Emergency lights now means i can do whatever the fcuk i like

Specialun

Do these lights mean you can throw the car wherever ya like..is it just irish that milk the ****e out of it.....throw the car wherever once the flashers are on

The_Valeyard

Specialun wrote: »

Do these lights mean you can throw the car wherever ya like..is it just irish that milk the ****e out of it.....

Wha?

Fr_Dougal

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Wha?

Hazard lights.

Op, they permit you to park wherever and whenever you need. It's science.

The_Valeyard

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Hazard lights.

Op, they permit you to park wherever and whenever you need. It's science.

Ah, I see.



Any context though? As in what happened to make him create a thread about it?

Azrel

Specialun wrote: »

Do these lights mean you can throw the car wherever ya like..

Yes, that's exactly what they are for. I can't think of any other practical use to be honest.

Ruu

I was only doing the lotto, fup sake!!!!

LDN_Irish

I suppose "hazard lights" is a catchier name than "i'm currently parked illegally lights."

c_man

Ruu wrote: »

I was only doing the lotto, fup sake!!!!

I think the law says it's ok if it was a quick pick

5starpool

It comes under the same subset of the rules of the road that means people driving BMW's, Mercedes and taxis can do what they want when driving a car.

GreatDefector

Well they are hazard lights and they are creating the hazard. So.....

Diamond Doll

I'm confused, are we talking about hazard lights, or the blue lights on emergency vehicles?

The Backwards Man

Why didn't you call them hazard lights or blinkers or something?

Emergency lights are a whole other thing.

Whosthis

The correct name is "Park Anywhere Lights".

irishgeo

i had somebody double park in the middle of a busy street holding up traffic, while his female passenger hopped out to go to the chemist. Not one blind bit of notice was taken to the tons of traffic flashing lights and beeping horns while he waited. eventually he pulled in out of the way and i could finally move out of the spot where he was blocking me in.

Corpus Twisty

Or the old - "pull in to take that call" one...i.e - put on the hazards and sit there nattering while mile after mile of bewildered and infuriated drivers pile up behind, because you pulled in just ahead of a blind bend, on a crappy narrow road where overtaking is impossible...for yer chat..yer "safe, not driving while on the phone" chat. Grr...

Minderbinder

no, yet again, as with the multitude of other threads of various topics, this is not something that only happens in ireland, contrary to the belief of people who have never left the country.

Irish people are in fact infuriatingly polite drivers. they will stop suddenly causing a four car pile up in order to 'let someone out'.

dudara

I call them "Anti-logic" lights. Once they're on, all bets are off

kneemos

It's the ones that park perfectly and legally and put their flashers on I wonder about.

osarusan

On a street in Limerick today, driver pulled up to a red light. Traffic behind also. Two lanes, she was in the right turn only lane, the other was straight or left turn.

Gets call on phone, switched on hazard lights and chatted away after the light had gone green.

wp_rathead

Azrel wrote: »

Yes, that's exactly what they are for. I can't think of any other practical use to be honest.

Saying thanks to a driver for letting you out or for pulling over and letting you overtake

Pac1Man

The chap is talking about the bee-baw lights.

Blue lights coming up behind you, move out of the way at all costs.

MarkR

No, not at all costs. If it is safe. No need to panic.

BenedrylPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TGbMh4sfw8

4068ac1elhodqr

5starpool wrote: »

It comes under the same subset of the rules of the road that means people driving BMW's, Mercedes and taxis can do what they want when driving a car.

Grey Audi's

BenedrylPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TGbMh4sfw8

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BenedrylPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TGbMh4sfw8

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BenedrylPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TGbMh4sfw8

gets smokes.

BenedrylPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TGbMh4sfw8

what ?

lazybones32

Specialun wrote: »

Do these lights mean you can throw the car wherever ya like..is it just irish that milk the ****e out of it.....throw the car wherever once the flashers are on

Pretty much, yeah....in this town, the hazard lights negate double-yellow lines. That said, the County Road Planning Office redesigned our Main St. so that when leaving your parking place, you have to reverse onto a main road - which is illegal.

Pac1Man

MarkR wrote: »

No, not at all costs. If it is safe. No need to panic.

Agreed. Just doing my best to translate the op!

Cienciano

You've never used them for anything other than when you're broken down? Come on, everyone uses them at some point

Capt'n Midnight

dudara wrote: »

I call them "Anti-logic" lights. Once they're on, all bets are off

Especially on a Taxi. Because they already have a big sign on the roof warning about random stopping and stuff.

