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Hazard lights
Posted by:
Almost wrecked
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Date: January 21, 2016 07:55AM
Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind using your hazard lights in the middle of a snow storm! If anyone is on the road with you ~ they see what you see!
TURN THEM OFF OR GET OFF OF THE ROAD!
TURN THEM OFF OR GET OFF OF THE ROAD!
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Good Driver
()
Date: January 21, 2016 08:04AM
LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat yesterday. Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at 2 miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T HELP. And for the love of god, what are you people doing stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do you think that's going to work for you.
If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay off the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay off the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
blanche
()
Date: January 21, 2016 08:27AM
Why did you almost wreck?
Sometime using hazard flashers (or lights during rain) is not about seeing, its about being seen.
There are a lot of assclowns around here driving too fast for conditions, perhaps the person with the hazard flashers on were trying to draw attention to the fact that they were going slow -- not the speed limit -- (novel idea) under hazardous conditions.
Sometime using hazard flashers (or lights during rain) is not about seeing, its about being seen.
There are a lot of assclowns around here driving too fast for conditions, perhaps the person with the hazard flashers on were trying to draw attention to the fact that they were going slow -- not the speed limit -- (novel idea) under hazardous conditions.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Almost Wrecked
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Date: January 21, 2016 08:38AM
The name has nothing to do with the weather or driving skills. It's just a name I picked. It seems fitting, though.
Again, if you can't drive then get off of the roads. Bad drivers are just as dangerous as drunk drivers and maybe worse! Why the need to add another distraction to the already attention-deficit drivers in this area! The next step would be to constantly blow your horn too! STAY OFF OF THE ROADS!
Again, if you can't drive then get off of the roads. Bad drivers are just as dangerous as drunk drivers and maybe worse! Why the need to add another distraction to the already attention-deficit drivers in this area! The next step would be to constantly blow your horn too! STAY OFF OF THE ROADS!
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Huh???
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Date: January 21, 2016 08:42AM
Here's a fun fact...
In conditions with limited visibility, people who use their hazards are often rear-ended. Why? Because they will put them on to indicate they are pulling over to the side of the road...and drivers behind them will follow them thinking that's the way the road is going and rear-end them.
Like Wyatt Earp might say...
I'm not saying you can't use your hazards.
And I'm not saying you can't drive down the road.
All I'm saying is, you can't drive down the road with your hazards on.
Hazards are for when you are already pulled over to the side of the road and stopped. Or for those stupid dumbfucks in NOVA whose car is at the bottom of a ditch because they don't know how to drive in the snow...you may also use your hazards while you're down there in a smoking crater waiting to be overcharged by a towing company to get your BMW X-Series with performance tires instead of all-season or snow tires back on the road!
"I don't know what happened...I have all-wheel drive and ABS brakes...I should be able to drive as fast as I want!"
In conditions with limited visibility, people who use their hazards are often rear-ended. Why? Because they will put them on to indicate they are pulling over to the side of the road...and drivers behind them will follow them thinking that's the way the road is going and rear-end them.
Like Wyatt Earp might say...
I'm not saying you can't use your hazards.
And I'm not saying you can't drive down the road.
All I'm saying is, you can't drive down the road with your hazards on.
Hazards are for when you are already pulled over to the side of the road and stopped. Or for those stupid dumbfucks in NOVA whose car is at the bottom of a ditch because they don't know how to drive in the snow...you may also use your hazards while you're down there in a smoking crater waiting to be overcharged by a towing company to get your BMW X-Series with performance tires instead of all-season or snow tires back on the road!
"I don't know what happened...I have all-wheel drive and ABS brakes...I should be able to drive as fast as I want!"
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
blanche
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Date: January 21, 2016 09:28AM
Oh, I use my turn signals if I'm getting off the road, not my hazard lights.
If you rear end someone, you're too close to have a margin of safety. Sorry that you can't figure out slowing down is the way to go in an icy situation.
The hazards mean watch out and stay off my bumper.
If you rear end someone, you're too close to have a margin of safety. Sorry that you can't figure out slowing down is the way to go in an icy situation.
The hazards mean watch out and stay off my bumper.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Park it, Gumby
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Date: January 21, 2016 09:38AM
Almost Wrecked Wrote:
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> Again, if you can't drive then get off of the roads.
What the hell are YOU doing out there? You didn't even know what flashers are for. You suck as a driver.
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> Again, if you can't drive then get off of the roads.
What the hell are YOU doing out there? You didn't even know what flashers are for. You suck as a driver.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
LetsRock
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Date: January 21, 2016 09:43AM
Good Driver Wrote:
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> LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat yesterday.
> Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at 2
> miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T HELP.
> And for the love of god, what are you people doing
> stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do you
> think that's going to work for you.
>
> If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay off
> the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're
> not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or
> DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in
> snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
My AWD BMW 535xi rocks in the snow. I was trained well growing up in West Virginia where schools are NOT closed when it snows. They just put chains on the school bus.
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> LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat yesterday.
> Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at 2
> miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T HELP.
