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From: Conor on 21 Dec 2009 05:26
In article <ktwXm.99807$lP6.80698(a)newsfe13.ams2>, Brown Cat says...

> I don't know why the person sitting in the towed car doesn't just keep
> their hazards off and uses their indicators to match the leading vehicle.
> What is the correct thing to do?

So as you don't know what the correct thing to do is, how do you know
they're not being correct in what they're doing?


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From: Graham Harrison on 21 Dec 2009 09:19

"Brown Cat" <brown(a)eye.invalid> wrote in message
news:ktwXm.99807$lP6.80698(a)newsfe13.ams2...
> Every time I see a car being towed the towed car has its hazard lights on
> whilst being pulled along. Motorists driving behind it are unable to
> clearly see the indicator lights of the leading car and can have no idea
> if the car is going to change direction.
>
> I don't know why the person sitting in the towed car doesn't just keep
> their hazards off and uses their indicators to match the leading vehicle.
> What is the correct thing to do?

Very few people seem to know when/why to use their hazard lights. An awful
lot of people seem to use them to indicate that they are parked illegally!

From: Vicko Zoomba on 21 Dec 2009 10:59
On 21 Dec, 14:19, "Graham Harrison"
<edward.harris...(a)remove.btinternet.com> wrote:
> "Brown Cat" <br...(a)eye.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:ktwXm.99807$lP6.80698(a)newsfe13.ams2...
>
> > Every time I see a car being towed the towed car has its hazard lights on
> > whilst being pulled along.  Motorists driving behind it are unable to
> > clearly see the indicator lights of the leading car and can have no idea
> > if the car is going to change direction.
>
> > I don't know why the person sitting in the towed car doesn't just keep
> > their hazards off and uses their indicators to match the leading vehicle.
> > What is the correct thing to do?
>
> Very few people seem to know when/why to use their hazard lights.   An awful
> lot of people seem to use them to indicate that they are parked illegally!

An awful lot of recovery trucks dont know when to use their orange cab
roof lights and when not to use them.

McKevvy
From: Martin on 21 Dec 2009 11:23
"Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1a06883e-96e3-4640-a4f2-f08f7e46d885(a)26g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
On 21 Dec, 14:19, "Graham Harrison"
<edward.harris...(a)remove.btinternet.com> wrote:
> "Brown Cat" <br...(a)eye.invalid> wrote in message
>
> news:ktwXm.99807$lP6.80698(a)newsfe13.ams2...
>
> > Every time I see a car being towed the towed car has its hazard lights
> > on
> > whilst being pulled along. Motorists driving behind it are unable to
> > clearly see the indicator lights of the leading car and can have no idea
> > if the car is going to change direction.
>
> > I don't know why the person sitting in the towed car doesn't just keep
> > their hazards off and uses their indicators to match the leading
> > vehicle.
> > What is the correct thing to do?
>
> Very few people seem to know when/why to use their hazard lights. An awful
> lot of people seem to use them to indicate that they are parked illegally!

An awful lot of recovery trucks dont know when to use their orange cab
roof lights and when not to use them.

====

What is the correct usage of cab roof lights? On whenever towing or
stationary while hooking up the towed car, or more restrictive than that?

From: Harry Bloomfield on 21 Dec 2009 17:38
Martin submitted this idea :
> "Vicko Zoomba" <vicko_zoomba(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1a06883e-96e3-4640-a4f2-f08f7e46d885(a)26g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
> On 21 Dec, 14:19, "Graham Harrison"
> <edward.harris...(a)remove.btinternet.com> wrote:
>> "Brown Cat" <br...(a)eye.invalid> wrote in message
>>
>> news:ktwXm.99807$lP6.80698(a)newsfe13.ams2...
>>
>> > Every time I see a car being towed the towed car has its hazard lights on
>> > whilst being pulled along. Motorists driving behind it are unable to
>> > clearly see the indicator lights of the leading car and can have no idea
>> > if the car is going to change direction.
>>
>> > I don't know why the person sitting in the towed car doesn't just keep
>> > their hazards off and uses their indicators to match the leading vehicle.
>> > What is the correct thing to do?
>>
>> Very few people seem to know when/why to use their hazard lights. An awful
>> lot of people seem to use them to indicate that they are parked illegally!
>
> An awful lot of recovery trucks dont know when to use their orange cab
> roof lights and when not to use them.
>
> ====
>
> What is the correct usage of cab roof lights? On whenever towing or
> stationary while hooking up the towed car, or more restrictive than that?

Definitely while stationary, when there is a need to give protection to
the driver whilst working. Probably whilst towing, but definitely not
if the broken down vehicle has been hoisted onto the back of the truck
which is able to move just like any other truck.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
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