driving in a downpour

[thejerk]

i dunno if this has been posted before. this article seems to be years ago but still applicable. Driving in a Downpour - Automotive Technology and Road Safety by AutoIndustriya.com

[stickers]

4. Do NOT turn on your hazard lights. Again, contrary to popular beliefs, turning the hazard lights during a heavy downpour is NOT helpful at all, but downright stupid. This is a case of 'monkey-see-monkey-do' when other drivers turn on their hazard lights just because the vehicle in front of them does. As mentioned, bright lights can cause glare and limit your vision, as well as the vision of drivers of adjacent cars. The flashing lights are also very distracting and should only be used when you're in an emergency or when your vehicle becomes a road hazard. That's why they're called hazard lights. They're supposed to be used to warn other drivers that your vehicle has become a hazard and not to warn them of the hazardous weather conditions. Anyway, they can tell the weather just by looking around, thank you very much. And lastly, when you use your hazard lights other cars won't know when you want to change lanes.

Everytime it rains hard, its impossible not to notice that most vehicles turns their hazzards on and before you know it you are left predicting will they change lanes or not..

[thejerk]

yes it's been a recurring topic especially in the bad motoring etiquette. i hope more people become aware that hazard lights isn't for high speed driving. in other countries, you're only supposed to use hazard lights if you're immobile.

[Autobeat]

Everytime it rains hard, its impossible not to notice that most vehicles turns their hazzards on and before you know it you are left predicting will they change lanes or not..

Yup, same issue when drivers use hazzards during a convoy, fun-run, or as an excuse to go beyond the speed limits.

[box_type]

yes it's been a recurring topic especially in the bad motoring etiquette. i hope more people become aware that hazard lights isn't for high speed driving. in other countries, you're only supposed to use hazard lights if you're immobile.

ang masaklap pa nyan mismong taga media (like anthony taberna) sinasabi pa on national tv na kesyo sabi daw sa kanya ng isang matanda na sa pagda-drive eh dapat daw gamitin yung hazzard light pag malakas ang ulan para daw visible ka sa mga nakasunod sayo ampft!!

[falken]

ang masaklap pa nyan mismong taga media (like anthony taberna) sinasabi pa on national tv na kesyo sabi daw sa kanya ng isang matanda na sa pagda-drive eh dapat daw gamitin yung hazzard light pag malakas ang ulan para daw visible ka sa mga nakasunod sayo ampft!!

Di naman lahat ng sinasabi ng matanda tama. Di muna niya inalam ang tama bago siya nagturo ng mali.

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[K.I.L.L.]

ang masaklap pa nyan mismong taga media (like anthony taberna) sinasabi pa on national tv na kesyo sabi daw sa kanya ng isang matanda na sa pagda-drive eh dapat daw gamitin yung hazzard light pag malakas ang ulan para daw visible ka sa mga nakasunod sayo ampft!!

People like him who are in a position of influence should research more on topics such as this before they advise the public. That was very irresponsible of him to go on national television and saying that. A lot of people out there think that whatever media men like him say is gospel truth and are factual. It's almost like how a lot of people believe everything they see on the net and wikipedia.

[IMm29]

People like him who are in a position of influence should research more on topics such as this before they advise the public. That was very irresponsible of him to go on national television and saying that. A lot of people out there think that whatever media men like him say is gospel truth and are factual. It's almost like how a lot of people believe everything they see on the net and wikipedia.

+1. Mr. Taberna has a habit of giving his opinion on issues like these without full research of the facts.

[redeemed]

I dunno kung nakukuha ng mga nakakita sa akin yung message ko re hazzard lights. What i normally do, once safe & i need to, o-overtake ako sa mga naka-hazzard using my turn signal, then punta sa harap nila. Kasi, kung poor visibility talaga, better to stop at a safe place na lang kesa gumamit ng hazzard lights. Tama naman, hirap manghula kung kakanan ba kakaliwa sya.

[CVT]

Sing out loud while driving in a downpour....

19.6K:injured:

[Manilablock]

Sing out loud while driving in a downpour....

19.6K:injured:

Singing in the rain, yes... wag nga lang pag nakasakay ang boss mo, hehehe.

