So when did using hazards instead of indicators become a thing?

[My_King]

Worst is the idiots who put it on during rain then slow down to 80KM/h in the third overtaking lane.

If your car is broken, go park in the yellow lane with Hazards on.

 

[pinball wizard]

Worst is the idiots who put it on during rain then slow down to 80KM/h in the third overtaking lane.

If your car is broken, go park in the yellow lane with Hazards on.

Muppets in their fort rangers driving at 60km/h on the highway wif hazards on cause there's a spot of rain.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

I supose me almost hitting one of these hazard using cretins this morning got me wondering how this has come about? It certainly isn't part of the K53. Why is pulling off a road either left or right and the motoroist behind these wombles needing to guess suddenly acceptable? I have even watched a traffic cop slow down while one of these hazards used their hazards to crawl off the road at 12.7 km/h to pick up some people but the cop just goes around and does forkall.

i see taxis breaking the rules of the road everyday in front of cops
cops do nothing
they are on the payroll
corrupt
/spits and leaves room

 

[ForceFate]

The worst are the cretins shooting past stops and yields, only to do 60km/h on the freeway

 

[rietrot]

Muppets in their fort rangers driving at 60km/h on the highway wif hazards on cause there's a spot of rain.

Well it is high risk. Firstly they struggle to control their oversize vehicle that doesn't fit in the lane properly even in good conditions. Then a spot of rain can cause it to aquaplane.

All solved if they just keep left with the trucks where they belong.

 

[Claymore]

The worst are the cretins shooting past stops and yields, only to do 60km/h on the freeway

I hate those. They coast through red lights and stops at 30kph, and maintain that plodding speed all the way up the road.

 

[pinball wizard]

What about the guys who wont change down a gear when the hit a hill on the highway, and what was 120km/h in the right lane soon drops to 60km/h.

 

[Geoff.D]

What about the guys who wont change down a gear when the hit a hill on the highway, and what was 120km/h in the right lane soon drops to 60km/h.

Changing down a gear is a concept only understood by those driving manuals.
After all "automatics" do it all for you???

 

[pinball wizard]

Changing down a gear is a concept only understood by those driving manuals.
After all "automatics" do it all for you???

Well, then a lot of people's cars are broken.

 

[TrueSeeker]

Like the plonkers that nearly rear end you when you stop at a stop sign and then shake their fists angrily at you like it's somehow your fault.

They can shake their fists all they want. If you hit somebody from the rear or side that is an almost automatic indictment against you right at the police station.

 

[Moereloos]

Woah.. calm your tits before you blow an indicator bulb.

What difference does it make whether they were using indicators or hazards?. It's their actions that are the problem.

What difference would it have made if they used their indicators instead of their hazards? They still would have done what they wanted to and give zero fuchs.

The difference is that you might have an idea of which direction they were planning to go if they used indicators i.s.o. hazards. Hazards only indicate that they are going to do something stupid, not what stupid thing they are about to do.

NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACT NO. 93 OF 1996

Rules and Regulations

No.R.225 – 17 March 2000

198. General requirements for direction indicators

(6) (a) The driver of a motor vehicle fitted with a separate switch to operate all the direction indicators simultaneously, shall put into operation simultaneously all the direction indicators fitted to such vehicle, when the vehicle is—

(i) stationary in a hazardous position; or

(ii) in motion in an emergency situation.

(b) The driver of a motor vehicle shall not put into operation simultaneously all the direction indicators fitted to such motor vehicle in a circumstance other than those referred to in paragraph (a).

When is it allowed to use Hazard Lights? | Road Safety Blog

NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACT NO. 93 OF 1996 Rules and Regulations No.R.225 - 17 March 2000 198. General requirements for direction indicators (6) (a) The driver of a motor vehicle fitted with a separate switch to operate all the direction indicators simultaneously, shall put into operation...

www.roadsafety.co.za

 

[Geoff.D]

The point is both those conditions are determined by the driver o the vehicle according to his or her judgement, and not the judgement of an outsider.

Traffic that suddenly comes to a grinding stop or slows down dramatically in a normally fast lane fit (ii) and then (i),
so this is acceptable.

But not when all you want to do is change lanes. The case for using hazards in rainy weather or poor visibility is a bit more difficult to evaluate.

The essence is it is the driver of the vehicle that decides not anyone else.