Flashers on the Interstate!!!

SoWal Insider

Dec 20, '07 · 2:22 PM1,283

We are driving on I-10 right now coming through Pensacola. The rain is bad and people are driving with their flashers on. Dont they realize that this makes it hard to see if their brake lights are on or not??? :bang:

If their lights are on then why the flashers??? Then why drive in the left lane when no one is in the right???

Question: If you put your flashers on during a rain storm - what is the reason???

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bean

Dec 20, '07 · 2:27 PM#2

We are driving on I-10 right now coming through Pensacola. The rain is bad and people are driving with their flashers on. Dont they realize that this makes it hard to see if their brake lights are on or not???If their lights are on then why the flashers??? Then why drive in the left lane when no one is in the right???

Question: If you put your flashers on during a rain storm - what is the reason???

I thought it was to use caution.... :idontno:

At first I thought we were talking about a different kind of flashers on the interstate...glad it wasn't that kind.

hmmmm......can't remember

Dec 20, '07 · 2:27 PM#3

You got me all excited for nothing. I didn't know that "flashers" meant hazard lights.

When it's raining really, really, really hard, it's tough for me to see tail lights. If it's raining that hard, I'd rather see the hazard lights on, maintain a bigger interval, and assume that they'll hit the brakes at any second anyway...

...but maybe that's just me. :idontno:

Beach Fanatic

Dec 20, '07 · 2:28 PM#4

Damn!!

Fooled me, I thought you were talking about REAL flashers, not the silly things on cars!! :clap:

:funn:

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Dec 20, '07 · 2:29 PM#5

I thought you meant you just got Flashed....you know trench coat flashed. I think it has happened to a few of us, huh?

Oh, and I don't know why people put their flashers on....I am thinking so people will see them better? :idontno:

hmmmm......can't remember

Dec 20, '07 · 2:29 PM#6

We are driving on I-10 right now coming through Pensacola. The rain is bad and people are driving with their flashers on.

Wait a minute, you're SoWalling on the road, and complaining about other people's driving? :floor:

You so crazy...

SoWal Expert

Dec 20, '07 · 2:29 PM#7

Well, I thought the same thing! We must all really be bored today. :lol:

Moderator

Dec 20, '07 · 2:30 PM#8

We are driving on I-10 right now coming through Pensacola. The rain is bad and people are driving with their flashers on. Dont they realize that this makes it hard to see if their brake lights are on or not???If their lights are on then why the flashers??? Then why drive in the left lane when no one is in the right???

Question: If you put your flashers on during a rain storm - what is the reason???

I don't know about Florida, but I'm pretty sure that, technically, driving with your hazzards on in Georgia is against the law...
Probably, for that very reason...

bean

Dec 20, '07 · 2:33 PM#9

I just read on AAA that during a rain storm you should drive with your lights on and if you need to pull off to the side of the road, then use your flashers/hazard lights to alert other drivers that you are there.

Stay safe IBD!!!!

SoWal Insider

Dec 20, '07 · 2:36 PM#10

Wait a minute, you're SoWalling on the road, and complaining about other people's driving?

You so crazy...

She's probably SoWaling on her phone while Mr. IBD drives. :wave:

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 20, '07 · 2:37 PM#11

I am not driving, I am riding , What better way to catch up on SoWal...
Sorry, no nekkid males or females on the side of the road here! I knew that is what you nasty minds would think about and that is why I love ya!!!
Flashers/Caution/hazard lights - I know people want other drivers on the road to see them - but if their lights are on then I can see them. If I could not, then I dont need to be driving and then I would pull off the road and turn on my "flashers" . When is is torrential rain (like it is now) and the rear lights and the hazard lights are flashing at you it is harder to see if their brake lights are on or even a turn signal.

Beach Fanatic

Dec 20, '07 · 2:40 PM#12

I've noticed that before on I-10. I guess that's just something they do down here. We never did that in the Chicago area, and we definitely didn't slow down!

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 20, '07 · 2:42 PM#13

She's probably SoWaling on her phone while Mr. IBD drives.

Actually, my laptop. I would go crazy trying to email from one of those small PDA thing a ma jiggys!!! :floor:

Thanks OL for the AAA update and singingchicken also. That is what we thought. I am assuming that it is illegal in Fla and hope Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana also. BUT I dont think a Trooper will be pulling someone over in the rain to issue a citiation! :cool:

Beach Fanatic

Dec 20, '07 · 2:43 PM#14

I believe the reason is for people like me, who in a torrential downpour can barely see the road, much less regular taillights or the back of a silver car. The hazard lights are much brighter and makes the vehicle in front easier to see. But, I do think it is technically illegal.

