Horrifying pile up on the motorway

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Originally Posted by glatt

That's scary. I hate situations like that. You should never drive faster than conditions allow, but if the conditions dictate that you drive 15 mph on the highway, you are either going to get rear ended, or else cause the car behind you to panic brake, and then they get rear ended. I guess the best option is to slow down before entering the fog so the cars behind you can see that you're slowing and be ready to do the same. But if there's no time...

There's no good answer.

Of course the answer is don't drive faster than condition allow.

I don't know what a "black" fog is, but I've driven in fog, patchy fog, rapidly appearing fog, etc. It's frightening and dangerous. One situation that I've been in similar to this is driving on the highway and smoke from fires obscured the roadway quickly and almost completely. This is a very dangerous situation. If I can't drive more than 15 mph, I'd rather be parked on the shoulder, well off the roadway. Being unable to see should mean being unable to drive. You can't drive if you can't see. Terrible.