4 Way Harzard Flashers
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Mississauga, Ontario
Gotta disagree with this. I've been caught in bad storms where visibility is next to nothing, and traffic slows to a crawl. On a winding country 2-lane, often there's no safe place to pull off. It's S.O.P. To put your flashers on to let the vehicles behind you know that you're traveling below the posted limit. This is taught in both driver's ed and MSF.
It's also confusing to me how they engage on the Limited; you do have to hold both switches for a few seconds. On the 'Train it's a simple push and release.
It's also confusing to me how they engage on the Limited; you do have to hold both switches for a few seconds. On the 'Train it's a simple push and release.
1HarleyGuy1
Intermediate
Joined: May 2010
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in Virginia, running the flashers while moving on the road is illegal unless part of a funeral convoy.
buuuuttt, everyone does it when they are running slow(trucks going up steep mountains, cars going slow in rain).
i don't run then, cause i never go slow...
buuuuttt, everyone does it when they are running slow(trucks going up steep mountains, cars going slow in rain).
i don't run then, cause i never go slow...
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It's weird how different jurisdictions have such huge differences in the rules of the road. In Ontario, Canada and I believe in most of the rest of the country, driving with the 4-ways flashing is an offence!!!! Up here, they are only for stopped vehicles in an "emergency" type situation.1HarleyGuy1
Originally Posted by asm481
I really hope we aren't driving down the road with flashers going. Sends many mixed messages to those behind you. Flashers are for when you are stopped only. In a bad rain the flasher and rain on windshields causes drivers to get confused. If you want to put the flashers on cause it is raining to hard maybe you should pull over and wait it out for a bit.
I almost pizzed myself laughing. Mixed messages? You mean like "I love you but I'm not in love with you." or "It's not you it's me."Where does he pull over if there isn't any safe place to pull over? If the rain on their windshield is that bad maybe they should get new wipers or pull over themselves.
Honestly I just think he didn't read his owners manual and had no clue how to initiate the silly things. I use flashers in the fog and rain whether I'm in my cage or riding. Better to confuse them (still laughing) than to get rear ended.
Road Master
Joined: May 2008
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From: New York / Texas
next time you are on the interstate, and i don't care what state you are in you will see posted signs for trucks under 40 mph must use 4 way flashers. so with that in mind if you are in a down pour and doing under 40 mph i would use the 4 way flashers. and wear either an orange reflective vest or orange rain gear. on my road trip 2 weeks ago in the rain; riders with orange vests, or rain suits were highly visible compared to riders in dark rain gear and no vest.
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next time you are on the interstate, and i don't care what state you are in you will see posted signs for trucks under 40 mph must use 4 way flashers. so with that in mind if you are in a down pour and doing under 40 mph i would use the 4 way flashers. and wear either an orange reflective vest or orange rain gear. on my road trip 2 weeks ago in the rain; riders with orange vests, or rain suits were highly visible compared to riders in dark rain gear and no vest.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Central Florida, USA
In Florida it's technically illegal to run with your flashers on, even though you'll see it all the time, probably from tourists in rental cars. I've never seen a LEO enforce it, probably because if it's raining hard enough for someone to think they need to put their flashers on, no LEO in his right mind is making a traffic stop and getting out in it ;-) I've never seen the Interstates' sign referred to about trucks and flashers, or maybe I have and it just didn't register because it didn't pertain to me. I've only ridden twice in rain that was hard enough to make me pull over and find shelter. Once in PA and once in FL. It wasn't the road condition that made me stop, it was the fact I couldn't see where I was going because it was coming down so hard.
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From: 'Noke, VA
Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers, when temporarily stopped on the traveled or paved portion of the highway so as to create a traffic hazard, shall flash all four turn signals simultaneously to signal approaching motorists of the existing hazard whenever such vehicle is equipped with a device which will cause the four turn signals to flash simultaneously. All four turn signals may be flashed simultaneously on a vehicle slowed or stopped at the scene of a traffic hazard, when traveling as part of a funeral procession, or when traveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour or less. Except for vehicles traveling as part of a funeral procession, all four turn signals shall not be flashed simultaneously while the vehicle is traveling faster than thirty miles per hour. School buses shall flash all four turn signals when approaching and stopping at railroad grade crossings.
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