I’m in the same camp as missileman and B.L.E.
I have used my hazard lights in potentially dangerous on-road situations at various times over the years, and I will continue to use them.
Yes, my state (NJ) does prohibit hazard flasher use except when parked, but the probability of getting ticketed for using them as I do is probably extremely low, and as B.L.E. implied a cop would likely only take out his ticket book for this “offense” if he was really desperate for meeting his quota.
People tend to fear being penalized for “offenses” that are rarely–if ever–enforced. A good example of this is the statute in NJ which says that only gas station attendants are allowed to pump gas. For the nervous nellies who tell me that it is “illegal” to pump your own gas in NJ, I always give them this challenge:
Find even one instance of somebody being…detained…ticketed…or arrested for pumping his own gas in NJ.
Clearly they can’t find even one instance, because it has never happened. Yet, the vast majority of NJ drivers cower in their cars like mindless sheep while gas attendants decide how much gas to force into their tank and dribble down the side of their fender. I refuse to be one of those sheep.