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In article <C1GKA9.4Fv@cs.bham.ac.uk> nht@cs.bham.ac.uk (Neville H Thomas) writes:
>
>Tripping up and down on the M6, I notice that when traffic
>is slowing down, the current trend is turn on the hazard warning
>lights....
>I wonder if this malpractice is happening else where (not just,
>north of Brum)?

I believe this is officially sanctioned now, the law having been changed
specifically to allow it.

But am I the only one to have noticed a problem with it? Several times I
have been confused where the car (A) in front of the one in front has used
hazard flashers on approaching a jam; the car in front obscures my view of
the nearside indicator, so I imagine that A is indicating to change lane.

A similar thing happens with a car or truck parked in a line of cars on the
left, typically a delivery lorry outside a shop. Cars passing see only the
off-side hazard flasher, and assume the truck is intending to pull out.

I think the flash pattern should be different between hazard and normal
use.
 


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