I realise most of you don't drive at night, but if the need should arise, I pass on the following tip, which I found very useful on a recent night trip home from Melbourne.
At roadworks traffic lights are often left to manage traffic in the absence of workmen and traffic controllers.
After long hours on the road it's hard to tell if the tail lights are moving or stationary. That's when the hazard warning is very useful. The truck in front of me pulled up at the traffic lights and used the hazard warning flashers. So I added mine. All night wherever there was road works the hazards came into play.
I've used it on several occasions on my way home from Qld this week, even at a crash in NSW, then proceeded to ask the other vehicles pulled up behind me to use their hazards for the duration of the road block.
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I love reading your driving hints CG. They are all so useful and should be remembered. Beth did put up a similiar thread on the use of hazard lights a while back. Probably while you were away. Not sure what section it was in.
We use the hazards when stoped by "lollypop men (or ladies)" at roadworks etc., - just gives you a feeling of security, that no-one is going to run into the back of you - when someone else comes up behind you - turn yours off - if they have radio - ask them to put their hazards on, if we all do this, the word will spread - maybe a letter to a traffic control mob or govt department might help to make it a common practice.
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Hazards Lights have been fitted to vehicles for well over 40 years , And they were fitted for purpose of warning drivers following of a hazard ahead , Maybe in these smart times we live in lots of driver have got out of the good habit of using hazard light which are fitted to all Vehicles , in my 40 years in the Fire service it was an operational procedure that when ever stop at an Incident Hazard lights must be activated at all times day or night , For all other drivers it would be common sense to do the same.
Thanks GC I actually passed that hint onto my daughter who does a lot of country driving for her work & at the start & end of her week she is driving at night. So once again thank you Robyn
Hi Roybn, totally agree. I posted something on this a week or two ago after a near thing while stopped at a road works. Since then I put my hazard lights on everything I stop on the road for whatever reason. I have seen the effect on people coming up behind us slowing down sooner than they used to. At the end of the day the more you do to help people know what's going the better.
Good comments round
Brian
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