1993 Oldsmobile Bravada Owner's Manual - Page 156

Your Driving and the Road 1 Tips on Drivingin Fog Everybody then has a better chance to avoid hitting the vehicle ahead. Driving in Fog, Mist and Haze A patch of dense fog may extend only €or a few feet (meters) or for miles Fog can occur with high humidity or (kilometers); you can't really tell while heavy frost, It can be so mild that you you're in it. You can only treat the can see through it for severaI hundred situation with extreme care. feet (meters). Or it might be so thick that you can see only a few feet(meters) One common fog condition-sometimes ahead. It may come suddenly to an called mist or ground fog-can happen otherwise clear road. And it can be a in weather that seems perfect, especially major hazard, at night or in the early morningin valley or low, marshy areas. You can be When you drive into a fog patch, your suddenly enveloped in thick, wet haze visibility will be reduced quickly. The that may even coat your windshield.You biggest dangers are striking the vehicle can often spot these fog patchesor mist ahead or being struck by the one layers with your headlights. But behind. Try to "read" the fog density sometimes they can be waiting for you down the road. If the vehicle ahead starts to become less clear or, at night, if as you come over a hillor dip into a tr the taillights are harder to see, the fog is shallow valley. S a t your windshield probably thickening. Slow down to give wipers and washer to help clear accumulated road dirt. Slow down traffic behind you a chance to slow carefully. down. If you get caught in fog, turn your headlights on lowbeam, even in daytime. You'll see-and be seenbetter. Use your fog lights. Don't use your high beams.The light will bounceoff the water droplets that make up fog and reflect back at you. Use your defogger. In high humidity, even a light build-up moisture on the of inside of the glass will cut down on your already limited visibility.Run your windshield wipers and washer occasionally. Moisture can build up on the outside glass, and what seems to be fog may actually be moisture on the outside of your windshield. Treat dense fog as an emergency. Try to find a place to pull off road. Of the course you want to respect another's property, but you might need to put 154