Using Flashers when climbing up a grade - Page 8 - Truckers' Trucking Forum | Message Board

Ron-MARS Trucking · **^ Top** #71 10.04.2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by CMoore2004

There's signs saying you can ride the shoulder? (Being serious here)

I don't recall any signs permitting it, but going up the Siskiyou Pass almost everyone does it, well except those who have the 18 speeds paired up with a 550 or greater hp engine.

Raafi · **^ Top** #72 10.05.2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by tinglish

in california your emergency flashers are for a stopped, brokedown vehicles. or so i've been told.

i personally quit using my flashers when i was climbing a grade a couple years ago.....i came up behind a wal-mart truck in the fog, he had his flashers on and it scared the #### out of me because i thought he was stopped in the road. (no i wasn't going too fast)

personally, i find flashers do the opposite

sometimes the eyes cannot be sure what is approaching in a thick fog, the flashers help differentiate colors and bring attraction to the object

have you ever driven thru fog and saw something ahead, but not sure? flashers help alleviate that uncertainty in fog or even heavy rains

uphill, if there are a hundred trucks all going up hill slowly, you dont really need your flashers, and going thru the grapevine, i would not put them on because everyone is going slow

but on a remote hill where a truck may not be able to tell that i am going extremely slow (i68 in maryland), i always put them on

Ron-MARS Trucking · **^ Top** #73 10.05.2008

Hey, mark this on the calender, Raafi posted something in which I can agree.

Raafi · **^ Top** #74 10.05.2008

you are getting smarter that more i post

this is a good thing

The Hardcard · **^ Top** #75 10.07.2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by CMoore2004

There's signs saying you can ride the shoulder? (Being serious here)

In Oregon, at least on I-5, the signs recommend lugging on the shoulder. They don't require it, as I understand the sign, but suggest that you do so. As has been said, OR shoulders are essentially a rightmost lane with a solid white line. They are in better shape than the driving lanes in some states.

Lurchgs · **^ Top** #76 10.10.2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Hardcard

In Oregon, at least on I-5, the signs recommend lugging on the shoulder. They don't require it, as I understand the sign, but suggest that you do so. As has been said, OR shoulders are essentially a rightmost lane with a solid white line. They are in better shape than the driving lanes in some states.

Havin just spent the past week in VT, MA, NY, OH, PA, IN, IL, WI, IA, and NE, I can't find it in me to even consider disagreeing. The road's just gotta suck if it's throwin' 78K pounds around like a toddler with a busted rattle.

jedi_tev · **^ Top** #77 10.16.2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron-MARS Trucking

The other day while on US 97 out of Weed, CA I was crawling up a grade about 30 mph and I had my flashers on to warn traffic. This Swift driver radios me and proceeds to tell me that it is illegal to use flashers for climbing grades and that the only time they can be used legally in CA are when you are parked. I told him that's the first I heard of that law. I have always used my flasher for climbing grades where I'm way slower than most traffic and for when I am coming up on a "Brake Check".
The Swift driver told me that they had a class last week and that's where he learned of this law.
Anyone know about this "Law"?

I used to drive transit buses in Calif and I drove Greyhound buses in Calif during training. In the Transit bus I used to drive up a steep grade on an express run (Kirker Pass between Pittsburg and Concord) and I did a lot of mountain driving in the Sierras. I used my flashers whenever I slowed to more 10 mph under the posted limit. Never had any issues. It's a matter of safety and to alert the 4 wheelers who couldn't buy a clue as to how to drive.

SNI_Gary_OC · **^ Top** #78 4 Weeks Ago

Read This......

CALIFORNIA CODES
25250. Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as
otherwise permitted.

25251. (a) Flashing lights are permitted on vehicles as follows:
(1) To indicate an intention to turn or move to the right or left
upon a roadway, turn signal lamps and turn signal exterior pilot
indicator lamps and side lamps permitted under Section 25106 may be
flashed on the side of a vehicle toward which the turn or movement is
to be made.
(2) When disabled or parked off the roadway but within 10 feet of
the roadway, or when approaching, stopped at, or departing from, a
railroad grade crossing, turn signal lamps may be flashed as warning
lights if the front turn signal lamps at each side are being flashed
simultaneously and the rear turn signal lamps at each side are being
flashed simultaneously.
(3) To warn other motorists of accidents or hazards on a roadway,
turn signal lamps may be flashed as warning lights while the vehicle
is approaching, overtaking, or passing the accident or hazard on the
roadway if the front turn signal lamps at each side are being flashed
simultaneously and the rear turn signal lamps at each side are being
flashed simultaneously.
(4) For use on authorized emergency vehicles.
(5) To warn other motorists of a funeral procession, turn signal
lamps may be flashed as warning lights on all vehicles actually
engaged in a funeral procession, if the front turn signal lamps at
each side are being flashed simultaneously and the rear turn signal
lamps at each side are being flashed simultaneously.
(b) Turn signal lamps shall be flashed as warning lights whenever
a vehicle is disabled upon the roadway and the vehicle is equipped
with a device to automatically activate the front turn signal lamps
at each side to flash simultaneously and the rear turn signal lamps
at each side to flash simultaneously, if the device and the turn
signal lamps were not rendered inoperative by the event which caused
the vehicle to be disabled.
(c) Side lamps permitted under Section 25106 and used in
conjunction with turn signal lamps may be flashed with the turn
signal lamps as part of the warning light system, as provided in
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a).
(d) Required or permitted lamps on a trailer or semitrailer may
flash when the trailer or semitrailer has broken away from the towing
vehicle and the connection between the vehicles is broken.
(e) Hazard warning lights, as permitted by paragraphs (2) and (3)
of subdivision (a) may be flashed in a repeating series of short and
long flashes when the driver is in need of help.

25251.1. Any implement of husbandry displaying a slow moving
vehicle emblem, as defined in Section 24615, and being operated at a
speed of 25 miles per hour or less, may be equipped with double-faced
amber turn signals which may be flashed simultaneously as warning
lights.

Ron-MARS Trucking · **^ Top** #79 4 Weeks Ago

I use my flashers at night when I come up to a hazard such as a tree or an alligator (the "Bandag type) to warn drivers behind me.

SNI_Gary_OC · **^ Top** #80 4 Weeks Ago

I use the the hazzards anytime I think It may be nessesary.

Whats going to cost more...
A Traffic Ticket?
Or
A High Speed Accident????

Looks Like A No Brainer To Me

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Trucker Forum	Replies	Last Post
people climbing on my truck....	soon2betrucking	Experienced Truckers' Advice	78	2 Weeks Ago 03.15 AM
45 MPH with flashers on?	Attitude:)	Truckers Strike Forum	20	04.06.2008 10.11 PM
Rock climbing in Australia	Baack	A Discussion About EVERYTHING	11	02.22.2008 07.03 PM
The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade	Baack	A Discussion About EVERYTHING	7	01.16.2008 10.46 AM
Oil Surpasses $90/Barrel & Climbing!	WiseOne	Truckers News	3	10.19.2007 09.36 AM

Truckers' Trucking Forum/Message Board - The Premiere Truck Driver Forum
Sponsored Links

The Following User Says Thank You to Raafi For This Useful Post:
Ron-MARS Trucking (10.05.2008)

The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to The Hardcard For This Useful Post:
knighton5 (10.10.2008), Lurchgs (10.10.2008), Ron-MARS Trucking (10.08.2008)

The Following User Says Thank You to SNI_Gary_OC For This Useful Post:
Ron-MARS Trucking (4 Weeks Ago)

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)