werepat t1_iu12qu3 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:38 PM

Reply to comment by ILikeLamas678 in LPT - If theres a sudden roadblock on a highway or a traffic jam and you have to stop, always keep a lot of distance in front of you so you dont get pancaked if someone behind you doesn't notice the block. by zapdado2002

I lived in Germany for a couple years and if anything out of the ordinary happened and you were in a car, you were supposed to turn the hazard lights on.

Any traffic hazard, slow down, vehicle disabled and best, traffic camera, were met with everyone turning on their hazards and alerting everyone else behind them to slow down and be more cautious.

I have taken that back to the US, but it hasn't caught on just yet.

mogoexcelso t1_iu2xcaq wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:51 AM

Same experience in México. They even use hazards to warn drivers traveling the opposite direction. It took a few close calls with cattle in the road for me to catch on, but I really appreciated it once I did. For how bad drivers can be in Mexican cities, the rural drivers are some of the best I ever encountered.