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Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:45 pm to LSULyle00690
My gf still argues with me about this. I told her and her police officer brother also told her this is against the law to do. Hazard lights are to be used when your vehicle is not operating as it should and you are pulled over on the side of the road.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:49 pm to LSULyle00690
Only on this back-water, moron-filled, trailer-trash redneck, 50th-in-education message board would you find idiots arguing in favor of using hazards in the rain. This is it. The new low. Dumber than any discussion the Poli Board has ever seen. Congrats, folks.
This post was edited on 7/15/16 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 7/15/16 at 12:57 pm to dnm3305
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What's easier to determine, a light flashing constantly in front of you or a regular light that only lights up bright when someone is actually slowing down?
I'd rather someone have their hazard lights on if and only if it is a torrential downpour rainstorm where you can barely see anything. In this situation I now know where the next car is in front of me and allow the car behind me to know where I'm at as well.
If a car doesn't have their hazard lights on and suddenly has to slam on their breaks, I now may have to slam on my breaks as well since I probably can't see where they are- but if they have their hazard lights on in a storm like this, I now know where they're at and can keep a safe distance in between vehicles
I think it is less likely for someone to wreck into a car with hazard lights on than without in torrential downpour rain.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:07 pm to PapaPogey
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Helps people see you when hard rain is restricting visibility.
Restricting visibility being the key part of that statement.
If your wipers aren't set to the highest setting and you have flashers on, you're just a dumbshit.
What really blows my mind is when people don't pass 18wheelers in the rain because they "can't see" due to the spray from their tires.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:09 pm to texashorn
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It's illegal in Texas to operate your hazard lights on a vehicle unless it's parked.
Yet it's always people from Texas that do it.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:12 pm to LSU8654722
LINK
^ according to that esurance blog - 11 states don't allow hazards while driving (including Louisiana), 20 states generally allow it (including Texas) and 19 states allow it only in emergency situations.
^ according to that esurance blog - 11 states don't allow hazards while driving (including Louisiana), 20 states generally allow it (including Texas) and 19 states allow it only in emergency situations.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:30 pm to LSULyle00690
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Turning on your hazard lights in rain-what does this accomplish?
it lets people know that an idiot is operating the vehicle
I don't wish a wreck upon anyone but i would giggle if a flasher got a quick spin out and recovered on the shoulder. then you could actually use the lights as they are intended
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:33 pm to drexyl
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you got headlights on the back of your car?
No, but your car should have taillights.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:42 pm to KG6
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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.
If the speed limit is 70 and it's raining so hard that you have to go 25, PULL THE frick OVER. Get off the road.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:45 pm to pvilleguru
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If the speed limit is 70 and it's raining so hard that you have to go 25, PULL THE frick OVER. Get off the road
GTFO here no one is frickin doing that. You're lying if you say you've done that
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:56 pm to Tiger4life306
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GTFO here no one is frickin doing that. You're lying if you say you've done that
I've never driven 25 on an interstate because of rain. I've also never used my hazard lights while my vehicle was moving. It's both illegal and dangerous, especially in a heavy storm.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 1:57 pm to pvilleguru
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It's both illegal
not everywhere
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dangerous
debatable
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:00 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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debatable
It's not even close to being debatable. It is beyond any doubt dangerous.
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not everywhere
It is in most states.
Going 45 MPH below the speed limit is dangerous to you and anyone around you.
This post was edited on 7/15/16 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:01 pm to pvilleguru
actually only 11 or 22% - see the esurance link i posted above.
- Not trying to sound like a dick - I just looked it up myself after this thread.
sorry i wasn't talking about the 25 MPH thing - thought we were still on hazards
- Not trying to sound like a dick - I just looked it up myself after this thread.
sorry i wasn't talking about the 25 MPH thing - thought we were still on hazards
This post was edited on 7/15/16 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:07 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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sorry i wasn't talking about the 25 MPH thing - thought we were still on hazards
I was on both topics. Both are dangerous. In a heavy rain, your hazard lights overpower your brake lights, making it more difficult to tell when you are breaking. It causes a delayed reaction from the drivers behind you which can cause a wreck.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:09 pm to pvilleguru
I try to pass anyone that has their hazards on as quickly, and safely, as possible. I don't want to caught up in their wake.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:13 pm to pvilleguru
I think it makes it easier to see cars and stay far enough back where you can when someone is slowing down because the lights yet brighter as you get close to them. But it's just a preference thing I think
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:23 pm to Sneaky__Sally
quote:With your hazards on, it's more difficult to tell if someone is just going slow, or if someone is slowing down. Turn off the damn hazards and it's easier to tell what you actually have to do. Hazards cause a delay in reaction time and that is the very last thing you need when it is raining heavily.
I think it makes it easier to see cars and stay far enough back where you can when someone is slowing down because the lights yet brighter as you get close to them.
Posted on 7/15/16 at 2:25 pm to pvilleguru
Unless you are driving through a hurricane, the heavy rain isn't going to last longer than 15 minites. You can easily pull over and make it safer for everyone.
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