The 'Massive' Gauteng Weather and Storm Warning Thread! The Sequel

My_King said:
I am not sure how people miss it, it is in the name, hazard lights.

Also the confusion this causes, not just changing of lanes.

Slamming on brakes...

So you are driving behind little miss hazards. Dim red lights and hazards are on. Can't "see" them mos. Now she slams on brakes.
Don't worry that is just the bright haz, oh sheet, that was hard braking.

Or better yet, mr hazard is driving with hazards on for a while. So no hazard.
Another driver crashes in front of him. How is mr hazard indicating a hazard in front of him? He can just turn on his hazards, which are already on.

But none of above is my issue, my reactions are fast enough.
My issue? R24 or the R21.
Drivers in the 3rd or 4th overtaking lane doing 80KM/h. Hazards are on.

If they can't see in heavy rain, most of us can. They need to go play hazard lights in the most left lane.


*Say hazard one more time.
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My own eyes is source enough. I'm not referring to driving bumper to bumper in peak-hour traffic. There, I understand your rationale regarding turn signals. In any case, if driving 10kph with a 2 to 3 meter gap been the vehicles, visibility would be reasonable.

However, driving on a national main road at 40kph in a blinding storm or in heavy mist, every bit of visibility to avoid being rear ended is welcomed. No vehicle's rear driving lights are as bright as the flicker bulbs that double as hazards, so this makes a massive difference to visibility.
 
deesef said:
My own eyes is source enough. I'm not referring to driving bumper to bumper in peak-hour traffic. There, I understand your rationale regarding turn signals. In any case, if driving 10kph with a 2 to 3 meter gap been the vehicles, visibility would be reasonable.

However, driving on a national main road at 40kph in a blinding storm or in heavy mist, every bit of visibility to avoid being rear ended is welcomed. No vehicle's rear driving lights are as bright as the flicker bulbs that double as hazards, so this makes a massive difference to visibility.
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Please tag people when you respond.

So no source.

Please note driving like this causes confusion on the roads, exactly like the person I responded to who said he hates hazards during rain.

Your car might turn hazards off and indicate but some cars do not.

You might do this manually, other drivers do not.

We do see your dim lights. I use that to judge distance to continue doing *120KM/h.

Problem is coming up on a mister hazard. Judge the distance, switch lanes and oh fooook me, he is changing lanes. If only there was a method, a light he could have used to tell me he is going to the 3rd lane from the 4th.
 
On the same subject of lights and bad weather.

Please do not use your high beams(brights) in fog that we get sometimes in SA. Note again the hazard entry.
 

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deesef said:
My own eyes is source enough. I'm not referring to driving bumper to bumper in peak-hour traffic. There, I understand your rationale regarding turn signals. In any case, if driving 10kph with a 2 to 3 meter gap been the vehicles, visibility would be reasonable.

However, driving on a national main road at 40kph in a blinding storm or in heavy mist, every bit of visibility to avoid being rear ended is welcomed. No vehicle's rear driving lights are as bright as the flicker bulbs that double as hazards, so this makes a massive difference to visibility.
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That is what rear fog lights are for - turn the hazard lights off!
From the side, hazard lights look like you are changing lanes or turning!
 
My_King said:
On the same subject of lights and bad weather.

Please do not use your high beams(brights) in fog that we get sometimes in SA. Note again the hazard entry.
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There are these things called fog lights, that most people seem to drive with on all the time as well. Oddly enough my XUV 3X0 has rear foglight but not front, which I mean doesn't mean much to me as I hardly used them when I did have them.
 
Some very interesting weather to observe today!
It looks like a well defined front on the satellite image, with the radar is also capturing it's profile and related upliftment leading to the current thunderstorms we're experiencing this afternoon.

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deesef said:
My own eyes is source enough. I'm not referring to driving bumper to bumper in peak-hour traffic. There, I understand your rationale regarding turn signals. In any case, if driving 10kph with a 2 to 3 meter gap been the vehicles, visibility would be reasonable.

However, driving on a national main road at 40kph in a blinding storm or in heavy mist, every bit of visibility to avoid being rear ended is welcomed. No vehicle's rear driving lights are as bright as the flicker bulbs that double as hazards, so this makes a massive difference to visibility.
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"Cough! Cough!" - BMW drivers have entered the chat... ;)

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