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Dec 20, '07 · 2:43 PM#15

And where might you be going IBD? Have a safe trip wherever it is you are traveling to. Stay Safe. :wave:

SoWal Expert

Dec 20, '07 · 2:44 PM#16

Actually, my laptop. I would go crazy trying to email from one of those small PDA thing a ma jiggys!!!

Thanks OL for the AAA update and singingchicken also. That is what we thought. I am assuming that it is illegal in Fla and hope Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana also. BUT I dont think a Trooper will be pulling someone over in the rain to issue a citiation!

IBD, are you headed TO La. or home from LA?

SoWal Expert

Dec 20, '07 · 2:48 PM#17

When it's raining really, really, really hard, it's tough for me to see tail lights. If it's raining that hard, I'd rather see the hazard lights on, maintain a bigger interval, and assume that they'll hit the brakes at any second anyway...

ditto

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 20, '07 · 2:57 PM#18

And where might you be going IBD? Have a safe trip wherever it is you are traveling to. Stay Safe.

I am on my way TO Lousisiana for a few days and will be home on Sunday night. I will be in SoWal for Christmas... :clap:

IBD, are you headed TO La. or home from LA?

see above

ditto

SJ, I did not know that cars had lights on the other side of Lake E. :floor:

Moderator

Dec 20, '07 · 3:21 PM#19

I am assuming that it is illegal in Fla and hope Alabama and Mississippi and Louisiana also. BUT I dont think a Trooper will be pulling someone over in the rain to issue a citiation!

I'm guessing an officer would have to be having a really slow day to ticket somebody for driving with them on. Besides, if it's raining that hard, he's not going to want to get out in it, either!

SoWal Expert

Dec 20, '07 · 3:34 PM#20

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SJ, I did not know that cars had lights on the other side of Lake E.

well, some don't run with lights to help keep the law off their backs and others think that they get better gas mileage without burning them, while another group doesn't like to replace their headlights when they burn out. That leaves a remaining guestimate of about 5% who use headlights at night. Actually, E. is so well lit that you don't even need headlights while driving at night -- seriously, and that has gotten many people stopped, because they didn't think to turn on their lights.

Edited Dec 20, '07 · 3:35 PM

SoWal InsiderAuthor

Dec 20, '07 · 3:49 PM#21

Mr. IBD said touche :wave:

well, some don't run with lights to help keep the law off their backs and others think that they get better gas mileage without burning them, while another group doesn't like to replace their headlights when they burn out. That leaves a remaining guestimate of about 5% who use headlights at night. Actually, E. is so well lit that you don't even need headlights while driving at night -- seriously, and that has gotten many people stopped, because they didn't think to turn on their lights.

SoWal Insider

Dec 20, '07 · 4:23 PM#22

I thought it was to use caution....

At first I thought we were talking about a different kind of flashers on the interstate...glad it wasn't that kind.

That's what I thought also. I was going to ask her if she got any pictures of the flashers, the other kind. :lol:

Beach Lover

Dec 20, '07 · 4:31 PM#23

Then why drive in the left lane when no one is in the right???

We normally travel in the left lane because it seems to have less standing water. Last time we went to P'cola though, both lanes were underwater so please be careful out there!

Oh, and flashers are annoying to me but I don't know why. Last Saturday a policeman in Destin was behind a car with flashers on (in the rain) and he didn't pull the car over.

SoWal Expert

Dec 20, '07 · 5:19 PM#24

So disappointed that this thread is actually about car lights! :wave:

Beach Fanatic

Dec 20, '07 · 5:21 PM#25

From the Florida Driving Handbook:

Driving Slowly. Drivers often do not realize how fast they are catching up to a slow vehicle until they are very close. If you must drive slowly, alert following drivers by turning on your emergency flashers if it is legal. (Laws regarding the use of flashers differ from one state to another. Check the laws of the states where you will drive.)

So obviously it is legal in Florida.

SoWal Expert

Dec 20, '07 · 5:34 PM#26

I'm going to go out and turn on my flashers right now. The rain is heavy. With interstates having minimum speeds of 45 mph, I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that someone going less than 45 SHOULD use their hazard lights to alert people to slow moving traffic.

Edited Dec 20, '07 · 5:36 PM