More lies from the Safety Dept. on using your 4 ways.

How about brights in the yard while you're trying to use your mirrors? Very few things grind my gears as much as some yahoo with led lights blasting me in the cornea whilst bumping a dock or backing up to a frac tank. Most frac sites even have a "headlights off" sign for the very reason.

Hazards on a hill when there's 12 trucks crawling along is ridiculous. The rear truck oughtta be the taillights of the operation not a train of flashing lights.

 

As a new-ish driver, the two situations where I use four ways are 1. When traffic has come to a standstill and there's no-one behind me. I turn them off as soon as someone successfully stops behind me without rear-ending my trailer. 2. When visibility is very poor such as fog or severe storm, again when no-one is close behind me.

Would you say those are appropriate uses?

 

yes, both situations are welcomed.

the blinking light in low visibility can tell someone approaching you that your there, where if it is just the running lights, they might not be seen in time to slow.

The thing is more light that can penetrate the bad weather, the better.

 

What I hate is the brake lights coming in every time the Jake brake activates
And the truck barely slows down
Because then when the truck hit the brakes the vehicle behind wont notice because the brake lights are already on .
As for the four ways , aren’t they REQUIRED when traveling below the minimum posted speed ?
Which is usually 45 on interstates or limited access roads ?

 

I'm a #######. Learnin every day

 

My 4 ways get used when I’m the tail end of a traffic jam. Also leave plenty of space in front of you until traffic is stacked up behind you. I will probably survive getting rear ended at a high rate of speed, unless I get pushed into the truck in front of me, then all bets are off.

I rarely use my 4 ways when climbing a hill, and never in the rain or fog, unless there is a sign that says to do so. Headlights don’t make it past the driveway of most yards or truck stops. They are never on when waiting for someone to back into a spot. I guess it’s just uncommon curtesy.

 

Brake lights can, and often are, programmed to come on with any jake brake application.