re: PSA driving with hazards on in the rain makes less safe

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Been in rain where I could barely see my hood with no option to pull over.

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There's always an option to pull over. At least within a few minutes. If you can't see the hood of your car you shouldn't be driving down the interstate/highway.

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I put em on to keep idiots from slamming into me. Easier for everyone to keeps a safe distance

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When no one can see your brake lights or blinkers, it's not safer.

You wrong baw. I too used to think like you but hazard lights on can actually be good during certain conditions. There are certain times during the day that when it rains it is hard as frick to see even the head lights since it isn't night. But the hazards on was actually easier to see during a daytime rain storm than the head lights or tail lights.

On one job I had, I did a lot of driving and when its raining so bad on the interstate that you can only go about 40 mph during the day time, is about the only time those hazards are worth using.

Also since we talking about rain storms, I actually saw some blue balls in the sky during a heavy thunderstorm. It was the craziest shits I've ever seent. The first blue ball of energy took my by surprise, but a 2nd one appeared not long after, but was much lower to the earth. It was actually a bright blue and floating. It was about on power line height bc it did float over to the powerline and when it touched the pole, it sent out a huge explosion and sparks went flying all the way across the road. It was absolutely insane and if I didn't see it myself, I wouldn't have believed it. I just had to throw this in there since it don't come up much but we talking about daytime massive rain storms and this was part of one.

Tell me you were on I-110 without telling me you were on I-110

its hypnotic

Do you really delude yourself into believing that police will actually be pulling people over to give them tickets in these conditions?
They are not going to endanger themselves or others and they do not want to get soaking wet during a shift.
You can get as triggered as pleases you, but nobody is changing their driving habits to suit your opinion on this issue.
And no, I do not use my flashers while driving.

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My hypothesis is this has become a thing because taillights are hard to see in the rain during the day.

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Yes! It is really hard to see taillights in an early afternoon drenching, pounding downpour. Especially on the interstate- which is the only instance I've seen this practice.

I kinda get the what-about-turn-signals argument... until you realize that no one is changing lanes in that situation.