Hazard lights

"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony) 11/10/2015 at 10:13 • Filed to: None

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One can only assume that hazard lights are to indicate to other motorists that your car is having an issue.

Then why was the idiot in front of me in my way to work, driving in the left lane with his hazards on? He was driving a Jetta, so it could be that he just leaves them on for convenience.

jariten1781 > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:20

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Hazard lights are used to let the people around you know that it's sprinkling. How would they know otherwise?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:22

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A vehicle has two major components, the actual motorized device known as a car, and the driver. The hazards are there to indicate a problem with the vehicle. I suspect a problem with the driver. Specifically, upstairs.

davedave1111 > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:27

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Is there anywhere these days where people call it in when they see a car driving along with the alarm going off?

Birddog > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:27

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They’re not Hazard lights. Those are 4 way turn signals. It’s to warn other motorists that the car may abruptly change lanes or turn in any direction at any time.

BigBlock440 > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:29

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They’re there to indicate a slow moving or stopped vehicle, not necessarily that the vehicle is broken. But that means it shouldn’t be in the left lane.

Being that it’s a VW, maybe the driver was alerting you to the danger of driving behind them?

Justin Hughes > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:30

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In theory, hazards are intended to indicate that the car flashing them is in trouble. In reality, hazards indicate that everyone around the car flashing them is in trouble.

Svend > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:33

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Hazards are to make others aware of both yourself and also any other hazard around. Say you hit a contra flow on the motorway/highway and traffic stops, use your hazards to highlight to cars coming up behind that there is a hazard up front.

The driver may of forgotten they were on or not noticed they accidentally put them on but may also in fact be trying to nurse or limp home or to a safer place to pull over. Certain cars these days have a ‘limp home’ safety feature that will bypass other features if something bad has happened to the engine (but not drastic) and will keep your car at a certain rev range, turn on your side lights, turn on your wipers, you will experience all non essential features to not work, much lower mpg and probably a loss of power steering making things rather interesting in heavy traffic.

wiffleballtony > BigBlock440 11/10/2015 at 10:34

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Environmental hazard lights?

wiffleballtony > davedave1111 11/10/2015 at 10:35

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Who are we going to call it into? The police? That way they can find the guy and promptly shoot him. In this case it’s a distinct possibility since he had Sonoran plates.

and 100 more > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/10/2015 at 10:36

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Bad gasket between the steering wheel and the driver’s seat.

wiffleballtony > Svend 11/10/2015 at 10:37

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That is all likely, however he shouldn’t be in the left lane, where we are all doing 75+, if you’re limping get in the right lanes.

Svend > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:43

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Sorry fella. Forgot you colonials drive on the wrong side. Lol. Only kidding. Ye’, they most definitely shouldn’t be in the fast lane/overtaking lane but in lane one/slow lane and pull off the motorway/highway as soon as possible so as not to be a hazard to other road users for longer than is necessary to get to a safe place.

davedave1111 > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:53

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Yes, the police. He should have known better than to be so dark-skinned - bringing it on himself.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > and 100 more 11/10/2015 at 10:53

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Inter-ear seal broken, wind getting through.

CalzoneGolem > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:53

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Sadly, those are the only lights that work on his Jetta now.

wiffleballtony > davedave1111 11/10/2015 at 10:55

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Clearly. Sounds like a personal problem.

Twism > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 10:56

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A friend of mine is a volunteer fireman in a remote town, and when he receives a call he is permitted to drive to the fire station without much care for speed limits; he has to throw on his hazards and make sure to be extra careful (reckless driving will still be fined).

So if your guy was driving stupid fast, that might explain it.

wiffleballtony > Twism 11/10/2015 at 10:58

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It was kind of the opposite. He was going slowly. Pretty much everyone was going 30 over.

vicali > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/10/2015 at 11:30

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I use hazard lights and really fast wiper to determine who is not comfortable as a driver..

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > vicali 11/10/2015 at 11:34

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Don’t scoff at really fast wipers. I would have until recently, but I happened to take a ride in a vehicle whose owner had apparently never heard of Rain-X or similar products. Or maybe they just hadn’t got around to it, it was pretty new. Anyway, with a totally untreated windshield, those wipers had to be on fast. There was no beading at all, just streaking. Your view was distorted just as fast as it was cleared.

Of course, if the fast wipers are in conjunction with some other questionable driving, I think you're justified using them as coffin nails.

yitznewton > wiffleballtony 11/10/2015 at 11:39

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When I was a kid, the son of a friend of my mom’s had a first-gen Pontiac Sunbird. I was screwing around in the driver’s seat, and when I turned on the hazards, we weren’t able to get the off again. He drove off with them blinking. Felt kinda bad about that.

vicali > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 11/10/2015 at 11:42

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I’ll give a pass under heavy rain; fast wiper during a light drizzle means you usually sit on the other side of the car..

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > vicali 11/10/2015 at 11:45

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This wasn't really heavy rain... but it wasn't a light drizzle either. It was somewhere in the middle. Seriously people, COAT. YOUR. WINDSHIELD.