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- From: rap@bnr.co.uk (Richard Porter)
- Newsgroups: uk.transport
- Subject: Re: Hazzard Lights
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 13:31:31 GMT
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- In article <C1GKA9.4Fv@cs.bham.ac.uk> nht@cs.bham.ac.uk
- (Neville H Thomas) writes:
-
- >Tripping up and down on the M6, I notice that when traffic is slowing
- >down, the current trend is turn on the hazzard warning lights.
-
- >I wonder if this malpractice is happening else where (not just,
- >north of Brum)?
-
- I've noticed this a few times, and I agree with your verdict. The first
- time someone did this in front of me I naturally assumed that he was in some
- sort of difficulty and prepared to change lanes in order to get past. I
- had of course seen the traffic build-up ahead of him and was slowing down
- anyway. The emergency flashers were totally unnecessary and gave the
- wrong message. If you are stationary at the back of a queue it is wise
- to apply the foot brake until someone else pulls up behind.
-
- It should be an ofence to use emergency flashers when there is no real
- emergency. Drivers who use hazard warning lights while parked at the side
- of a street should be booked automatically for, on their own admission,
- causing a hazard. If the nearside light is obscured you can never tell
- whether a vehicle is signalling to pull out or is just parked.
-
- Richard
-