Caused by ~~super fog~~ drivers who don't know how to adapt driving speed and safety distance to visibility conditions.
Fixed that for you
this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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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
in every rear-end accident, there was always somebody going slower. Don't be a victim!
/s.
I hate that so many people would argue that's a legitimate reason.
yeah. me too.
Bbbbbb bbbbbb bbbut the speed limit says 75 so I HAVE TO.
Never outrun your headlights or your visibility.
Or your breaks if raining or similar.
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.
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.
Smoke + fog = smog. Why didn't they just call it that?
I asked myself the exact same question as I read it
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.
Smog is fer city slickers!
I don't like driving faster than I can see in front of me. TIL: I'd be considered abnormal in New Orleans.
People's willingness to speed in inclement weather boggles my mind.
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.
Damn you superman with your super fog!
Super frog!? Holy shit let's see this thing... oh :(
I, too, had to do a double-take
Another reason why trains > cars.
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.
Fucking morons. Learn to drive.