Automatic illuminating hazard lights in sudden deceleration

[dataconn]

Hello,

Is there anyway of turning off this "feature" via the highline??

Thanks in advance.

[Keithuk]

Automatic illuminating hazard lights in sudden deceleration

I didn't know it had that feature? I haven't seen it in the Highline options.

Well if you haven't had the car yet, where have you read about this? ;)

[james_tiger_woo]

Nope - it's not an option that I've seen...

[jamief]

Hello,

Is there anyway of turning off this "feature" via the highline??

Thanks in advance.

Why would you want to turn it off?

[HHGTTG]

I didn't know about this! Anyway there are too many gimmicks in some of theser new cars, to be honest. i don't mind this but only if it is done but not at the expense of building a basically strong and well assembled and reliable vehicle.
You can have all the gimmicks in the world but it is all pretty pointless if the cars, not necessarilly VW products, are riddled with rattles, fautls and are generally unreliable.

[Gerryf]

Like Jamief I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to disable the excellent safety feature ?

I'd also imagine it's a default feature that can't be disabled ?

[dataconn]

I saw it on a spec list for a GTD and Bluemotion on a leasing website, but I can't see it on the GT spec. http://www.uchoosecontracts.co.uk/Volkswagen/Golf/2.0_GTD_TDI_170ps_5_Dr-r31-v26.php

[dataconn]

Like Jamief I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to disable the excellent safety feature ?



Sometimes, reducing speed quickly is intentional and the last thing I want to happen is for some silly Christmas tree lights to start flashing at every roundabout in Milton Keynes - will look a right fool, especially with my "faulty" fog light bulb when I'm going round the roundabout.

[percymon]

anything that highlights an issue ahead to following drivers has got to be a good thing.

BMW use 2 stage brake lighting

Fiat and others use hazard warnings - every damaged car i saw on trnasporters last week (about 15 in total) had a front end shunt. Flashing lights won't stop this happenign per se, but until the government decide that better driver training and enforcement is the way forward then car manufacturers will reap more profit from fitting more electronics.

[dataconn]

anything that highlights an issue ahead to following drivers has got to be a good thing.

BMW use 2 stage brake lighting

Fiat and others use hazard warnings - every damaged car i saw on trnasporters last week (about 15 in total) had a front end shunt. Flashing lights won't stop this happenign per se, but until the government decide that better driver training and enforcement is the way forward then car manufacturers will reap more profit from fitting more electronics.


I don't mind having a system in place to show your slowing down quickly, but I want control of it - i.e. to switch it on or off. The bmw 2 stage is much better than simply turning on the hazards. If you over use a function it loses its effect - The last thing we want is for hazards to start being ignored, or so common that drivers just don't "see" them.

[Gerryf]

Hi Dataconn, I've never driven a car with such a feature and I'm also unsure if it's the ABS or an inertia switch which triggers the hazard lights ?

Either way I still think it's an excellent safety feature so long as it's not too sensitive :).

Obvious enough you know when you're about to brake heavily but the guy behind you doesn't.

I don't suppose we'll always agree !

[jamief]

Sometimes, reducing speed quickly is intentional and the last thing I want to happen is for some silly Christmas tree lights to start flashing at every roundabout in Milton Keynes - will look a right fool, especially with my "faulty" fog light bulb when I'm going round the roundabout.

The hazard lights under braking come on when you are essentially doing an emergency brake. If you often find yourself doing that at roundabouts, I'd suggest you need some re-training!

I really can't for the life of me figure out why people want to turn things like this off.

[percymon]

I don't mind having a system in place to show your slowing down quickly, but I want control of it - i.e. to switch it on or off. The bmw 2 stage is much better than simply turning on the hazards. If you over use a function it loses its effect - The last thing we want is for hazards to start being ignored, or so common that drivers just don't "see" them.


These should only be operating in emergency braking or very hard braking circumstances - if they are being triggered when being a bit late on the brakes when approching a roundabout then you may have a fault.

I know a lot of the 'boy racers' on the fiat 500 forum complained about their indicators flashing when they stopped at T junctions. I test drove several 1.4s and whilst they aren't exactly pocket rockets i did a few fairly hard braking sessions during a spirited test drive without triggering the hazards.

[dataconn]

I'm thinking of the theoretical situation of finding yourself travelling "fast" all on your own on a motorway in lovely dry and excellent visibility, having checked your car over meticulously before setting off, when you see a police type vehicle sitting on a bridge, being very bored. If a driver lost their speed very quickly the hazards would come on, and alert the observer to your car. A proper driver wouldn't do this with traffic behind them, not in front.