Super fog caused major crash - 7 killed

[pixy0stix]

apnews.com/article/marsh-fires-fog-traffic-accidents-d645f3494bc98b587c7d78ce09f90e3f

'Superfog' near New Orleans blamed for highway crashes that killed at least 7

[wawa]

whenever a crash like this happens I'm always stuck on the fact that people just keep going full speed into shit they can't see through.
There's no way to win when you suddenly lose visibility driving. Because you can maintain your speed, but then you're just throwing the dice on whether your path is clear. Or you can slow way down so you don't outrun your line of sight (WHICH IS THE RIGHT FUCKING ANSWER), but then somebody who DIDN'T slow down smashes into you from behind like the people in the story shared. Poor visibility conditions give me such fucking anxiety, and sometimes they just come out of nowhere.

My heart goes out to those who lost their lives.

[cap]

Oct 24, 2023 8:39:56 GMT -5 wawa said:

whenever a crash like this happens I'm always stuck on the fact that people just keep going full speed into shit they can't see through.
There's no way to win when you suddenly lose visibility driving. Because you can maintain your speed, but then you're just throwing the dice on whether your path is clear. Or you can slow way down so you don't outrun your line of sight (WHICH IS THE RIGHT FUCKING ANSWER), but then somebody who DIDN'T slow down smashes into you from behind like the people in the story shared. Poor visibility conditions give me such fucking anxiety, and sometimes they just come out of nowhere.

My heart goes out to those who lost their lives.

I'm in total agreement. 

Last winter, we were taking a day trip to visit my husband's family. We live in Michigan, and it was one of the days where we were having on and off whiteout snow conditions. I insisted that we turn around and go home because it was senseless to drive 4+ hours round trip in weather like that when it was unnecessary. 

[pixy0stix]

Yeah, the zooming along when you can't see terrifies me. Last winter there was a 100 car pile up on an interstate that had black ice. Video from that incident showed cars just barreling down the road full speed into the crash.

[Susie]

omg those photos in the article are horrifying.  It's miraculous that the casualties aren't already/immediately higher.

I have such anxiety when I'm driving with my dogs and we come into a foggy, stormy, whatever stretch with poor visibility.  I'm 110% on #teamslowdown, but I'm so afraid I'll get rear ended while they're in the back of my SUV.  Total nightmare fuel.

[Michelle]

NewOrleans Wouldn't mind a checkin' from ya. 

I still haven't heard from my aunt who lives near there. (ETA - she is fine) She isn't out and about much so I shouldn't be too worried but i've asked my mom to text her. I don't have her number in my phone for some reason.

My friend who lives SE of there said that the news is saying to check in on your loved ones because they still have people missing and haven't identified everyone. 



I HATE the bridges in Louisiana for this kind of reason. There's no shoulder for emergency alternative driving to avoid an accident. (Twice in one day in Houston I pulled onto a shoulder to avoid being hit in a multi-car pile-up that I saw approaching in my rearview. People in front and behind where my car had been positioned were all impacted but I avoided it... you can't avoid it on these bridges.).

[pixy0stix]

Oct 24, 2023 10:19:45 GMT -5 Michelle said:

NewOrleans Wouldn't mind a checkin' from ya. 

Despite her name, that's not where she lives.

[Michelle]

Oct 24, 2023 11:11:38 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oct 24, 2023 10:19:45 GMT -5 Michelle said:

NewOrleans Wouldn't mind a checkin' from ya. 

Despite her name, that's not where she lives.

Oh good!! <3 

[Aloe Vera]

I hate fog for this reason. People still drive the speed limit when they should NOT.
My SIL got into a car accident this week (her car is totaled but she is fine) because the other driver had the sun right in her face. She couldn't see the road in front of her but she was still going 45 mph+! She ran a red light and T-boned my SIL. Everyone was baffled at the scene when she admitted she couldn't see the road but wasn't slowing down.

[DotAndBuzz]

Having driven in both fog like that in the Virginia mountains, where you truly can't see in front of you, and white out snow, you can't even see if you're *on* the road. It's terrifying. And in both cases, cars and trucks were flying by me. The snow truly terrified me, because in fog at least you have the hope of some traction to stop if you can see the thing in front of you in time, but snow? All bets are off there.

And in situations like that, pulling off to the side of the road is just as dangerous as continuing to drive, because people just can't see you. So you almost have to keep going. I get off the highway as soon as I can, but sometimes you're just stuck.

Those poor people.

[aurora]

How awful. From the photos it looks like there was really nowhere to go, even for those who could get out of their cars.

Driving in dense fog is scary, for sure.

[UMaineTeach]

So tragic. It looks like a burned out junk yard or a bomb went off.

There is a spot near me that always gets so foggy (and drifted in the winter). It’s open field on both sides of an 55 mph zone and full of turkeys. You have to watch out for them on a clear day, any sort of weather and I’m nervous.

[arehopsveggies]

Here we don’t have fog like that but wind/dust storms where driving is impossible.

Last spring I missed a day of work because I was on a weekend trip and couldn’t get home in the dust. It finally calmed down late at night but I wasn’t willing to drive hours home at midnight. In the worst of the storm I figured I was somewhere safe and I wasn’t going to risk trying the drive.