Driving isn’t my forte. I can’t drive well, I just can’t. I speed when I shouldn’t, I go too slow when I can’t, and I can never figure out which to do when stuck in a rain storm.

I know you do too, everyone does at some point. You always hear of people that can’t drive in the rain or in the snow, well that’s me. I cry whenever the weather doesn’t cooperate.

I remember this one time while driving, it just started down pouring. I mean the sky opened up and down came everything-everything. I remember that I could not see a single thing. I pulled over hoping that the rain would stop and I could get home somehow.

As I’m pulled over, I realized that most people have their flashing hazards on. I always thought that you put those on for accidents or when you’re stopping for an emergency. I kept wondering if I should call the police or something but I realized that more than five cars going the same direction as me had these lights on.

Now, I’m not by any means a pro driver, I clearly stated I stink at driving so I have no idea why they would have them on.

The rain seemed to have calmed down a tad, so I thought it was clear to start driving again. I still saw those hazards being used.

When I got home the first thing I did was research. Why in the world do people use hazards in rain storms?

Hazards are known to be used when you are warning the people behind you that you will be going extra slow. Though hazards can be an emergency, it also indicates to the people behind you that they can pass you if they want because you will be taking your time to get where you need to be.

Without your hazards, you could cause a big accident because having them on says that you are going extra slow so when people think you are going one-speed limit instead you are going slower, you might be in their way and they can’t stop that quick.

Be sure to have your hazards on when you are going extra slow and need to warn the people around you, but mostly those behind you.