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PRONUNCIATION OF HAZARD LIGHTS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAZARD LIGHTS

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conjunction
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Hazard lights is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAZARD LIGHTS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Automotive lighting

The lighting system of a motor vehicle consists of lighting and signalling devices mounted or integrated to various parts of a motor vehicle. These may include the front, sides, rear and, in some cases, the top of the vehicle. The purpose of this system is to provide illumination for the driver. This enables safe vehicle operation after dark and increases the conspicuity of the vehicle. It also informs of the vehicle's presence, position, size, direction of travel, and the driver's intentions regarding direction and speed of travel.

Definition of hazard lights in the English dictionary

The definition of hazard lights in the dictionary is the indicator lights of a motor vehicle when flashing simultaneously to indicate that the vehicle is stationary and temporarily obstructing the traffic Also called: hazard warning lights, hazards.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAZARD LIGHTS

hazan
hazanim
hazard
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hazard warning device
hazard warning lights
hazard-free
hazardable
hazarder
hazardous
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hazardously
hazardousness
hazardry
hazards
Hazchem
haze
hazel
hazel grouse
hazel grove

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAZARD LIGHTS

animal rights
Bill of Rights
bragging rights
bright lights
brights
civil rights
hazard warning lights
heights
highlights
human rights
knights
lights
nights
northern lights
rights
sights
the bright lights
thoughts
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traffic lights
voting rights

Synonyms and antonyms of hazard lights in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hazard lights» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAZARD LIGHTS

Find out the translation of hazard lights to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hazard lights from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hazard lights» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

危险报警闪光灯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luces de emergencia
570 millions of speakers

English

hazard lights
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खतरा रोशनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أضواء الخطر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сигнальные огни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luzes de perigo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপত্তি আলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feux de détresse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lampu bahaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Warnblinker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハザードランプ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비상등
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lampu bahaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đèn báo nguy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீங்கு விளக்குகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धोका दिवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tehlike ışıkları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luci di emergenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

światła awaryjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сигнальні вогні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumini de avarie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλάρμ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevaar ligte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

varningsblinkers
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Varsellys
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hazard lights

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAZARD LIGHTS»

The term «hazard lights» is regularly used and occupies the 63.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAZARD LIGHTS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hazard lights

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAZARD LIGHTS»

Discover the use of hazard lights in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hazard lights and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Today's Technician
The other filament is used for the turn signals and hazard lights. Most taillight assemblies include the brake, parking, rear turn signal, and rear hazard lights. The CHMSL. back-up lights, and license plate lights can be included as part of the tail- ...
Barry Hollembeak, Jack Erjavec
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Perception and Displays for Teleoperated Robots
Task 4 Hazard Lights Purpose of Hazard Lights Task 4 was designed to load the participant's attention while challenging his or her reflexes. It was a simulated hazard-warning task. The task was timed and it required driving skill. The task ...
Linda Upham Ellis, 2008
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Certain Agricultural Vehicles and Components, Inv. 337-TA-487
In Europe, the hazard lights are used only when a vehicle is considered a hazard , for example if the machine has stopped alongside the road. (Meister, Tr. at 759.) On the European version machines, the hazard lights override the tum signals, ...
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Operator's manual : truck, cargo; 1-1/4 ton, 4x4, M880 ...
/WARNING / Do not turn on the hazard lights when moving in traffic. The hazard flasher overrides the brake lights, so if you hit the brakes, the vehicle behind you will have no warning. If state or local laws require you to use the hazard lights in ...
United States. Dept. of the Army, 1982
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Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems
The circuit diagram shown in Figure 12.20 shows the full layout of a standard indicator and hazard lights wiring system. Note how the hazard switch, when operated, disconnects the ignition supply from the flasher unit and replaces it with a ...
Tom Denton, 2013
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Automotive Technician Training: Theory
... switching as this provides an audible signal. The thermal-type flasher units are still used but only on older vehicles. Figure 7.224 Modern electronic flasher unit Summary Indicators and hazard lights are interesting circuits. Hazard lights. 292  ...
Att Training Ltd,, 2014
7
How to Give Your MGB V8 Power
Roger Williams. D13-4 Using a kit to add fuses and relays to the MGB's headlight circuit. D13-5 Circuit and switch wiring for additional hazard lights. 13-8-7. by fitting quadoptic bulb-carrying reflectors and halogen high intensity bulbs.
Roger Williams, 2005
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The Paris Baguette
The guilty car in the crosswalk has hazard lights flashing. You can stop anywhere for a few minutes and be forgiven if your hazard lights are blinking. We've done it ourselves. In spite of seeing car after car being towed from the bakery's ...
Lorelei M Friesen, 2012
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Jurist Prudent -- The Judicial Opinions of Lawrence L. ...
Similarly, Code §46.2-1040, which provides for the appropriate use of hazard lights, states in relevant part that: Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers, when temporarily stopped on the traveled or paved portion of the highway so as to create ...
Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., John S. Koehler (Editor), Elizabeth B. Lacy (Foreword)
10
Hazard Ahead
6 You see a car ahead with its hazard lights on. What do you think the driver of the car is relaying to you? 7 If you have no mobile phone with you to contact an emergency service, what other facility might there be along the hard shoulder?
Andy Hall

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAZARD LIGHTS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hazard lights is used in the context of the following news items.
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When do you need to use your hazard lights?
... there is one reason you should use your hazard lights while driving. ... highway and for whatever reason the driver has the hazard lights on ... «KSAT San Antonio, Jul 15»
2
Missouri inmate executed after governor refuses to intervene
... Chevrolet Cavalier abandoned on the ramp with the keys in the ignition, the engine running and the headlights and hazard lights on. «MSNBC, Jul 15»
3
Supreme Court, Missouri governor, decline to block execution
Police found Morton's Chevrolet Cavalier abandoned on the ramp with the keys in the ignition, the engine running and the headlights and hazard lights on. «KSBY San Luis Obispo News, Jul 15»
4
Winston-Salem crews prepare for severe weather ahead of storms
Their best advice is to take it slow, and if you come across storm damage, turn your hazard lights on and stay put — that way, the next person ... «myfox8.com, Jul 15»
5
Flemington police charge 2 with DUI
The car's hazard lights were flashing and Caleigh F. McNeill, 21, of Mount Tabor was behind the wheel, police said. The police officer smelled ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
6
Raining and Flooding cause Dangerous Driving Conditions
If you can't make it to a rest area or a gas station, AAA advices you to get as far off on the shoulder as possible and turn your hazard lights on. «WHIZ, Jul 15»
7
Woman in her 70s killed, man seriously injured in overnight crash in …
Tilley said the van, which had stopped to help a stalled car in the left lane, had its hazard lights flashing. The occupants of the stalled car were ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
8
Car and tractor collide on County Road 20
... on her legs from broken glass. The car's driver said the tractor did not have any hazard lights on, nor did it signal it was going to turn left. «KTTC, Jul 15»
9
Darcey Freeman thrown from the West Gate Bridge in horrifying …
He had the presence of mind to turn on his hazard lights before asking Darcey to climb over into the front seat. As cars beetled past his vehicle, ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
10
Severe weather forces fairgoers indoors, uproots trees
... in a downpour and they cannot continue to drive, they should pull into a parking lot or to the side of the road and turn on their hazard lights. «Greensburg Daily News, Jul 15»

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