Ability to use !hazard while driving

[◄Chuck►]

Simply no. As everyone would use it while towing and it also is mostly ineffective as it, as mentioned above, only shows up in a narrow beam behind the car.
It has a clearly defined purpose and that's good. People should rather use their heads a bit more. If you, for instance, need to warn people earlier, simply place it a bit before the incident.

Another common problem is that tows often just switch their eyes and brains off when towing and only focus on ONE car but ignore that there are 39 others.

In dangerous situations, like on the AB, they should FIRST secure the area, ie by pushing the car to one side of the road and wait there, while keeping the other lane clear so that traffic can pass the scene and doesn't crash into them. Finally, when HwA or other units have secured the road with hazard sign, they should begin with the actual towing, but not before.

I've also seen it very often that tows try to flip a car while it is on the actual driving lane, where it would have been very easy to push it onto the hard shoulder (or any other safer place) first and do their actions there.
That's the professional way to do it and that's the only way to do it.

So bottom line, we don't need more or bigger signs, the problems that tows encounter are very often self-caused.

Some quotes from the tow-guide:
http://www.city-driving.co.uk/manual/tow_guide

*Do not overuse the !caution. It will make people ignore it more and more.

*Less cautions on scene. If you're not directly involved in towing when other people are on scene, turn your caution off, and park offside the road. Many caution signs on one spot makes it confusing for approaching traffic to realise the scene.

*Do not block the entire road. If you're safeguarding a scene, or just waiting, make sure you (and the other cars) don't block the entire road. Better line-up on one side. Always leave a gap so that people who failed to brake in time have an emergency exit.