> And for the love of god, what are you people doing
> stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do you
> think that's going to work for you.
>
> If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay off
> the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're
> not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or
> DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in
> snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
My AWD BMW 535xi rocks in the snow. I was trained well growing up in West Virginia where schools are NOT closed when it snows. They just put chains on the school bus.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Sheesh...
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Date: January 21, 2016 09:48AM
LetsRock Wrote:
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> They just put chains on the school bus.
Of course, they do. It's West Virginia.
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> They just put chains on the school bus.
Of course, they do. It's West Virginia.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Mountaineers
()
Date: January 21, 2016 09:50AM
LetsRock Wrote:
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> I was trained well growing up in West Virginia where
> schools are NOT closed when it snows. They just put
> chains on the school bus.
Yup. All one of them.
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> I was trained well growing up in West Virginia where
> schools are NOT closed when it snows. They just put
> chains on the school bus.
Yup. All one of them.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
FCCyJ
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Date: January 21, 2016 09:51AM
I suppose if you are going significantly below what current conditions allow, you should use your hazards. However, since I suspect everyone was equally hazardous yesterday, there would have been no need for them unless you are stopped in the middle of the road.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Attn: Kmart Shoppers
()
Date: January 21, 2016 09:53AM
Hazard lights are ONLY to be used if you are black, and sitting in front of a store, parked in the fire lane.
Once Baby Mama returns to the car wiff your Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull, you must turn off the hazard lights as you head back to the crib.
Once Baby Mama returns to the car wiff your Schlitz Malt Liquor Bull, you must turn off the hazard lights as you head back to the crib.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Almost Wrecked
()
Date: January 21, 2016 10:05AM
Park it, Gumby Wrote:
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> Almost Wrecked Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Again, if you can't drive then get off of the
> roads.
>
> What the hell are YOU doing out there? You didn't
> even know what flashers are for. You suck as a
> driver.
I was taking a survey on how many drivers had their hazard lights on.
Thanks for your chiming in, but you have no idea of my driving abilities.
If YOU drive the way you add in here, we'll see you in a ditch!
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> Almost Wrecked Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Again, if you can't drive then get off of the
> roads.
>
> What the hell are YOU doing out there? You didn't
> even know what flashers are for. You suck as a
> driver.
I was taking a survey on how many drivers had their hazard lights on.
Thanks for your chiming in, but you have no idea of my driving abilities.
If YOU drive the way you add in here, we'll see you in a ditch!
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
su775452er Trooper
()
Date: January 21, 2016 10:12AM
Va. state law states that hazard lights are NOT to be used while vehicle is in motion, morons!
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Almost Wrecked
()
Date: January 21, 2016 10:14AM
Those WV buses have a shorter wheel base. I think that's where the term short bus comes from... I know, I know.... Don't pick on the retarded. Sorry bout that!
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Former Buffalo driver
()
Date: January 21, 2016 10:18AM
Good Driver Wrote:
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> LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat yesterday.
> Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at 2
> miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T HELP.
> And for the love of god, what are you people doing
> stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do you
> think that's going to work for you.
>
> If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay off
> the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're
> not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or
> DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in
> snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
You are an ass. Go back to where you came from insulting every person living here.
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> LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat yesterday.
> Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at 2
> miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T HELP.
> And for the love of god, what are you people doing
> stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do you
> think that's going to work for you.
>
> If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay off
> the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're
> not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or
> DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in
> snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
You are an ass. Go back to where you came from insulting every person living here.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Bill.N.
()
Date: January 21, 2016 10:43AM
Hazard lights are a way to tell the idiots on the road "Road conditions have deteriorated. You can continue to drive like a Formula One driver if you like but I am slowing down." You would think they would be able to tell this without the lights. But as I said they are idiots and are too busy congratulating themselves on the fact they are driving 20 mph above the speed limit in the snow to notice the car in front of them is doing 10 mph under the limit.
There is another advantage to using hazards in near white out conditions, but that did not apply to last night's storm.
There is another advantage to using hazards in near white out conditions, but that did not apply to last night's storm.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
wWKFV
()
Date: January 21, 2016 11:01AM
Good Driver Wrote:
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> LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat yesterday.
> Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at 2
> miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T HELP.
> And for the love of god, what are you people doing
> stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do you
> think that's going to work for you.
>
> If your car isn't ready for snowy [icy] driving stay off
> the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're
> not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or
> DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in
> snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
Icy. Not so much snow.
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> LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat yesterday.
> Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at 2
> miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T HELP.
> And for the love of god, what are you people doing
> stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do you
> think that's going to work for you.
>
> If your car isn't ready for snowy [icy] driving stay off
> the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell you're
> not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland, or
> DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive in
> snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
Icy. Not so much snow.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Begging to differ
()
Date: January 21, 2016 11:03AM
su775452er Trooper Wrote:
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> Va. state law states that hazard lights are NOT to
> be used while vehicle is in motion, morons!
