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re: Turning on your hazard lights in rain-what does this accomplish?
Posted on 7/14/16 at 11:50 pm to PaperTiger
Posted on 7/14/16 at 11:50 pm to PaperTiger
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What's wrong with that?
It turns off your turn signals and also makes it harder to determine when you are braking. That's what the problem is. It makes it harder for the cars around you to determine your next move. Like I said earlier it makes the situation more dangerous for everyone around you.
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Posted on 7/14/16 at 11:50 pm to LSULyle00690
They aren't needed in Baton Rouge because as soon as a drop of rain hits someone's windshield they slow down to 4 mph
Posted on 7/14/16 at 11:53 pm to LSULyle00690
putting your hazzards on while driving in the rain increases your chance of getting rear ended. By constantly seeing the tail lights flash, it slows down the trailing drivers reaction time when the lead driver hits the breaks.
Posted on 7/14/16 at 11:57 pm to PaperTiger
Driving with hazards may be illegal but what is safer?
A) Driving 70 mph down the interstate in severe wind and rain because you're "that guy" who doesn't understand why people slow down in a tropical fricking storm and has to prove to himself that he's a better driver than everyone else?
or B) Using caution, helping yourself stand out to other drivers out when visibility is low.
I mean I know the government says one of those things is illegal but I don't need them to tell me what is safer.
A) Driving 70 mph down the interstate in severe wind and rain because you're "that guy" who doesn't understand why people slow down in a tropical fricking storm and has to prove to himself that he's a better driver than everyone else?
or B) Using caution, helping yourself stand out to other drivers out when visibility is low.
I mean I know the government says one of those things is illegal but I don't need them to tell me what is safer.
Posted on 7/14/16 at 11:59 pm to PhiTiger1764
It's also illegal to drive in conditions where visibility is so poor as to require flashing lights.
Get off the goddamn road.
Get off the goddamn road.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:04 am to texashorn
There is a reason it is illegal.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:20 am to LSULyle00690
Makes it easier to see the cars
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:23 am to NewIberiaHaircut
Some of you people are fricking idiots. I've driven in shite that you can't see 5' in front.
The hazards are to help see cars in that type of shite.
As an aside, big rigs do it to let people to know to slow the frick down because you about to hit a standstill
The hazards are to help see cars in that type of shite.
As an aside, big rigs do it to let people to know to slow the frick down because you about to hit a standstill
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:32 am to Wild Thang
Alright genius, let's say that I am following you in the rain and you have your hazards on. I decide I can go a little faster and change lanes to pass you. For some reason you decide you want to change lanes as well. What light on your car will tell me you are about to change lanes?
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:34 am to NewIberiaHaircut
In the type of storm I'm talking about, your dumbass would want to go faster and speed
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:35 am to NewIberiaHaircut
If you are using your hazards why are you changing lanes?
You should be going well under the speed limit.
Maybe in the fricking rain, don't follow so close to the car in front of you genius.
You should be going well under the speed limit.
Maybe in the fricking rain, don't follow so close to the car in front of you genius.
This post was edited on 7/15/16 at 12:37 am
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:39 am to dgnx6
I didn't say a thing about speeding. If the limit is 70 and you're going 50 there is no problem with me going 55. But my question wasn't answered. You guys just assumed I'm the one being an idiot on the road. So again, if you have your hazards on, what light on your car is going to tell me your intention to change lanes? You know, in case you come up on someone doing 40 and you want to do 50.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:01 am to NewIberiaHaircut
In that fricking type of storm I'm talking about you shouldn't be passing shite.
You are an idiot and your haircut just confirms it
You are an idiot and your haircut just confirms it
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:03 am to Wild Thang
My haircut has trolled the frick out of you and you still haven't answered my question.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:06 am to NewIberiaHaircut
You and your haircut hasn't trolled shite.
And I did answer by telling you how stupid you are.
Don't be rustled!
And I did answer by telling you how stupid you are.
Don't be rustled!
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:13 am to Wild Thang
Passing in the rain - legal
Hazards in the rain - illegal (in Louisiana)
Hazards in the rain - illegal (in Louisiana)
Posted on 7/15/16 at 5:17 am to NewIberiaHaircut
quote:if you can't tell the difference between blinking hazard lights and someone actually braking you're an idiot, too damn close to them in a driving rain storm or both.
No it doesn't. Unless you have amber hazards then it makes it harder to determine when you are braking. You are making the situation more dangerous for everyone around you. Just turn on your lights and drive your shite.
This post was edited on 7/15/16 at 5:20 am
Posted on 7/15/16 at 5:29 am to LSULyle00690
If you're on an interstate where people are travelling 70 typically, but you are now travelling 25-30, it's a big heads up that you shouldn't try to blow by. I don't typically do it, but in very hard rains where you have to come to a crawl to see the lanes and avoid hydroplaning, I get it.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 5:46 am to PhiTiger1764
quote:
but I don't need them to tell me what is safer.
Apparently, your stupid arse does, because even when told it's wrong you insist on doing it.
This post was edited on 7/15/16 at 5:47 am
Posted on 7/15/16 at 5:56 am to NewIberiaHaircut
quote:If you rear-end someone, it's your fault for following too closely or driving like a dumb arse.
NewIberiaHaircut
This post was edited on 7/15/16 at 5:57 am
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