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| Home | / | Drivers | / | Defensive Driving | / | Fog | / | Keeping a safe distance in fog |
It can be tempting to hang on to someone else's tail lights in foggy conditions.
Although this may be seem to be the easiest way to cope with the fog, especially at night or if you are tired, it's a sure recipe for disaster ...
Because you can't see very far ahead you will have little or no warning if the vehicle ahead of you stops suddenly - this is especially the case if it is using rear fog lights which can mask the effect of brake-lights.
This can be made worse by slippery roads (which often accompany fog).
Now you see me ... Another problem on high speed roads is that fog can drift, one moment you have reasonable visibility, the next moment, you can see nothing ... It doesn't take a lot of imagination to think what might happen if the traffic ahead stops and you can't see it! |
Occasionally you will see people driving fast and overtaking on foggy motorways - these drivers are under a false sense of security on two counts. First, as they drive fast their cars push the air ahead of them giving a false sense of visibility as the fog 'slipstreams' over the car. And second. the actually believe that the road ahead will be clear! Blind faith or what!!
Stay well back and allow yourself plenty of room to stop if necessary.
It's all to easy to stop dead in fog.
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