hey it's raining - let's all put our hazard lights on!

[DrPizza]

I think FL is actually one of those states based on the online info, but I haven't found the actual law in their code. They're only allowed if the car is stopped and relaying an emergency situation. They may make you more visible but it kinda ruins your distance perception especially if both vehicles are in motion. Gets worse if we're talking about multiple vehicles driving on the road with hazard lights.

Rain-X is awesome stuff, though. Want to get some of that for my car.

I'd love to see the laws about lights on when wipers on. If that's all it is - and the road was fairly deserted except for a trooper looking to give out tickets, I'd drive through a downpour without the wipers on. With that stuff on the windshield, the wipers are redundant; completely unnecessary above about 45-50mph.

 

[Meghan54]

I'd love to see the laws about lights on when wipers on.

Here's a summary of lights on laws, sort of anyway, from AAA. I believe there are 17 states that have the wipers on/lights on law, and NY is one of them.

http://drivinglaws.aaa.com/laws/headlight-use/

 

[Scotteq]

4 way flashers on!?! 20 year old Japanese car? Doing 20 or 30 miles less than the posted limit!?!

We have those here, too. But we're not racist here in the Great Northeast. So we do NOT describe such drivers with phrases like "Black Hair, Brown Skin, White Knuckles" because that would be wrong.

I put my lights *(on on) overcast days.

*How should this sentence structure be handled? I run into it every so often, and in this case a comma doesn't make sense. Is there a way to do it right, or should the sentence be reconstructed?

Probably best to separate the ideas: On Overcast days, I put my lights on.




....and RainX is the bomb

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I swear 1 out of 5 cars on I-95 in Miami this morning had their blinkers on. Idiots. I should have stood my ground.

This happens a lot in Atlanta, too. I guess people don't understand that it just advertises them as the hazard, not the road or weather condition. But, dumb is as dumb does.

 

[Eos]

It's the law in MD. If your wipers are on, your lights must be on. I put my lights *(on on) overcast days. It doesn't hurt, and it might help keep the oblivious masses off of me.

*How should this sentence structure be handled? I run into it every so often, and in this case a comma doesn't make sense. Is there a way to do it right, or should the sentence be reconstructed?

"My headlights are on whenever the weather is overcast."

Just move the words around until it works.

 

[Vic Vega]

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[blurredvision]

In my area, when it rains really hard and visibility is reduced to jack squat, lots of people turn their hazards on. I see nothing wrong with it.

 

[natto fire]

They are just using the hazard lights for their intended purpose...alerting other drivers to a possible hazard that they should be aware of.

Namely, that you should use caution when passing them since they clearly are awful drivers.


And yes, the bigger concern is people who DON'T turn their lights on in rain/snow/fog.

Agree with this. If they are just over in the right lane and going 40 mph with flashers they are merely a hazard. It is annoying when someone is in the passing lane (which is apparently the right lane in Ohio) with their flashers on passing cars without them on. Of course the people with no lights are the probably the worst, although I would argue that people going 20 mph+ slower than the flow of traffic are a bigger danger on controlled access highways.