Mistake #10: Not Using Your Hazard Lights When Traffic Comes to an Abrupt Halt

One could say that people here are hazard lights happy.

At first, this took me some getting used to. I think that the only times I ever used my hazard lights was the one time when I was involved in an accident (his fault, not mine) and when I lost a car to a raging rapid created by a torrential downpour. 

But down here, it seems that people use their hazard lights to inform everybody that they are going to sneeze.  

But, seriously, if you don’t use your hazard lights to signal that the traffic has come to an abrupt stop, don’t be surprised if you get rear-ended. You see, since the people are accustomed to seeing these lights if traffic stops abruptly, if you don’t go with the flow, well, let’s just say that you may not like the outcome. 

On the other side of things, make sure to drive conservatively at all times because it is common for other vehicle to not have working hazard lights.