Driving In A Heavy Rain

And please Honorable Members, HEAD LIGHTS ON and not park lights (it's in the name). Flipping idiots that drive with the park lights and spot lights on.
 
I use hazards on very bad visibility on straight roads and turn them off around 300 meters before any stop sign or turn (so that my indicators are visible).
Examples of the above would include veld fires (smoke), heavy fog and heavy rain or hail.

But I live in Pretoria so not sure what the point is. Here people use hazards to indicate that they are doing something besides driving, for example turning, stopping in the middle of the road to chat with a pedestrian, picking someone up, pulling off the road, speaking on cellphones, "I am about to break road rules, my hazards are your warning", hell, I once saw a guy put on his hazards to indicate he was going to force his way into the fast lane.
 
TheFriendlyGhost said:
And please Honorable Members, HEAD LIGHTS ON and not park lights (it's in the name). Flipping idiots that drive with the park lights and spot lights on.
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Worse still the idiots driving in the dark or rain with DRL's only not realizing the rear lights stay off.
 
Although not part of the driving code, when people put on their hazards it helps greatly with visibility in heavy rain or fog. It's happened a few times where I couldn't see that car in front of me at all bar the hazards.
 
Low visibility is when you use your foglights. People who use hazards are probably the same ones who use their foglights on clear nights...
 
themba990 said:
I thought it was fog lights that were the problem.
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Yes because usually they still don't put on their headlights but ONLY their fog lights to look cool.

The lights that sit the lowest and don't beam anywhere.
 
Semisane said:
So early this morning we were blessed with a heavy rain. Going to work it was a nightmare as I leave home around 5:00 am it was dark most of the drivers could not see clearly. A bus driver almost fell into me imagine a bus falling into my little Brio. My friend once told me when it rain and I can't see ahead I must switch my hazard lights on. I did that this morning and saw few cars with hazard lights on. My driving licence is new I don't remember reading about that in K53, is it a law that when it rain and you can't see switch hazard lights on.

As a new driver what other tips you can give I know I must slow down driver at 60km/p. But I will never put myself in the situation I saw this morning I would rather be late for work than to drive in a heavy rain.
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Everybody pretty much covered everything.

If you are anxious, remain in the left lane and drive like a granny.

I haven't been driving for that long either. A lot of fear is anxiety based and due to a lack of confidence on the road.

Once you are confident on the road things become easier.

Always challenge and educate yourself on road safety.

Follow the rules of the road. Most people are in their own bubble and drive like taxi drivers.

I find it important to maintain following distance in dry conditions aswell. Some drivers make me nervous & **** I hate driving next to trucks.

Tldr : when in doubt/anxious, drive like a granny.
 
Semisane said:
My friend once told me when it rain and I can't see ahead I must switch my hazard lights on.
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No. When you can't see ahead, you need to recognise that you're a danger to yourself and all other road users, and you need to move to the side of the roadway and preferably take the nearest off-ramp as soon as possible.

Making yourself more visible to others doesn't matter if you don't feel confident in your own ability to see others on the road.
 
beans100 said:
Chips, BMW driver in the room....wink, wink
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Was pissing down on the N1 on a Friday night. We were all going slow and steady cause it was almost impossible to see anything through what seemed like sheets of water. You know, the kind of rain where everyone drives with their hazards on. Suddenly traffic starts slowing right down. I'm in the "fast" lane (no-one was going over 60), and the car in front of me swerves to the left. What do I see facing me? A white BMW that was obviously being windgat and spun out in the rain.
 
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