Where is everyone #5

That reminds me of a story:

On the aforementioned trip through Montana I would go to the Bay Area every week. As any of you Cali boys know the Tule (Toolie, hell I don't know how to spell it) fog from Sacratomato down to Stockton would get mighty thick at times. One morning about 3:00 A.M. I was doing my best to keep a set of taillights in my vision. I was going as fast as I dared (maybe 35), afraid of getting rear-ended, when all of a sudden a UPS set of doubles goes flying by me at probably 55 mph or so. He gets on the radio and says "you can sure tell who knows how to drive in the fog and who doesn't".

Now I have heard similar comments relating to winter conditions, but how in the hell do you learn to drive in the fog?

 

McDonalds on I-44 at Stroud



Loading now. Chickasha bound.

 

Being from that part of the world... you don’t unless the FORCE runs strong with you

It just insured when you hit something it hurts a lot

 

Do you do all these phenomenal photos with your phone?

If so I am going to have to learn how to manipulate them like you do; well, I'll never be that good but they sure look cool.

 

Ya kinda got me there Oxbow. All of our fluids are Military Spec'd with certain numbers. If we need oil or hydraulic fluid we just go get some and make sure it's got the correct #'s on it, it's pretty thin stuff. I do know it's synthetic, low foam and fire resistant and I think it has a -54 degree bottom # on it not sure about the high side but it gets pretty hot.

 

Yeah that moron would look really cool until he rear ends the fed ex double that didn’t make it in the ditch and is still partially on the road.

 

Funny thing is you know he dealt with that stuff nearly every night. Maybe you just get accustomed to it.

Personally, I have been scolded by other drivers for driving in what their minds must have been too fast for conditions, but when I start to loose visibility it is almost like I get vertigo or something. My mind starts to guess at what I am seeing.

 

An old silver or white car with dim taillights blending in with fog can just about get rear ended at any speed. Been there, barely missed hat.

 

Oh and @Oxbow, his company has plenty of money. They are paying stupid TONU on their stuff right now if they cancel, then calling an hour later with another run. Oh man, do I have to run an empty down and bobtail back? I lost my motivation after the TONU pay

 

Back in the 90s when I was tuning out of Fresno regularly- a mega fleet driver decided to make a u turn in the median and got stuck. Well the fog was ridiculously thick and visibility was near zero...

Rolled up
About 50 vehicles in both directions and killed a few people.

People don’t respect conditions and confuse it with be “tough” or “manly” when all it is is stupidity. Nobody’s reflexes are that fast