[b2r1y]

ang masaklap pa nyan mismong taga media (like anthony taberna) sinasabi pa on national tv na kesyo sabi daw sa kanya ng isang matanda na sa pagda-drive eh dapat daw gamitin yung hazzard light pag malakas ang ulan para daw visible ka sa mga nakasunod sayo ampft!!

Kamukha ni Anthony Taberna si Herbert Bautista. Hehe. Sarap drive sa malakas na ulan basta walang trapik. Nakaka emo mood haha

[jut703]

While I make it a point to tell anyone who I can influence to not turn on their hazard lights under heavy downpour, I've also personally experienced rain that's so hard that rear tail lights are hard to see. Hazard lights are brighter than tail lights (about as bright as brake lights) so it really does increase visibility. What can you internet experts say about that?

You can't expect people to add RFLs so they make do with what they have. A lot of people never ever change anything in their cars, save for necessary maintenance.

[muse]

While I make it a point to tell anyone who I can influence to not turn on their hazard lights under heavy downpour, I've also personally experienced rain that's so hard that rear tail lights are hard to see. Hazard lights are brighter than tail lights (about as bright as brake lights) so it really does increase visibility. What can you internet experts say about that?

You can't expect people to add RFLs so they make do with what they have. A lot of people never ever change anything in their cars, save for necessary maintenance.

it's confusing as hell and you've lost the ability to signal.


just turning on your headlights would suffice. i'm still not getting why this is an issue here in the philippines.
in california, other states, and other countries, once you need to use the wipers, you must switch it on.
before you people say it's not the philippines, we have our own personal asinine road rules(PINOY PRIDE!!!), the AAP suggests the same thing.

if you say you may crash into the other vehicle, why the hell are you speeding in the rain? you slow down 10-20mph than the suggested speed limit to actually have the time to react to whatever real "hazard" is in front of you.

[Retz]

turning on the parking lights during heavy downpour should suffice.

[falken]

While I make it a point to tell anyone who I can influence to not turn on their hazard lights under heavy downpour, I've also personally experienced rain that's so hard that rear tail lights are hard to see. Hazard lights are brighter than tail lights (about as bright as brake lights) so it really does increase visibility. What can you internet experts say about that?

You can't expect people to add RFLs so they make do with what they have. A lot of people never ever change anything in their cars, save for necessary maintenance.

It's still not advisable.

[K.I.L.L.]

While I make it a point to tell anyone who I can influence to not turn on their hazard lights under heavy downpour, I've also personally experienced rain that's so hard that rear tail lights are hard to see. Hazard lights are brighter than tail lights (about as bright as brake lights) so it really does increase visibility. What can you internet experts say about that?

You can't expect people to add RFLs so they make do with what they have. A lot of people never ever change anything in their cars, save for necessary maintenance.

If the rain falls down so heavily that it impairs your visibility, the right thing to do is to drive to the side of the road, stop and turn on your hazard lights until such time that the weather eases up and visibility is not hampered. The condition you just described does not warrant that you continue to drive as doing so would make it dangerous for you.

[niky]

While I make it a point to tell anyone who I can influence to not turn on their hazard lights under heavy downpour, I've also personally experienced rain that's so hard that rear tail lights are hard to see. Hazard lights are brighter than tail lights (about as bright as brake lights) so it really does increase visibility. What can you internet experts say about that?

You can't expect people to add RFLs so they make do with what they have. A lot of people never ever change anything in their cars, save for necessary maintenance.

If visibility is so bad you can't see tail-lights, then it's so bad that you can't see the road.

In other words, pull over and off the road... and THEN turn on your hazard lights.

To keep driving in conditions where you can't see anything is insane.

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A majority of authorities and governing bodies prefer the hazard lights off. Those that prefer lights on can only cite anecdotal evidence from cases of near-zero visibility.

Conditions in which, again, you shouldn't be driving in the first place.

[archielew]

may case naman na pag umuulan na, yung ibang drivers sobrang bagal na ng takbo, so this merits them the right to turn on their hazard lights, hazard na kasi sila sa mga drivers na mabibilis pa din magpatakbo!. patawa lang

[muse]

may case naman na pag umuulan na, yung ibang drivers sobrang bagal na ng takbo, so this merits them the right to turn on their hazard lights

unless their reason is that their car is breaking down with some problem, funeral procession(even this is iffy), or some type of other emergency with nowhere to pull over, no, it doesn't make it right to keep it on.