[areafiftyone]

I've seen people driving in fog at 70-80 miles and hour. These people are crazy. Whenever I see fog that heavy I put my emergency blinkers on and slow down. One time in dense fog I saw one car drive past me at that crazy speed and about a mile up the road I saw the same car imbedded under Mac truck!

[DJ88]

I remember driving through West Virginia when the fog was so bad you couldn't see anything in FRONT of your BUMPER! I was scared to death...(not literally, of course, or I wouldn't be writing this). It's almost as bad as driving in one of those supercell t-storms where the rain is so heavy you can't see anything, either. I hate that....living in FL, I travel up to GA alot to see my family..I always try to leave early in the morning on my way back home to beat the seabreeze t-storms. They're horrible. I got stuck last year when Tropical Storm Allison when through GA...I was going away with my husband for the weekend, and I had been up in GA for a week...I watched the Weather Channel and decided that I had better leave a day earlier to get home than I had planned, and spend the night in Valdosta. Guess what? The Weather Channel was a little off with it's prediction (wasn't their fault, the storm just moved in faster) and I hit the Valdosta city line and WHAM! I could NOT SEE ANYTHING...it was raining SO HARD that you could not see 3" in front of you, you couldn't see tailights, nothing. I was shaking like a leaf...thank goodness I had just filled up my Suburban, because I would have been slipping and sliding all over the roads...I finally got on the CB and told those truckers I needed some help...one told me he was in front of me, and one got in back of me, and they both guided me off an exit ramp...and I spent the night in Valdosta ...sans the truck drivers, LOL! Well, the area that I had chosen got the ABSOLUTE WORST WEATHER from the storm...I was in the shower, and the lights went out! Talk about freaking out! All I could think of was the movie "Pycho"....as soon as the feeder band moved out, and I waited for the next one, I jumped in the 'Burb, headed right down the street to the closest gas station, bought myself a 6pack and drank the whole dang thing, all the while praying that lightning would not strike the gas pumps outside the hotel. What a night.

[MinuteGal]

There's nothing like interstate highway morning fogs in these southern states. Most drivers are in such a danged hurry that they don't have the sense to GET OFF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY!

I always turn off at the nearest exit and wait the fog out over a cup(s) of coffee. I'd rather lose time than my life.

Merely slowing down with emergency lights turned on doesn't do a lick of good when a fully-loaded semi bears down on your rear at 70 MPH!

Leni

[KC Burke]

Using your emergency blinkers in fog while you are still rolling is illegal and a mistake.

Drivers in your rear could assume you were stopped and/or on the shoulder and steer to your left assuming that is where the driving lane is. Continuing to move would throw off their depth perception of traffic in general.

Turn on your tail light -- tap your brake at an irregular interval to make drivers to your rear cautious -- forget the flashers.

[GingisK]

I put my emergency blinkers on...

Improper use of those lights!!! Those blinkers are intended for parking along the side of the road ONLY! When used in motion, your vehicle is visible to other drivers only 50% of the time. An ocean of those blinking lights makes it impossible to tell when actual braking occurs.

[OrioleFan]

Another example of natural selection.