hazard lights
plural noun
: special lights on a vehicle that flash on and off and are used to warn other drivers (as when the vehicle is not working properly)
Turn on your hazard lights. Wait inside the car for your tow, and get out only if it's safe—meaning traffic is at a crawl.—
Adam Kleiner
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Examples of hazard lights in a Sentence
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The vehicle will lose the collision system functions, hazard lights and turn signals, according a report from the NHTSA.
—USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
The vehicle began the braking sequence at the 1:04 mark with the hazard lights engaged, coming to a complete stop.
—Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2024
Marinho had to make his around a robotaxi idling in the middle of the road, hazard lights flashing, apparently paralyzed by its own lawfulness.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023
People walked their dogs wearing masks and sunglasses while 18-wheelers followed by trucks flashing hazard lights rumbled past.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Stage three, airbag deployment, is about protection, and stage four is helping in post-collision situations with automatic hazard lights, calling emergency centers, and—with EVs—automatically shutting down the high-voltage system, allowing responders to safely access the vehicle.
—Alex Kalogiannis, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
Troopers said that a vehicle with a flat tire came to a stop in the right lane of the highway and another vehicle behind it stopped and the driver activated hazard lights.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
The vehicle will brake, come to a full stop in its current lane, turn on the hazard lights and bring itself to a standstill.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
The hazard lights on a shattered Hamas pickup truck were still blinking as the sounds of heavy machine gun fire and frequent explosions echoed nearby.
—Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
The vehicle began the braking sequence at the 1:04 mark with the hazard lights engaged, coming to a complete stop.
—Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2024
Marinho had to make his around a robotaxi idling in the middle of the road, hazard lights flashing, apparently paralyzed by its own lawfulness.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023
People walked their dogs wearing masks and sunglasses while 18-wheelers followed by trucks flashing hazard lights rumbled past.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
Stage three, airbag deployment, is about protection, and stage four is helping in post-collision situations with automatic hazard lights, calling emergency centers, and—with EVs—automatically shutting down the high-voltage system, allowing responders to safely access the vehicle.
—Alex Kalogiannis, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023
Troopers said that a vehicle with a flat tire came to a stop in the right lane of the highway and another vehicle behind it stopped and the driver activated hazard lights.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
The vehicle will brake, come to a full stop in its current lane, turn on the hazard lights and bring itself to a standstill.
—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
The hazard lights on a shattered Hamas pickup truck were still blinking as the sounds of heavy machine gun fire and frequent explosions echoed nearby.
—Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Hazard lights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hazard%20lights. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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