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Your Driving and the Road
Besides slowing down, allow some
extra following distance. And be
especially careful when you pass
another vehicle. Allow yourself more
clear room ahead, and be prepared to
have your view restricted by road
spray. If the road spray is so heavy
you are actually blinded, drop back.
Don't pass until conditions improve.
Going more slowly is better than
having an accident.
Use your defogger if
it
helps.
Have good tires
with
proper tread
depth. (See "Tires" in the Index.)
Driving in Fog, Mist
and Haze
Fog can occur
with
high humidity or
heavy frost. It can be so mild that you can
see through it for several hundred feet
(meters). Or
it
might be so thick that you
can see only a few feet (meters) ahead.
It
may come suddenly to an otherwise clear
road. And
it
can be a major hazard.
When you drive into a fog patch, your
visibility will be reduced quickly. The
biggest dangers are striking the vehicle
ahead or being struck by the one behind.
Try to "read" the fog density down the
road. If the vehicle ahead starts to become
less clear or, at night, if the taillights are
harder to see, the fog is probably
thickening. Slow down to give traffic
behind you a chance to slow down.
Everybody then has a better chance
to
avoid hitting the vehicle ahead.
A patch of dense fog may extend only for
a few feet (meters) or for miles
(kilometers); you can't really tell while
you're in it. You can only treat the
situation with extreme care.
One common fog condition
-
sometimes
called mist or ground fog
-
can happen
in weather that seems perfect, especially
at night or in the early morning in valley
and low, marshy areas. You can be
suddenly enveloped in thick, wet haze
that may even coat your windshield. You
can often spot these fog patches or mist
layers with your headlights. But
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