1993 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 144

Your Drivi 3 2 mr the A I traffic behind youa chance to slow down. Everybody then has a better chance to avoid hittingthe vehicle ahead. A patch of dense fog may extend only for a few feet (meters) or for miles Tips on Driving in Fog Driving in Fog, Mist andHaze (kilometers); you can't really tell while If you get caught in fog, turn your Fog can occur with high humidity or you're init. You can only treat the headlights on low beam, even in heavy frost. Itcan be so mild that you situation with extreme care. daytime. You'll see-and be seencan see throughit for several hundred One common fog conditionbetter. feet (meters). Or it might be so thick sometimes called mist or ground fogthat you can see only a few feet Don't use your high beams. light The can happen in weather seems that (meters) ahead. It may come suddenly will bounce off the water droplets that perfect, especially at night or inthe to anotherwise clear road. And can it early morning in valley and low, marshy make up fog and reflect back at you. be a major hazard. Use your defogger. In high humidity, areas. You can be suddenly enveloped When you driveinto a fogpatch, your even a light buildup moisture on the of in thick, wet haze may even coat that visibility will be reduced quickly. The your windshield.You can often spot inside of the glass will cut down your on biggest dangers are strikingthe vehicle already limited visibility. Run your these fog patches or mist layers with ahead or being struck the one by windshield wipersand washer your headlights. But sometimes they behind. Try to "read" the fog density can be waiting for you you come over occasionally. Moisture can buildup on as down the road. If the vehicle ahead the outside glass, and what seems be to a hill or dip a shallow valley.Start into starts to become less clearor, at night, if your windshield wipers and washer fog may actuallybe moistureon the to the taillights are harderto see, the fog is help clear accumulated roaddirt. Slow outside of your windshield. probably thickening. Slow down give down carefully. to Treat dense fog asan emergency. Tryto find a placeto pull off the road. Of