How to Use hazard lights in a Sentence
hazard lights
plural noun
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Marinho had to make his around a robotaxi idling in the middle of the road, hazard lights flashing, apparently paralyzed by its own lawfulness.
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Aarian Marshall,
WIRED,
14 Aug. 2023
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The vehicle will brake, come to a full stop in its current lane, turn on the hazard lights and bring itself to a standstill.
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Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
11 Oct. 2023
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Drivers fled, leaving their hazard lights blinking in the dust and darkness.
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Nara Schoenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2023
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Police released the traffic camera footage of Russell pulling over in her red Mercedes to the shoulder with her hazard lights on.
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Arianna Johnson,
Forbes,
17 July 2023
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Ultimately, the system will stop the car in its lane, turn on hazard lights, and summon help via the OnStar phone connection.
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IEEE Spectrum,
30 Mar. 2018
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Posts to social media showed the cars jammed up, their hazard lights flashing, blocking traffic for 15 minutes.
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Yiwen Lu,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Aug. 2023
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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.
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Sarah Dadouch,
Washington Post,
10 Oct. 2023
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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.
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Pilar Arias,
Fox News,
23 Oct. 2023
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Footage from Thursday published by AL.com appears to show Russell’s car driving slowly on the shoulder of the interstate, with hazard lights on, before coming to a stop.
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Annabelle Timsit,
Washington Post,
16 July 2023
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On a recent Friday evening, a driverless car pulled up alongside an outdoor dining shed in the Mission district of San Francisco, put on its hazard lights, and waited.
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Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge,
10 July 2023
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Those millions of vehicles will get an over the air software update to make their hazard lights more effective and receive digital alerts of hazards ahead.
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Mark Phelan,
Detroit Free Press,
30 Mar. 2023
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People walked their dogs wearing masks and sunglasses while 18-wheelers followed by trucks flashing hazard lights rumbled past.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Nov. 2023
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On another occasion, a power outage took out a set of traffic lights, and Michael had to steer around a puzzled driverless car stopped in the intersection, hazard lights flashing.
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Aarian Marshall,
WIRED,
14 Aug. 2023
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The driver of the truck, who had stopped while authorities investigated another collision ahead of him, had switched on the truck’s hazard lights, according to CHP.
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Debbie Truong,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2023
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Videos on social media show the robotaxis stopped with their hazard lights flashing, blocking a road and intersection preventing traffic from navigating around them.
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Harry Guinness,
Popular Science,
17 Aug. 2023
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