Hazard light drivers

[460cixy]

I have seen plenty of these over the years. You know the ones tearing down the highway flat out with the hazards on mile after mile any how I saw one today and though I might ask the question on here and get a somewhat sensible answer

[Disco Muppet]

I have seen plenty of these over the years. You know the ones tearing down the highway flat out with the hazards on mile after mile any how I saw one today and though I might ask the question on here and get a somewhat sensible answer

You sure about that? :p
I only see that driving through the village really late, when the trucks don't bother slowing down and just charge through.

[460cixy]

Yeah I might be a bit optimistic about the answers. But IDE see one a week or more on the Hume when I was up and down it all the time

[BigJon]

I have seen plenty of these over the years. You know the ones tearing down the highway flat out with the hazards on mile after mile any how I saw one today and though I might ask the question on here and get a somewhat sensible answer

There isn't actually a question there, which makes giving a sensible answer somewhat difficult.

[460cixy]

There isn't actually a question there, which makes giving a sensible answer somewhat difficult.

Basically I'm asking why the hell they do it!

[bee utey]

Are they all tearing off to the local hospital with a very pregnant wife on board?

Or maybe the driver is doped up shouting "WEE WAH WEE WAH" as he's rushing along?

[460cixy]

Are they all tearing off to the local hospital with a very pregnant wife on board?

Or maybe the driver is doped up shouting "WEE WAH WEE WAH" as he's rushing along?

Haha that last part could be legit for these parts

[MR LR]

Well I've torn up the highway at 30kph with hazards on as a harvester escort....

But somehow I think you're talking about a slightly different speed and situation haha.

Cheers
Will

[mikehzz]

They use them more in Europe on the motorways and in a very sensible fashion. If they come across a bit of a traffic jam and have to slow down quickly then the hazards come on until they see the car behind them put theirs on. I don't see that very often here, but then they are going a lot faster than us on their motorways.

[solmanic]

X2. I always use them when having to stop suddenly on the freeway. Learnt the practice in Europe and it made so much sense.

[Disco Muppet]

That's what they're there for after all ;)

[Gumnut]

Yep,

That's why they are called hazard lights. Because people switch them on and then do really hazardous things.....

[mikehzz]

Most people only use them here if they have stopped due to breaking down or some such and they are usually in the breakdown lane. Also it's usually only the car that has broken that has the flashers going. If it was Europe then all the cars suddenly stopping for him would have the flashers going as well until they saw the cars behind acknowledge the hazard. It certainly reduces rear end collisions in what is a pretty high speed environment, especially Germany.

[460cixy]

I guess that's fair enough but does not explain why you would do it on a near dead quiet Hume highway I have mostly seen it on highways like the Hume not so much else where :confused:

[zulu Delta 534]

A lot of people do not fully understand the eccentricity of electricity.
As an example, a flasher can can only hold approximately 50,000 stored flashes, so it is stupid to waste those flashes unneccesarily. But on the other hand the bulbs can tend to become very lackadaisical if they are not used regularly.
Hazard lights , closely related to those rear fog lights, tend to go rusty and become unserviceable if not used regularly to keep the bulbs in practice. Hence you often see the phenomena of which you speak as people try to keep their bulbs active..

I drive a Ford Ranger, and on that particular vehicle, the hazard light switch is handily located where I can bump it quite easily with my wrist whilst accessing the tray like indentation on the top of the dash.

Apart from that I treat an emergency flasher/ hazard flasher as a warning that there is a problem on or near the vehicle showing that signal, or that the driver of the vehicle showing the hazard lights has been close to an emergency situation within the past half hour and simply forgotten to turn them off.
Regards
Glen

[CharlesTeton]

Hehehe :)

[V8Ian]

I tend to agree with you Glen, particularly if you consider stopping for a leak an emergent situation. It does make me wonder how often most drivers scan their dash/instruments though (Kenworth drivers excepted).

[carjunkieanon]

I've driven on the freeway with flashers on, for km after km after km.

:mad: engine issues :mad:

[Disco Muppet]

When dad towed me home along the highway I had my flashers on. I always put them on if I can see a hazard ahead, and particularly if it's on a corner I stay far enough back from it that other people behind me see the flashing lights before they go around the corner.
Just seems like common sense to me, but we all know what they say about common sense...

[debruiser]

They use them more in Europe on the motorways and in a very sensible fashion. If they come across a bit of a traffic jam and have to slow down quickly then the hazards come on until they see the car behind them put theirs on. I don't see that very often here, but then they are going a lot faster than us on their motorways.

I've seen truckies around these parts doing that of late... Thought that it might be some fancy new system when they brake heavily to warn others.... maybe not.

I think it's a good idea though, how often are you on the end of a line of stopped/near stopped traffic on the highway and looking in your rearvision mirror just hoping that the person behind you has seen that your actually stopped. i might start doing it.

[V8Ian]

I've seen truckies around these parts doing that of late... Thought that it might be some fancy new system when they brake heavily to warn others.... maybe not.

I think it's a good idea though, how often are you on the end of a line of stopped/near stopped traffic on the highway and looking in your rearvision mirror just hoping that the person behind you has seen that your actually stopped. i might start doing it.Common practice by truckies at roadworks, quite noticeable along the entire length of the Bruce due to the number of "Stop'n'Go"s. Truckies warn each other of the traffic queues.

[debruiser]

Common practice by truckies at roadworks, quite noticeable along the entire length of the Bruce due to the number of "Stop'n'Go"s. Truckies warn each other of the traffic queues.

I hate stop'n'go's.

I'm sure they never used to do it though.... Still recon it's a good idea.