It really, really gets my goat that Taxi drivers pull out or change direction with hazards still on. Legally they should use hand signals now that they've disabled their indicators. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


Anyway back to the original question. They are for double parking.

Liamalone

I have never heard of hazard lights being referred to as 'emergency lights'.

Graces7

I now use them when I have to stop at road works or traffic lights to stop the eejit behind me from tailgating me. Saw someone doing it and seems a grand idea. In a former car they once jammed on and i drove from Glencolumcille to Sligo with them on...That was interesting...

whiskeyman

Liamalone wrote: »

I have never heard of hazard lights being referred to as 'emergency lights'.

Perhaps in jurisdictions outside the Republic of Ireland where such lights are actually only used in emergency situations I guess...

of the definition of an 'emergency' changes from having to pop in to the local shop for a pint of milk / fags / bottle of rock shandy...

pickarooney

Graces7 wrote: »

I now use them when I have to stop at road works or traffic lights to stop the eejit behind me from tailgating me. Saw someone doing it and seems a grand idea. In a former car they once jammed on and i drove from Glencolumcille to Sligo with them on...That was interesting...

I'm fairly sure this is one of the two correct uses of hazard lights under the ROTR.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

pickarooney wrote: »

I'm fairly sure this is one of the two correct uses of hazard lights under the ROTR.

The only correct uses quoted are " When your car is broken down, being towed, or at the scene of an accident."

HeidiHeidi

Any chance the OP would return and clairify what lights he actually meant?

Have to say I assumed he was on about blue emergency services lights.....

stoneill

I once saw them used to warn other road users that it was in fact snowing.

Capt'n Midnight

Liamalone wrote: »

I have never heard of hazard lights being referred to as 'emergency lights'.

Our American cousins refer to the hand brake as an emergency brake.

Heaven help the poor ejits who try to use it in an emergency.

Knine

Handy when they have their Hazards on in a disabled Bay. At least you know then that they have no permit. No free Disabled Bays to park in Blanchardstown Shopping centre today & you have these muppets using them.

Capt'n Midnight

Knine wrote: »

Handy when they have their Hazards on in a disabled Bay. At least you know then that they have no permit. No free Disabled Bays to park in Blanchardstown Shopping centre today & you have these muppets using them.

One solution to people parking in disabled bays would be to make them eligible.

MadDog76

The wife's Uncle uses them all the time ........ and not just for a few minutes either, he puts them on if he brings the wife out for a meal for example ....... 2 to 3 hours at least!
He once parked at the St. Stephens Green end of Grafton Street so he could have a look round HMV for an hour!??!!!

He's never been pulled up on it either and, to my knowledge, he's never paid for parking or parked legally ....... he parks wherever is handiest for him, sticks on the hazards and that's that!

It both amazes me and makes me laugh my ar5e off when I witness his antics.

Clive Bisquette

MadDog76 wrote: »

The wife's Uncle uses them all the time ........ and not just for a few minutes either, he puts them on if he brings the wife out for a meal for example ....... 2 to 3 hours at least!
He once parked at the St. Stephens Green end of Grafton Street so he could have a look round HMV for an hour!??!!!

He's never been pulled up on it either and, to my knowledge, he's never paid for parking or parked legally ....... he parks wherever is handiest for him, sticks on the hazards and that's that!

It both amazes me and makes me laugh my ar5e off when I witness his antics.

Problem here is there is no enforcement...cops are too busy pencil licking and all that and security dudes in the main just couldn't be arsed..it's ireland arter all ..thats how we fcukin is !!

MadDog76

Clive Bisquette wrote: »

Problem here is there is no enforcement...cops are too busy pencil licking and all that and security dudes in the main just couldn't be arsed..it's ireland arter all ..thats how we fcukin is !!

Wouldn't necessarily say it's an Irish "thing" ......... I've seen a lot of Irish "things" happen all over the world including the abuse of hazard lights.

Clive Bisquette

MadDog76 wrote: »

Wouldn't necessarily say it's an Irish "thing" ......... I've seen a lot of Irish "things" happen all over the world including the abuse of hazard lights.

In most others countries Dudes who try the hazard light trick would be rumbled within minutes ...
over here in the green and misty we really don't give a fcuck so hard necked arseholes who try the hazard lights manoeuvre get away with it !

It's just the way we is ..really