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HUM, sometimes hazards are justified while on the road.
I used to drive the Bus in Seattle, WA.
On one particular bus route, I would be driving up a steep hill very early in the morning.......it was very dark and sometimes foggy. Speed limit was 50, much of the traffic was going even faster..... but my bus would max-out at about 20-25 mph. Guess what, YES, in that situation I used the hazards.
Even better would be if they laid on the horn while the flashers were on. An audio signal coupled to the flashing lights would really make it easy to find them in the rain.
You seem to have fabricated a total non issue about something that rarely happens, flasher boogie men who are some kind of humanoid subspecies who apparently go through life with their flashers on just to mess with your head..
HUM, sometimes hazards are justified while on the road.
I used to drive the Bus in Seattle, WA.
On one particular bus route, I would be driving up a steep hill very early in the morning.......it was very dark and sometimes foggy. Speed limit was 50, much of the traffic was going even faster..... but my bus would max-out at about 20-25 mph. Guess what, YES, in that situation I used the hazards.
Evidently buses and trucks are exempt from our ops obsession with THE FLASHER PEOPLE! (Re post 66)
Does something have to be a "burning issue" in order to post here?? With the number of responses, the topic obviously struck a cord with some folks.
You obviously missed the satire in HappyRiders post.
Quote:
sat·ire
ˈsaˌtīr/ noun
noun: satire
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
And this is what most idiots using hazards in the rain forget about...
I can assure you, the LAST THING I am thinking about doing in zero visibility fog that has suddenly descended upon me (and the drivers around me) is CHANGING LANES.
I am simply trying to get through the fog without going down the MOUNTAINSIDE.
No one is worrying about switching lanes; hell, we are all straining to see the divided highway marks in the middle of the road so we don't hit oncoming traffic (and so we can stay in our lane and not end up down a ravine, either).
However, I can assure you, if I NEEDED to put on my turn signal, I do have enough sense to realize I would need to turn off my flashers first. But what kind of IDIOT would decide to turn left, across traffic, when he can't even see the traffic coming????
I think some folks here have no clue what it is like to suddenly find one's self in a hazardous driving condition. Hazard lights are made for hazardous driving conditions.
And for those who mentioned "wipers on, lights on" - just a note - here in my state (NC) it is the law - turn on wipers, your lights go on, or you are in violation (and I see that all the time here - folks must be from out of state and not realize we have a wipers/lights law).
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