Early this morning, while driving through driving rain, many of my fellow motorists had their hazard lights on - the only problem is that they were moving! It is illegal to drive with your hazard lights on in the rain (or not). It can also be dangerous, adding to the problem of a low-visibility downpour. The nonmoving violation could cost you $70, or worse, an accident.
The 2007 Florida Statutes
Title XXIIIMOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 316STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL
316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.--
(7) Flashing lights are prohibited on vehicles except as a means of indicating a right or left turn, to change lanes, or to indicate that the vehicle is lawfully stopped or disabled upon the highway or except that the lamps authorized in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), and (9) and s. 316.235(5) are permitted to flash.
(10) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
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