Louisiana pileup caused by super fog turns deadly on I-55 near New Orleans

Salamendacious@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world – 82 points – Louisiana pileup caused by super fog turns deadly on I-55 near New Orleans
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Wildfires in the drought-stricken state have been burning all summer. The combination of smoke and fog turned deadly.

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Caused by super fog drivers who don't know how to adapt driving speed and safety distance to visibility conditions.

Fixed that for you

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.

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.

I don't like driving faster than I can see in front of me. TIL: I'd be considered abnormal in New Orleans.

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.