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Demovictory9

(33,780 posts) Sun Jan 7, 2024, 09:52 AM Jan 2024

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35 vehicle pileup near Bakersfield due to fog (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jan 2024 OP

I used to drive in the tule fog when I was in college and it was scary kimbutgar Jan 2024 #2

I was in pea soup fog in VA once Ritabert Jan 2024 #3

yikes! mike_c Jan 2024 #4

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1. Yep, continue to drive 70 mph even you can't see more than a couple hundred feet

Sun Jan 7, 2024, 11:24 AM

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(33,780 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?

Sun Jan 7, 2024, 02:01 PM

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2. I used to drive in the tule fog when I was in college and it was scary

Sun Jan 7, 2024, 12:07 PM

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(745 posts)

3. I was in pea soup fog in VA once

Sun Jan 7, 2024, 12:14 PM

Jan 2024

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.

(36,337 posts)

4. yikes!

Sun Jan 7, 2024, 01:48 PM

Jan 2024

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.