Re: Increasing trend of motorists using hazard lights in the rain
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Not seen this, but have seen it in the slow-traffic-in-torrential-rain situation, where poor visibility required slowing from the usual 110-120kph in pouring rain to something around 80-90kph, that is what I did too, before I found a spot to pull off, leaving the hazards on to hopefully avoid someone ploughing into the back of me. Most cars seemed to be on hazards, otherwise only brakelights showed through the spray, and that could set off seriously bad chain reactions.
After 10-15 minutes watching the hordes stream past blindly following the lights in front, no chance of stopping if required, the rain slacked off enough to get going again, so I did, expecting to come across some amount of carnage ... but nothing, nobody even aquaplaned into the shrubbery. Go figure.
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