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re: Why do people use their emergency flashers when it’s raining?
Posted on 11/7/18 at 2:43 pm to Walt OReilly
Posted on 11/7/18 at 2:43 pm to Walt OReilly
I don't mind it. It alerts drivers behind them to be cautious for reduced speed ahead and allows plenty of time to react.
People pulling off to the emergency lane because of rain is a bigger danger in my opinion.
People pulling off to the emergency lane because of rain is a bigger danger in my opinion.
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Posted on 11/7/18 at 2:48 pm to i am dan
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I don't mind it. It alerts drivers behind them to be cautious for reduced speed ahead and allows plenty of time to react.
People pulling off to the emergency lane because of rain is a bigger danger in my opinion.
Yep. Alabama it is legal. If i'm every using them, it is because the rain is so bad, that my speed is absurdly reduced to the point it is a hazard. I'll keep them on while i drive to find a safe place to get off the road and wait it out.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 2:48 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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Does it actually reduce your viability of the car with them on though?
They become a big flashing blob that encompasses a large area of your already hard to see through windshield.
It’s distracting as frick and you’re an idiot if you do it
Like you really never noticed how bright lights (headlights, breaklights, blinkers) when they flash in the rain at night, the flash is a lot bigger and brighter?
This post was edited on 11/7/18 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 11/7/18 at 2:57 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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If i'm every using them, it is because the rain is so bad, that my speed is absurdly reduced to the point it is a hazard. I'll keep them on while i drive to find a safe place to get off the road and wait it out.
So you are going to continue using them even after multiple people have told you it is much much more dangerous and illegal in most states?
Posted on 11/7/18 at 2:57 pm to Walt OReilly
Because they are the lowest form of scum.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 2:59 pm to mouton
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So you are going to continue using them even after multiple people have told you it is much much more dangerous and illegal in most states?
I'm going to continue to use them when I am literally a hazard and it is legal to use them, while I find a spot to pull of the road.
Are you saying I shouldn't use them when i'm being a hazard?
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:03 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
No you shouldn't. It makes you more of a hazard.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:04 pm to mouton
So, you're against trucks using them when they are driving very slow up hills then?
Once I pull to the side of the road and put them on, i'm no longer being a hazard? That say 10 mph difference is what makes me a hazard while I search for a safe place to pull off the road?
Once I pull to the side of the road and put them on, i'm no longer being a hazard? That say 10 mph difference is what makes me a hazard while I search for a safe place to pull off the road?
This post was edited on 11/7/18 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:08 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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So, you're against trucks using them when they are driving very slow up hills then?
Is it raining, thus making already shite visibility worse? If so, yes. I’m against it.
How are you not grasping that a big flashing light in the rain makes visability worse? Like yeah. We see YOU. but we can’t see ANYTHING else now and have no idea what YOU are doing. Are YOU turning? Are YOU stopping? Are YOU on the side of the road? We can’t tell.
But, we know you’re there. Somewhere, doing something. Because all we can see is your blinding flashing light
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:08 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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That is a legitimate time to use them IMO.
False. Your headlights and taillights make you visible in low visibility situations. Hazard lights are illegal to use in the state of Louisiana when a vehicle is in motion.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:09 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
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Same. If it is raining so hard that I am well below speed limit, like going 20-30 on the interstate because I can't see 10 feet in front of me otherwise, flashers are on. That is a legitimate time to use them IMO.
Are you under the perception that the Hazards are somehow brighter than regular tail lights?
And I am assuming you don’t change lanes or make any turns with your hazards on, right?
Seeing as your “legitimate” use has made it almost impossible to see.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:13 pm to i am dan
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People pulling off to the emergency lane because of rain is a bigger danger in my opinion.
HOW DOES DECIDING NOT TO DRIVE IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS POSSIBLY ADD TO THE DANGER
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:15 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
I am against people using them in the rain where it is more of a hazard. Why is this so hard for you?
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:16 pm to Walt OReilly
Fine with me -makes it easier to see.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:19 pm to Landmass
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Louisiana: Hazard light use is not permitted while driving.
/thread
I don't know why it's so hard for some people to accept being corrected.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:20 pm to Volvagia
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Are you under the perception that the Hazards are somehow brighter than regular tail lights?
Than my non-breaking taillights? I believe they are.
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And I am assuming you don’t change lanes or make any turns with your hazards on, right?
Generally no, i'm trying to pull off of the road.
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Seeing as your “legitimate” use has made it almost impossible to see.
So, when i'm stopped on the side of the road, I shouldn't use them either? I mean if using flashers in the rain is a hazard, if I'm on the side of the road, i should have them off too, right?
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:22 pm to mouton
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I am against people using them in the rain where it is more of a hazard. Why is this so hard for you?
From the sounds of it, when is it not more of a hazard to use them when it is raining?
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:30 pm to geauxdaddy72
quote:The rest of the people on the road going 75 appreciate it. It's good to know who the retards are
I will if its so bad I can’t drive over 50-55 mph
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:32 pm to mouton
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No. It actually reduces visibility.
Posted on 11/7/18 at 3:33 pm to mouton
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No you shouldn't. It makes you more of a hazard.
It really doesn't though
I don't do it, but I've never been distracted by someone moving over and turning on their flashers while they putt putt along in a blinding rain
That this board treats it as public enemy #1 is funny though, I'm not sure any other contingent of people anywhere cares as much about this issue as the OT
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