【Travel on foggy days】Please pay attention to driving safety when "fog"

Early this morning

When you may have fallen asleep

The fog yellow warning is coming

I would like to remind you

Travel "fog" must pay attention to traffic safety

Fog yellow warning

Xiangtan Meteorological Observatory issued a fog yellow warning signal at 0:34 on December 31, 2021: It is expected that Shaoshan City, Xiangxiang City, Yuetang District, Xiangtan County, and Yuhu District may have fog with visibility of less than 500 meters from 0:40 to 12:40 on the 31st, and the visibility is low, so please pay attention to precautions. (Source of early warning information: National Early Warning Information Dissemination Center)

Alert description

Fog with visibility of less than 500 meters may occur within 12 hours, or fog with visibility of less than 500 meters and greater than or equal to 200 meters will persist.

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Travel on foggy days

What to pay attention to

Precautions for driving, "fog" must be checked

1

Use lights wisely

Driving on foggy days should use the lights correctly. The driver should turn on all the front and rear fog lights, and if the fog is thick, the double flash lights can be turned on. The main function of turning on the fog lights and double flash lights is to better alert other vehicles and avoid rear-end collisions and scraping accidents

In particular, it should be reminded that driving on a foggy day will turn on the high beam lights, which will make the line of sight worse. Before traveling, you should check whether the wiper is in good condition, which can smoothly scrape off the water vapor and ensure good vision.

2

Use the horn frequently

In the case of bad vision on foggy days, frequent honking of the horn can play a role in warning pedestrians and other vehicles, when hearing the horn of other cars, you should immediately honk the horn in response to prompt your driving position. When the two vehicles meet, they should press the horn to remind the opposite vehicle to pay attention, and turn off the anti-fog lights at the same time to avoid dazzling the other party. If the other party is driving faster, you should take the initiative to slow down and give way.

03

Pay attention to speed limits

Driving on foggy days should reduce the speed of the car and appropriately increase the distance between the cars. When the visibility is less than 200 meters, turn on the fog lights, low beam lights, marker lights and front and rear position lights, the speed shall not exceed 60 kilometers per hour, and maintain a distance of more than 100 meters from the car in front of the same lane; when the visibility is less than 100 meters, turn on the fog lights, low beam lights, marker lights, front and rear position lights and hazard alarm flashes, the speed shall not exceed 40 kilometers per hour, and the distance from the car in front of the same lane shall be more than 50 meters; when the visibility is less than 50 meters, the fog lights, low beam lights, contour lights, front and rear position lights and danger alarm flash lights will be turned on. The speed of the vehicle must not exceed 20 kilometers per hour.

4

Gentle braking

Frequent and gentle braking on foggy days can control the speed of the car, and at the same time light the tail lights to remind the rear vehicle to pay attention to maintaining the distance. When driving in the fog area, generally do not slam or quickly loosen the throttle, let alone emergency braking and sharply hit the steering wheel. If you really need to reduce the speed, first slowly relax the throttle, and then lightly step on the brake several times in a row to achieve the purpose of controlling the speed and preventing rear-end accidents.

5

Pay attention to the route selection

Driving on foggy days should be driven as far as possible in the middle of the road, do not drive along the side of the road, in order to prevent scratching, touching, bumping into the protective fence, to avoid collisions with emergency parked vehicles on the side of the road.

6

Front windshield defogging tips

Driving on foggy days, the front windshield is easy to fog, at this time do not wipe the fog while driving, so as not to distract attention and cause traffic accidents. When encountering fogging in the front windshield, the air conditioner should be turned on, or the window should be opened slightly to eliminate or avoid glass fogging.

7

Emergency handling of accidents

Once a traffic accident occurs on a foggy day, safety measures should be taken quickly to protect the scene and report the case in time to deal with the scene as soon as possible. At the same time, under the condition of ensuring safety, all lights are turned on and warning signs are set up along the outside of the road to 150 meters behind the car. People must stay away from vehicles, preferably off the road, to ensure their own safety.