Every driver · 5 minutes
A truck stopped on the shoulder or in a lane is a target. The rules for flashers and warning triangles are there so traffic sees you in time.
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Every driver · 5 minutes · About 5 minutes · vocationaltrucksofamerica.com/talks
Read this to your crew
When you stop on the road or the shoulder, turn on the hazard flashers right away.
Get the three warning triangles out within 10 minutes. On a two-lane road, place one about 10 feet from the truck on the traffic side, one about 100 feet behind, and one about 100 feet ahead.
On a divided or one-way highway, place all three behind the truck: about 10, 100 and 200 feet back.
If you’re near a hill, curve or anything that blocks the view, put the warning on that side, 100 to 500 feet away, so drivers see it in time.
Wear hi-vis, carry the triangles in front of you so traffic sees them, and walk facing traffic when you can.
Get as far off the road as you safely can. If the cab isn’t safe, wait well away from the truck, behind a barrier if there is one. Then call it in.
Drivers must turn on the hazard flashers immediately and place warning devices as soon as possible, and in any event within 10 minutes, in the pattern set by 49 CFR 392.22. Every truck must carry three warning triangles (49 CFR 393.95(f)).
General safety information for crew meetings, not legal advice. It doesn’t replace your company’s safety program, required training or site rules. Rules checked October 2026.
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