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“It was a disaster scene, everyone was speeding and after the first crash happened people just started hitting each other.
He also advised people not to use their hazard lights and not to listen to the radio while driving.
^ian^ wrote:There's actually some kind of weird obsession going on with drivers who use hazard lights when it is foggy like it is a bad thing.
Not every car is equipped with fog lights, and I actually find it helpful to see the hazard lights through the fog instead of the the rear end of a car appearing out of nowhere.
reviewer wrote:Just posted some pics of the pile up, it was frigthening, never imagined it could end up like this because of the "fog"...
^ian^ wrote:reviewer wrote:Just posted some pics of the pile up, it was frigthening, never imagined it could end up like this because of the "fog"...
It's not because of the Fog... it's because of the reckless and stupid driving.
^ian^ wrote:There's actually some kind of weird obsession going on with drivers who use hazard lights when it is foggy like it is a bad thing.
Not every car is equipped with fog lights, and I actually find it helpful to see the hazard lights through the fog instead of the the rear end of a car appearing out of nowhere.
CVB wrote:^ian^ wrote:There's actually some kind of weird obsession going on with drivers who use hazard lights when it is foggy like it is a bad thing.
Not every car is equipped with fog lights, and I actually find it helpful to see the hazard lights through the fog instead of the the rear end of a car appearing out of nowhere.
Two immediate reasons I can think of why people shouldn't use their hazzard lights.
One is because you can't tell when somebody is going to change lanes and cut infront of you, although that's kind of just a supposition because the chances of half the UAE road users don't know what the indicator is for.
the second reason almost caused me to crash today.
Driving to work through the usual blink blink of the hazzard lights I came accross a particularly thick patch of fog.
Being a sensible kind of guy I (fortunately) wasn't going fast. A set of hazzard lights suddenly appeared in front of me (in the middle lane) and I slowed down as they didn't appear to be moving very fast.
Suddenly it became apparent that they were not moving at all. the bus that they belonged to had hit the back of a car and they were actually stopped.
If people didn't use their hazzards instead of their normal lights than I would have known that the hazzards were for an actual hazzard.
^ian^ wrote:There's actually some kind of weird obsession going on with drivers who use hazard lights when it is foggy like it is a bad thing.
ebonics wrote:and hazard lights were the only plausable way to tell if there's someone infront of you.
Chocoholic wrote:Better use something that will allow you to be seen, than nothing at all.
Chocoholic wrote:I'm not surprised at the accident and quite frankly have no sympathy for the morons who caused it or were involved, because clearly they still don't know how to drive in adverse weather conditions and carry on driving like idiots.
bonk wrote:Chocoholic wrote:Better use something that will allow you to be seen, than nothing at all.
And what should camels use so they can be seen clearly in fog? Bicycles? Vehicles without hazard lights?
If you cannot see a 2 ton object in front of you because it doesn't have flashing lights, then you are driving too fast.
bonk wrote:Chocoholic wrote:I'm not surprised at the accident and quite frankly have no sympathy for the morons who caused it or were involved, because clearly they still don't know how to drive in adverse weather conditions and carry on driving like idiots.
You're being a little harsh on yourself I feel but then people are often their own worst critics.
^ian^ wrote:In the absence of anything to say "hey watch out I am here!" in pea soup fog, you can bet I will have my hazard lights on.
Chocoholic wrote:So Bonk, go on tell me! I have no fog lights on my car! What should I do? Wait until someone climbs in my boot?
Chocoholic wrote:So Bonk, go on tell me! I have no fog lights on my car! What should I do?
^ian^ wrote:Specifically, it will stop someone running in to me
^ian^ wrote:So it pisses people off who have fog lights.
Chocoholic wrote:Bonk, you have to realise that many of these heavy vehicles, hardly have any lights that work at all - let alone fog or hazard lights, many of them are dark in colour and you literally will not see them until they're right in front of your bonnet - no matter how slow you're going. These guys are a serious danger on the roads in most conditions let alone fog.
If the fog is that bad, I'd actually prefer not to even consider getting into my car until it's lifted.
Hey I'm used to driving in all sorts of weather conditions, but you have to bear in mind some people here will never have experienced fog or rain and simply don't know how to behave in adverse weather.
Most people here rarely look beyond the end of their bonnet at the best of times.
bonk wrote:I don't have fog lights. It annoys me because it means those drivers have disabled their emergency warning system.
dubaidog wrote:People that drive with hazard lights on when it is rainy/foggy should be shot......especially when they are driving faster than conditions allow.