louisiana, which hazard would you claim?
This post was edited on 4/10/24 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:12 pm to TackySweater
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So if I’m Louisiana, which hazard would you claim?
That depends on the road conditions and how I was handling them.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:16 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:quote:Not according to the statute that was posted earlier.
Unless you're stopped (hopefully pulled over on the side of the road), you would be breaking the law in Louisiana.
Here is the statute.
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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 32, § 327. Special restrictions on lamps
C. Flashing lights are prohibited except on authorized emergency vehicles, school buses, or on any vehicle as a means of indicating a right or left turn, or the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing.
The kind of hazards the law speaks of are situations like being broken down or needing to change a tire on the side of the road.
A video provided by the Louisiana State Police Regarding Hazard lights while raining.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:16 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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That depends on the road conditions and how I was handling them.
Oh yea. You’d def eat that cops lunch. Lol
Good luck when the court upholds the citations as well lol
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:18 pm to mdomingue
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mdomingue
They already said anything official that the state police puts out cannot be trusted.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:20 pm to mdomingue
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The kind of hazards the law speaks of are situations like being broken down or needing to change a tire on the side of the road.
That isn't what it says.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:21 pm to TackySweater
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They already said anything official that the state police puts out cannot be trusted.
What I read was a person saying you couldn't trust what A cop said, what I posted is a release by the State Police. The folks who will write a ticket for this if they are so inclined. ANd it seems like the guy mostly arguing the facts is not a Louisiana guy.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:22 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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The kind of hazards the law speaks of are situations like being broken down or needing to change a tire on the side of the road.
That isn't what it says.
Feel free to fight it if you get a ticket.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:22 pm to TackySweater
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Oh yea. You’d def eat that cops lunch. Lol
Correct. Your generic hypotheticals don't shut that down.
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Good luck when the court upholds the citations as well
I can't think of a scenario where I'd even be stopped, let alone cited. So, yes, I'd absolutely win in court.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:23 pm to mdomingue
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Feel free to fight it if you get a ticket.
I would. I travel between Florida and Texas often, and have even had the audacity to use my hazard lights to signal a hazardous condition in your state.
Crazy, right?
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:24 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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What does it include?
Just from what I recall it stated flashing lights are for emergency vehicles and permitted for use when indicating, left/right turn or the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard you are approaching, passing, or overcoming.
Next question. No, your questions indicate you don't know what the statute (that was cited for Louisiana) states, so let me ask some questions.
Do you not know it's raining until other drivers ahead of you put their hazards on? Do you think other drivers behind you only know it's raining when you indicate to them with your hazards?
Does rain happen at such precise and limited moments that your hazard lights will indicate the presence to others prior to their approach, pass, and overcoming of it? I guess if you often come upon a 10ftx10ft heavy patch of rain, then maybe your hazard usage would be valid.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:26 pm to Steadyhands
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the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard you are approaching, passing, or overcoming
Interesting...
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:27 pm to mdomingue
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What I read was a person saying you couldn't trust what A cop said, what I posted is a release by the State Police. T
I said the exact same thing. I asked about an official stance by an official outlet of the state police and I got laughed at.
Posted on 4/10/24 at 2:28 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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I would. I travel between Florida and Texas often, and have even had the audacity to use my hazard lights to signal a hazardous condition in your state.
Crazy, right?
More arrogant than crazy to use lights in a manner that the state police consider illegal but you do you buddy.
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