1993 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 190

...-. . , Tips on Driving in Fog If you get caughtin fog, turn your headlights on low bearit, even in daytime. You'll see-and be seenbetter. Use your fdg lights. Don't use your high beams.The light wil1,bounce off the water dropletsthat make up fog and reflect back at you. Use your defogger. In high humidity, even a light buildup of moisture on the inside of the glass will -cutdown on your already limited visibility.Runyour windshield wipers .andwasher occas.itmdl.y.Moisture c5u1bui1d:up on the outside.glass, and what .seems to be fog may'actnrilly b-e-moisture the on outside of yoarwindshield. r Treat densefog as an emergency. T y to find.a-placeto pull off the road, Of course you want to respect another's property, but you might need-toput Everybody then has a .betta-chanceto avoid hitting the vehide ahead. A patch of dense fog may extend only Driving in Fag, lMfst and Haze €ora few feet (meters) orfor miles Fog can occur with high humidity or (kilometers); you can't really tell while heavy frost. It can beso mild that you you're in it. You.can only treat the can see through it for several hundred situation with extrbme care. feet (meters). Or it might be so thick One cornmon fog conditionthat you can s'ee only a f e w feet sometimes called mist or ground fag(meters) ahead. It'maycome suddenly can happenin weather that .seems to an athenvise dear road. And it can perfect, especially at night or in the be a mjolc hazard. early morning in valley and low, marshy When you driveinto .a fog patch, your areas.You canbe suddenly enveloped visibility will be.reduced quickly.The in thick, wet haze may even coat that biggest dangers'are strilung.the vehicle your windshield.You can often spot ahead or being struck by the one behind. these fog patches or mist layerswith Tryto "read" the fog density down the YOW~ headlights. But sometimes they mad. If the vehicle ahead starts to can be waiting for you as you come over become less clear or, at night, if the a hl or dip into a shallow valley. Start il tai11,ightsare hader to see, the fog is yaur windshield wipers and washer to probably thickning. Slow down to give help clear accumulated roaddirt. Slow tr&c behind you a chance to -slaw.down. down carefully.