Dense Fog Accident Caught On Camera

I drive in fog regularly, Do not like it, but I do slow down, run your headlamps, NOT your highbeams and NOT your 4 ways. If you stop on the shoulder turn off ALL your lights and stayinside your truck.I run 99 thru central valley Ca alot, lots of fog. I have avoided several bad accident by slowing down, paying attention, If you cant stop your to fast or to close.

 

L Hate it when drivers run their 4 ways in fog, yep we are going slow, so I am going to blind everybody and make them think they are running up on an accident.

 

I turn on my flashing amber lights

 

No comment. You should not run down the road with your ambers or any or color flashing.

 

Here in Chicagoland, a lot of people run with them. Specifically lowboys and intermodal trucks. Often run with those when empty. I have flashing beacon lights installed because I do oversize loads. I turn them on during bad weather. For me, they are connected to my mirror heat switch.

I never saw anyone fined for that.

 

So, clearly, the thing to do is don't watch the road, but drive via your dash cam's display.

 

Here in Cali, the only legal place to run your 4 ways, (not oversized lighting) is stopped on the shoulder, while your placing your triangles.
The reason for not running in the fog is to prevent 4 wheelers from running into the back of you when parked. And in foggy conditions if you park off the road way your safer to disappear by blacking out. and staying inside your vehicle.

 

I looked it up a while back, I hear the claim alot on th CB running through CA. What I remember it was geared for construction vehicles or tow trucks or whatever having flashing lights and just leaving them on for no reason and cruising on down the road.

No reason to believe climbing a hill at 30mph and having 4-ways on was some sort of violation. If you were a "potential hazard" ie:speed diferential, you should have them on as you are likely a legitimate hazard.

 

and you could say that "it was for safety, judge" and "I was a hazard in the fog"