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35 vehicle pileup near Bakersfield due to fog (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Jan 2024
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Yep, continue to drive 70 mph even you can't see more than a couple hundred feet
chicoescuela
Jan 2024
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chicoescuela
(1,695 posts)1. Yep, continue to drive 70 mph even you can't see more than a couple hundred feet
Demovictory9
(34,082 posts)5. It's a scary situation. Do you stop and get plowed into? Where is the side of the road? Is a car already parked there?
kimbutgar
(23,722 posts)2. I used to drive in the tule fog when I was in college and it was scary
Ritabert
(797 posts)3. I was in pea soup fog in VA once
Luckily I was able to get off the highway until it cleared. A couple of weeks later that same stretch had an 80+ car pileup.
mike_c
(36,410 posts)4. yikes!
Driving in tule fog is like sitting still in a small white room about the size of your car. It's surreal. You lose track of your location and speed.