Fog question

I keep spares of a lot of different things in my truck, I have spare bulbs, wires, hoses, fuses etc, anything I can stock up on at a terminal or small things I can buy here and there and get reimbursed and I keep plenty of tools in my truck. Yeah my company can send road service but why sit around for 4 hours if its something I can do in a few minutes? If your company is making you drive around without proper working equipment then thats not a good company to be with....

As for the fog or any weather condition you drive what feels safe and comfortable, in fog I go with what im comfortable with, I will pass up some trucks going slower and some trucks will pass me but I keep with what I can control.

 

We use to call the fog in the central valley in Cali "Tooley Fog". It would get bad there. Anyways, the way I drove it, I would drive fast enough that if I needed to stop suddenly, I would have the distance. But back in the day we ran the CB radios all the time and would know what was up ahead. I use to follow trucks, cars that passed me up and stay behind them far enough where I could see the tail lights, again though enough distance to stop if I needed. it would surprise how fast some trucks would run in that heavy fog, CB radios was our best friend back in the day. Still use mine. I wouldn't drive a truck without one.

 

It doesn't matter how safely you think you are driving in heavy fog. The other idiots can still kill you, and they think they are driving safely.
We never have anybody admit fault when you have those 50,60, 70 (or more) pile ups.

If you can't see, slow down. If you still can't see, get off the road SAFELY. (Not stopping on the shoulder, find a truck stop or safe place to park away from the highway) If the other traffic is not slowing down, get off the road. Let them kill themselves.

 

I was on 81 in PA running in some real thick fog and had another truck shoved up my rear for a good ways...asked him over the cb what he was doing....

"THIS IS HOW YOU RUN IN FOG DUMB@%#!"

...ok. Some real winners out here.

 

Yeah I drive the central valley mostly and sometimes the fog can get pretty bad, I have seen trucks fly past me going 60+ when you cant even see a car in front of you....

 

I'll 2nd this !....Don't over -drive your headlights...worst thing ever. If it gets to be that scary for you stop , park in a truckstop or rest area and chill. Over-confindence is a 'killer' never drive faster , or in conditions that aren't in your comfort zone. After awhile fog driving "will" get easier.....just don't let easier turn into over-confident.

 

In FOG you NEVER drive faster than your GUARDIAN ANGEL CAN FLY

 

We're currently having heavy fog nightly here in Washington and Portland, Oregon area (I-5 corridor). Last night was the worst I've seen it, at some points visibility was down to about 75 feet. I would adjust speed accordingly, and put on my 4ways if I saw headlights coming up behind me, because all night long, I was getting passed by trucks continuing at 60 mph. Here's my question I would have liked to ask them: if there was a car stalled in the lane of travel, with no lights, would you have time to stop, or even react? At highway speed, of course not. And the problem out here is very few people run radios, it seems like (or they're on another channel other than 17...).
Bottom line, don't worry about the others out there: they're not responsible for your truck, you are.

 

Hi J, um, maybe that was your problem, as 19 is the truckers channel. (or did they change it, I've been out of the loop for a while) I talked to some big rigger once that was hammer down in the left lane in the fog, and I said, "aren't you worried you are going to plow into someone"? He said, he stayed in the left lane the whole time, and people going slow, usually keep to the right. There may have been some truth to that, but I never had the grapes to hammer down in the fog.