What piss's you off in traffic?

[NWSharpshooter]

if the weather is bad enough that you have to have your hazards on, your dumbass shouldn't even be on the road in the first place.

oh I agree with you there. Unfortunately most of the time you are on the freeway running along having a great day when it starts dumping rain on you. If it is bad enough to require the hazard lights I will start making my way to an exit and get off the road as quickly as possible. I do however want people to be able to see me while I am working my way off the road.

A couple of years ago I was running 140 between Adairsville and Rome when it started hailing really bad. I hit the hazards, slowed down and started looking for a side road to pull onto. Eventually it got so bad that we all just stopped in the middle of 140 with our hazards on because nobody could see anything. I was thankful for that big comcast van behind me and the big logging truck behind him as we all sat stopped in the middle of 140 for 5 minutes. I was terrified though that someone would be coming the other way and not have the sense to stop.

 

[erkinator]

Yeah, all true too. Btw, this debate about hazards while driving is a never ending opinion based debate so there is never a right answer.

As a trained professional driver with yearly re-cert classes and thousands of hours per year behind the wheel, hazards while driving (especially in a downpour) is more distracting than helpful. The flashing lights are blinding to me as the light infracts off of the rain and confuses me more than just barely being able to see your taillights.

Just my opinion from my experiences.

Ever get behind a garbage truck?

 

[LMK]

Some days everything does

 

[NWSharpshooter]

As a trained professional driver with yearly re-cert classes and thousands of hours per year behind the wheel, hazards while driving (especially in a downpour) is more distracting than helpful. The flashing lights are blinding to me as the light infracts off of the rain and confuses me more than just barely being able to see your taillights.

Why do emergency vehicles drive with flashing lights then? Wouldn't it be safer if they weren't driving down the street with distracting flashing lights?

 

[Leatherhead]

Why do emergency vehicles drive with flashing lights then? Wouldn't it be safer if they weren't driving down the street with distracting flashing lights?

Because were awesome!



Are you supposed to pull to the right and stop for a dude riding with his hazards on because he's scared of the rain?

 

[NWSharpshooter]

Because were awesome!



Are you supposed to pull to the right and stop for a dude riding with his hazards on because he's scared of the rain?

Hey man, I'm from New Mexico, I'm not used to seeing water fall from the sky. That **** is crazy.

 

[Leatherhead]

Hey man, I'm from New Mexico, I'm not used to seeing water fall from the sky. That **** is crazy.

Lol, its nuts when it comes down that hard. Just follow that white line on the right and watch out for the old folks with their flashers on....



And Asians. Always watch for Asians.

 

[TCW50]

The idiots that pull out in front of me instead of waiting the half a second for me to go by and there are no cars behind me, especially when they turn immediately after cutting me off.

 

[ECJ62]

People that spill their beer on their coke while rolling a joint and not using their blinker when turning to avoid a DUI checkpoint.

 

[BIKER13]

Lol, its nuts when it comes down that hard. Just follow that white line on the right and watch out for the old folks with their flashers on....



And Asians. Always watch for Asians.

wtf? Old folks with their flashers on? get out of the way sonny old fart coming through