Driving experience when encountering fog covering the road
Driving in fog is potentially risky and dangerous, even affecting the safety and lives of people in the car as well as surrounding vehicles.
Therefore, it requires drivers to have a lot of experience and good driving skills to handle unexpected situations that may occur.
Check vehicle before departure
Before departure, the driver needs to carefully check all details of the vehicle including: Checking seat belts, vehicle lighting system, brakes, horn, wipers, tires, air conditioning system, gasoline and engine.
The vehicle's lighting system is a detail that drivers need to pay special attention to in order to check and handle it promptly. Because, in addition to supporting the driver's vision, this is an extremely important detail to signal to oncoming vehicles in foggy weather.
Turn on the fog lights
When driving in foggy weather conditions, drivers should turn on fog lights to ensure safety. Currently, most car models are equipped with front fog lights. This type of light has the task of positioning and supporting increased brightness when driving in conditions of limited visibility such as fog, drizzle, etc. Fog lights only illuminate low levels so they do not cause glare for oncoming drivers.
Turn on low beams, not high beams
When driving in foggy weather conditions, if it is too dark, the driver should only use low beam lights, which are near beam lights, and should not turn on the high beam lights. Because although the high beam lights have strong light intensity and shine far, but in bad weather conditions, especially when the fog is thick, the light cannot penetrate but will be reflected back, making the driver's vision even more limited.
Maintain speed and safe distance from the vehicle in front
In foggy weather conditions, the driver's visibility will be limited, and the road will also become more slippery. Drivers need to drive slowly, maintain speed, keep a safe distance and avoid tailgating the vehicle in front.
Do not brake suddenly or change direction suddenly.
When driving in foggy conditions, drivers should avoid sudden braking and sudden changes of direction to ensure their own safety and the safety of those around them. This will help other drivers handle the situation in a timely manner in bad weather conditions, avoiding unfortunate risks.
Run along the lane lines
When driving in dense fog, drivers should stay in the correct lane and follow the road markings below to ensure safety.
Get outside air, turn on the heated windshield
Fog will cause the temperature difference between the outside and inside the car to be different, causing the glass to fog up. To handle this situation, the driver needs to turn on the windshield heating function, turn on the air conditioner and use the outside air mode.
Focus on observation
Visibility will be greatly limited in foggy driving conditions, so drivers need to focus on observing their surroundings, especially the road surface to avoid potholes, mud, slippery surfaces and adjust their speed accordingly.
Shifting to a lower gear when going downhill
When going downhill in foggy weather conditions, the driver needs to shift to a lower gear to support engine braking, reduce pressure on the brake pedal system, thereby ensuring safety and avoiding risks due to slippery roads. Therefore, the driver should choose a lower gear for manual transmission vehicles and switch to manual mode via the paddle shifters on the steering wheel or select a lower gear mode on the gear lever for automatic transmission vehicles.
Stop if the fog is too thick.
In case of bad weather, fog is so thick that it obscures visibility, drivers should find a safe parking location, turn on the hazard lights and stop to assess the situation.
Do not stop suddenly or pull over to the side of the road so that the driver behind does not have time to react.
