Hazard Lights Aren't Just for Emergenciescar Clubs

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Dear Tom and Ray: This has been an ongoing disagreement with my wife and others: When you pull to the side of the road for any reason other than an emergency ("emergency" defined as vehicle trouble, flat tire, heart attack, etc.), should you use your emergency flashers? I stop and offer assistance two or three times a week (I am not kidding) to anyone pulled to the side of the road with their emergency flashers on. More times than not, it isn't an emergency. They are either on the phone, looking at a map, changing a baby's diaper or -- just the other day -- a couple was arguing. These are all valid reasons to pull off the road, just not to use your emergency flashers, in my opinion. What is yours? -- Chuck

Ray: Chuck. You are a man in desperate need of something else to worry about. How about global warming? Nukes in Iran? Or the price of imported Jarlsberg cheese?

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Hazard Lights Aren't Just for Emergenciescar Clubs

Tom: In our opinion, all of the drivers you refer to are perfectly entitled to use their flashers. And here is why. The primary purpose of t...

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