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Hazards on the road

  • 08-01-2011 11:54PM
    #1
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,919 ✭✭✭


    I'm curious about the opinion of the Motors clan on this.

    When encountering a hazard on the road how do you warn other drivers of it?

    After encountering a hazard on the road how do you warn other drivers? 11 votes

    Flash your main beams
    0% 0 votes
    Use your hazard warning lights
    100% 11 votes


Comments

  • #2
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Flash the headlamps.

    Anything else makes you look like your giving an offensive hand signal :D


  • #3
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,758 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Flash headlights for people in front, knock on the hazards for people behind.


  • #4
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    You forgot the bit on the poll. I couldnt care just drive on and let the person behind paddle there own canoe..;)


  • #5
    JayEnnis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭JayEnnis


    It depends on the situation in its self really.


  • #6
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    If I see a safety camera on the road I assume the road is dangerous and I flash oncoming cars to warn them of this fact.

    Everyone seems happy with this


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  • #7
    Iwannahurl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,156 ✭✭✭Iwannahurl


    Depends.

    Either (or even both?) depending on circumstances.


  • #8
    JerCotter7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭JerCotter7


    Car's behind me I let them at it because they should see my brake lights... If they left enough room they shouldn't need hazards on to stop in top. I think people putting hazards on to warn cars behind is just stupid.

    People coming towards me I flash.


  • #9
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    JerCotter7 wrote: »
    I think people putting hazards on to warn cars behind is just stupid.
    I find it good practice when traffic stops on a motorway as it can be hard in certain conditions to see that the traffic has stopped


  • #10
    JerCotter7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 814 ✭✭✭JerCotter7


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    I find it good practice when traffic stops on a motorway as it can be hard in certain conditions to see that the traffic has stopped

    Never actually been on a motorway with traffic stopped so can't comment. Always been moving whenever I need to travel on it, which isn't often though.:D


  • #11
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    JerCotter7 wrote: »
    Never actually been on a motorway with traffic stopped so can't comment. Always been moving whenever I need to travel on it, which isn't often though.:D

    M7 Naas turnoff heading south on a wet drizzly Friday evening around 6pm. Traffic can go from 120kph to 0 in a few hundred yards coupled with the heavy traffic it can be hard to see.

    Couple this with the fact most drivers are tired after the weeks work and not their most alert.


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  • #12
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,697 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    JerCotter7 wrote: »
    Never actually been on a motorway
    FYP :D

    Not your ornery onager



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