ยง 46.2-1040 .. Hazard lights
All four turn signals may be flashed simultaneously on a vehicle slowed or stopped at the scene of a traffic hazard, when traveling as part of a funeral procession, or when traveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour or less.
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> Va. state law states that hazard lights are NOT to
> be used while vehicle is in motion, morons!
ยง 46.2-1040 .. Hazard lights
All four turn signals may be flashed simultaneously on a vehicle slowed or stopped at the scene of a traffic hazard, when traveling as part of a funeral procession, or when traveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour or less.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Mayan Ruin
()
Date: January 21, 2016 11:07AM
The best use of hazard lights I've seen is in Mexico.
There are speed bumps and then there are Mexican speed bumps (topes).
They put these crazy ass speed bumps in the most random ass places from in the middle of small towns to the middle of a fucking highway.
Gringo tip: If you see hazard lights blazing on the car in front of you in Mexico, hit the brakes or you're gambling to lose a muffler and/or oil pan, possible General Lee 'Dukes of Hazard' launch. (Of course if you're driving anywhere but the Yucatan, you probably have bigger worries of being shot and/or kidnapped.)
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There are speed bumps and then there are Mexican speed bumps (topes).
They put these crazy ass speed bumps in the most random ass places from in the middle of small towns to the middle of a fucking highway.
Gringo tip: If you see hazard lights blazing on the car in front of you in Mexico, hit the brakes or you're gambling to lose a muffler and/or oil pan, possible General Lee 'Dukes of Hazard' launch. (Of course if you're driving anywhere but the Yucatan, you probably have bigger worries of being shot and/or kidnapped.)
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Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
WVACallingUHome
()
Date: January 21, 2016 11:07AM
LetsRock Wrote:
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> Good Driver Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat
> yesterday.
> > Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at
> 2
> > miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T
> HELP.
> > And for the love of god, what are you people
> doing
> > stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do
> you
> > think that's going to work for you.
And why are you still here? Also, if you're so smart, why don't you help out some people less fortunate. Or didn't your white trash hillbilly parents teach you anything about lending a hand? You probably didn't have any. Ignorant orphan. Go home.
> >
> > If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay
> off
> > the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell
> you're
> > not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland,
> or
> > DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive
> in
> > snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
>
>
> My AWD BMW 535xi rocks in the snow. I was trained
> well growing up in West Virginia where schools are
> NOT closed when it snows. They just put chains on
> the school bus.
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> Good Driver Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat
> yesterday.
> > Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at
> 2
> > miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T
> HELP.
> > And for the love of god, what are you people
> doing
> > stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do
> you
> > think that's going to work for you.
And why are you still here? Also, if you're so smart, why don't you help out some people less fortunate. Or didn't your white trash hillbilly parents teach you anything about lending a hand? You probably didn't have any. Ignorant orphan. Go home.
> >
> > If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay
> off
> > the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell
> you're
> > not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland,
> or
> > DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive
> in
> > snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
>
>
> My AWD BMW 535xi rocks in the snow. I was trained
> well growing up in West Virginia where schools are
> NOT closed when it snows. They just put chains on
> the school bus.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Tiger_Kiss
()
Date: January 21, 2016 11:24AM
Keep honking I'm re-loading. ;)
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Better Driver Than You
()
Date: January 21, 2016 08:33PM
Former Buffalo driver Wrote:
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> Good Driver Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat
> yesterday.
> > Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at
> 2
> > miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T
> HELP.
> > And for the love of god, what are you people
> doing
> > stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do
> you
> > think that's going to work for you.
> >
> > If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay
> off
> > the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell
> you're
> > not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland,
> or
> > DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive
> in
> > snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
>
>
> You are an ass. Go back to where you came from
> insulting every person living here.
Hey, look everyone, it's another shitbag who can't drive. You people universally suck ass at driving in snow. Which is weird, since there's hardly any actual natives here, and pretty much everyone is imported from outside. you'd think on average at least half of you could drive in snow, but you're all utterly incompetent.
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> Good Driver Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > LOL, yeah, I saw enough of that shiat
> yesterday.
> > Here's a courtesy clue call: coasting along at
> 2
> > miles an hour with your hazards on DOESN'T
> HELP.
> > And for the love of god, what are you people
> doing
> > stopping in lane while going up a hill? How do
> you
> > think that's going to work for you.
> >
> > If your car isn't ready for snowy driving stay
> off
> > the roads. Here's one foolproof way to tell
> you're
> > not ready: your car has a Virginia, Maryland,
> or
> > DC plate. None of you people can fucking drive
> in
> > snow. If you think you can, you're wrong.
>
>
> You are an ass. Go back to where you came from
> insulting every person living here.
Hey, look everyone, it's another shitbag who can't drive. You people universally suck ass at driving in snow. Which is weird, since there's hardly any actual natives here, and pretty much everyone is imported from outside. you'd think on average at least half of you could drive in snow, but you're all utterly incompetent.
Re: Hazard lights
Posted by:
Hoyty
()
Date: January 22, 2016 06:09AM
Stay home or stay on the right lane.