Hazard Lights Flashing

[Daniel Brown]

This bit I'm not too bothered with, it's when it flashes when in standstill traffic and it flashes when oncoming cars in the other lane pass, I kind of feel that any cars behind would think I've broken down or something

The hazards flashing is confusing other drivers. I saw this happen a few weeks ago. An
MG4 was crawling in traffic in the left lane approaching a roundabout. The MG4's hazards were flashing rapidly as cars went past in the same direction in the right hand lane. The cars behind the MG4 then started to overtake it and cut in front of it thinking they had broken down.

 

[DannySB1]

Pretty certain this is the rear collision warning triggering, I noticed this flashing too when I was parked stationary with cars coming by me so I turned it off and have not noticed it since. Seems like a fairly pointless safety feature.