Wildfires in the drought-stricken state have been burning all summer. The combination of smoke and fog turned deadly.

  • @[email protected]
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    8 months ago

    Caused by super fog drivers who don’t know how to adapt driving speed and safety distance to visibility conditions.

    Fixed that for you

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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      238 months ago

      I hate driving in bad conditions. Not because I’m bad, but because people are fucking idiots and will be doing 90 with zero visibility

      • FuglyDuck
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        118 months ago

        in every rear-end accident, there was always somebody going slower. Don’t be a victim!

        /s.

    • @21Cabbage
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      88 months ago

      Bbbbbb bbbbbb bbbut the speed limit says 75 so I HAVE TO.

    • @[email protected]
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      But on the other hand, every second you spend inside the fog puts you at risk. The safest thing you can do is clear the fog as quickly as possible.

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        38 months ago

        The safest thing you can do is pull well off the road, turn off your lights, and wait for the fog to pass.

        Also get out your phone because you can sell the footage of the subsequent accident to news channels.

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        108 months ago

        IIRC while it was originally coined as that portmanteau, it was later “officially” used only for the haze caused by nitrous oxides, ozones and sulfur dioxide from leaded gas/diesel vehicles, coal power, and industrial operations.

        Not an etymologist though.

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    98 months ago

    I don’t like driving faster than I can see in front of me. TIL: I’d be considered abnormal in New Orleans.

    • @21Cabbage
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      38 months ago

      Abnormal in every part of the US I’ve ever been. I just get off the road in adverse conditions because I know people even trying to be safe is a minority. My area has great public transit and pedestrian infrastructure, if I’m driving I’ve got time to kill.

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    38 months ago

    This literally looks like something from GTA, where you blow up a car and it starts a pile up/explosive chain reaction. The fact this happened in real life is horrifying.