How to Use hazard lights in a Sentence

hazard lights

plural noun
  • In the video, a car was seen with its hazard lights flashing.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Her hazard lights were not engaged.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • If caught in a snow squall, drivers are asked to turn on hazard lights and reduce speed.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The child’s mother had the vehicle’s hazard lights on at the time.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • Several cars, some with hazard lights blinking, appeared to have been picked up by the storm.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Drivers fled, leaving their hazard lights blinking in the dust and darkness.
    — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • The semi’s driver turned on the hazard lights and tried to block the disabled vehicle.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • As our server advised, the best plan of action is to flash your hazard lights for a few seconds after parking.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That can mean a loss of power to accessories such as the hazard lights, or a vehicle stalling out while coming to a stop.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Cars are left unmanned, hazard lights blinking while their owners rush in to retrieve takeout orders.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The initial call was about a black sedan blocking the fast lane with its hazard lights on, the CHP said.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The hazard lights, headlight settings and cruise control are all operated via these bulky stalks.
    — Trinity Francis, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • If on the highway, turn on your hazard lights and allow plenty of distance between you and the vehicle in front of you.
    — Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2024
  • If your car stalls or runs out of gas on the road, put your hazard lights on right away and release the accelerator, Carias says.
    — Malaka Gharib, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Hernandez was in the back seat of a Toyota Corolla that was stopped on the right side of the road with its hazard lights on.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Do not drive with your vehicle's hazard lights activated.
    — Vytas Reid, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Posts to social media showed the cars jammed up, their hazard lights flashing, blocking traffic for 15 minutes.
    — Yiwen Lu, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The Nissan remained disabled in the carpool lane, and Hamori had turned on the vehicle's hazard lights.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Police released the traffic camera footage of Russell pulling over in her red Mercedes to the shoulder with her hazard lights on.
    — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • An officer who believed the car was disabled saw its hazard lights flashing and, upon checking, found both occupants deceased.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The family said the brothers put their hazard lights on and called 911, reporting no injuries at the time besides slight burns from the airbags.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • The Waymo vehicle activated its horn and hazard lights.
    — Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The Hyundai had been parked in the shoulder of Highway 24 with its hazard lights still on, and had two flat tires, authorities said.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • 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.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Ultimately, the system will stop the car in its lane, turn on hazard lights, and summon help via the OnStar phone connection.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
  • In cases of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, activate your hazard lights and seek a safe spot, like a nearby business parking lot, to pull over and stop.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In cases of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, activate your hazard lights and seek a safe spot, like a nearby business parking lot, to pull over and stop.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025

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