RoddyL Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Can anyone tell me if a warning triangle is standard on a 2017 Kuga and if so where is it, I have checked in/under the spare wheel compartment and can't find antything or a place whre it would fit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkRS9 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I could be wrong, but I believe Ford don't supply a warning triangle with any of their cars. I've had a number of Fords over the years and never had one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoddyL Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Thanks, I am used to VW who do suppy them,strange with laws as they are now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Ford don’t supply them I’m afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke4efc Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 They're a waste of time anyway, not even required by law in the UK (the French love to make money off brits that forget them though). Every warning triangle I've ever seen is way to small to be noticed. Surely if your car was being so much of an obstruction you'd see the flashing hazard lights rather than some tiny triangle 50 yards behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 17 minutes ago, Luke4efc said: They're a waste of time anyway, not even required by law in the UK (the French love to make money off brits that forget them though). Every warning triangle I've ever seen is way to small to be noticed. Surely if your car was being so much of an obstruction you'd see the flashing hazard lights rather than some tiny triangle 50 yards behind. It’s intended for you to use it around blind bends etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke4efc Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, alexp999 said: It’s intended for you to use it around blind bends etc. Which is great, but the majority of people either wouldn't see it because they're way to small, or would look at it and go "wtf is that?!?" before turning the corner and going "oh" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 You’ve just explained exactly why you use them. Well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I saw one on a dead straight piece of NSL road a few weeks ago... Behind a massive orange RAC van with flashing beacons on the roof. Thought it seemed a little unnecessary there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 You’re probably right, but how many times have you seen a car that when abandoned broken down it had its hazard lights on, but by the time you pass by, the hazard lights have dimmed to pathetic barely visible candles. They are not designed to warn the position of a fluorescent van with multiple flashing beacons, but to warn of a stranded vehicle or its occupants. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Edge of Reason said: You’re probably right, but how many times have you seen a car that when abandoned broken down it had its hazard lights on, but by the time you pass by, the hazard lights have dimmed to pathetic barely visible candles. They are not designed to warn the position of a fluorescent van with multiple flashing beacons, but to warn of a stranded vehicle or its occupants. I wasn't suggesting they were always unnecessary, just in that specific scenario! I did have a perilous breakdown on a blind bend myself a few years ago. Accelerated out out of a 30 limit into a 60 as I'd done hundreds of times but this time the rear wheel locked solid just as I rounded the first bend and I couldn't go anywhere! Knowing that every other local was likely to boot round the bend exactly as I had done without any way to warn them was a little unnerving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comares2001 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Mandatory carrying and use of warning triangles and reflective jackets in many European countries is one of the few of their rules that actually make sense and should have been adopted in the UK years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarksST Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 3 hours ago, TomsFocus said: I saw one on a dead straight piece of NSL road a few weeks ago... Behind a massive orange RAC van with flashing beacons on the roof. Thought it seemed a little unnecessary there! Maybe the car owner had put it out before the patrol had arrived and they hadn’t removed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 My mk4 Focus came with a convenient clip mount on the underside of the parcel shelf but no triangle, luckily there's loads of spares at work and the mechanics were generous with one. I pair it up with a led road flare to ensure it's visible if deployed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkRS9 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Stoney871 said: My mk4 Focus came with a convenient clip mount on the underside of the parcel shelf but no triangle, luckily there's loads of spares at work and the mechanics were generous with one. I pair it up with a led road flare to ensure it's visible if deployed. I've clipped an umbrella in the triangle clamps under the parcel shelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge of Reason Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I’ll need to get one of those warning umbrellas ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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