Hazard lights?

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Re: Hazard lights?

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Hazard lights are mandatory over here-independant of the age of the vehicle.
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Re: Hazard lights?

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Thanks guys I do know that it's an MOT fail but I don't have to have one anyway :P
Yes it's not the best way of fitting hazard lights but it was free unlike the ridiculously priced kits you find.
It can be removed in a couple of minutes and makes breaking down on an unlit road far less dangerous which is really the only reason I wanted to fit them.
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Re: Hazard lights?

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I am led to believe it aint strictly legal, but I have been known to use the hazards to keep the car behind me on his toes when I see stationary traffic ahead, it tends to wake people up, preventing them rear ending me on the motorways.
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Re: Hazard lights?

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moggiethouable wrote:I am led to believe it aint strictly legal, but I have been known to use the hazards to keep the car behind me on his toes when I see stationary traffic ahead, it tends to wake people up, preventing them rear ending me on the motorways.
Many modern cars have deccelerometers that trigger the hazard lights under heavy braking, for just such an occasion as to alert other road users to a sudden halting of traffic. Can't be that illegal!
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Re: Hazard lights?

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it is legal a lot of modern cars when the brakes are applied hard they automatically flash there hazards as a warning

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Re: Hazard lights?

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Got an old OPEL warning triangle out of a skip for free. :)
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Re: Hazard lights?

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Other option of course is to put a flasher unit with switch into the brake light circuit - so they can be left flashing in an emergency.
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Re: Hazard lights?

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chrisryder wrote:
moggiethouable wrote:I am led to believe it aint strictly legal, but I have been known to use the hazards to keep the car behind me on his toes when I see stationary traffic ahead, it tends to wake people up, preventing them rear ending me on the motorways.
Many modern cars have deccelerometers that trigger the hazard lights under heavy braking, for just such an occasion as to alert other road users to a sudden halting of traffic. Can't be that illegal!
It is in the driving theory test these days. They say if you notice traffic slowing down sharply, use your hazard warning lights to warn traffic behind you. so it's definitely legal and really should be done by all road users (who have proper hazard lights of course :P)
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