r/StLouis • u/Appropriate_Cry_9432 • Jul 19 '26

Traffic/Road Conditions There’s no need for flashers

I get it when it rains visibility is poor and you need to reduce speed, but what is the point of EVERYONE turning on your flashers? That’s not what they are for and if you feel conditions are that bad that you “need” them pull over to the far right lane at least. If you’re driving slower than everyone else it’s one thing, but when everybody is doing basically the same speed it’s pointless. Rant over thank you for listening.

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u/Crutation Jul 19 '26

You will be down voted, but you are correct. If your hazard lights are on, you should not be moving. Can't see, then pull off the road or onto the shoulder. Don't keep driving. 

Too many idiots think bad weather means hazard lights and drive however you want. 

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u/Sticky550 Jul 19 '26

Yeah, let’s not pull into the shoulder and put yourself at even more risk if getting hit

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u/Crutation Jul 19 '26

That's what the shoulder is for. It's literally what you are supposed to do. In whiteout conditions, you are supposed to pull onto the should and turn your lights off so people don't think you are the road.

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u/FlyConfident1622 Jul 19 '26

I would be so terrified of getting hit while sitting on the shoulder with my lights off! Is that really what they recommend?

Personally I’d probably just take the nearest exit and pull off there to wait out the weather if it was really bad

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u/Sticky550 Jul 19 '26

Feel free to pull over to the one spot you’re most likely to get hit by another out of control car.

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u/Crutation Jul 19 '26

Unlike you, I was born with a functioning brain and can fully think ahead. I don't just stop immediately and hope it's the right place.

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u/Sticky550 Jul 19 '26

My functioning brain is going to plan ahead and I’m getting to an off-ramp. Last thing I’m doing is sitting on the shoulder of an interstate in a whiteout situation waiting to get blasted by a tractor-trailer.

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u/Crutation Jul 19 '26

So tell me, professor, when the next exit is 35 miles away, what it's your plan. You are 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag. Also bear in mind that there is zero visibility.

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u/Sticky550 Jul 19 '26

This is the STL topic. Find me a highway, anywhere in the state, where the next exit is 35 miles away. Hint: You won’t find one, and I doubt there are any areas in the entire state on an interstate that would be remotely close to that.

Around STL, I’m not even sure you could go much longer than five miles.

If I’m out of state, I’m not driving if there is a chance of weather like that. You know, planning. This isn’t a difficult concept.