8 people killed in Utah sand storm
It appears that at least one RV was destroyed in this tragic incident. More than 20 vehicles were involved and a contributing factor was a sand storm. We pray for all those involved.
Forum Discussion
CA Traveler wrote:
The best choice is to pull off as far as possible, lights off, foot off the brake, flashers off as you don't want someone to follow your lights. Wait it out.
It all depends on the situation.
Pulling off the side with no lights or flashers can be extremely deadly.
Here is a real life situation I ran into one early clear morning before dawn (no sun light).
Just got on to an Interstate and accelerated to 60 MPH, drove two miles in the clear with perfect visibility.
Out of the blue I was blanketed in what I thought was a dense fog cloud so thick that I couldn't see past my hood and the fog covered all lanes of the road. Fortunately no one was in front of me or behind me and I stomped on the brakes down to a crawl (under 5 MPH)..
Drove 1/4 mile that way with zero visibility until I saw blinking 4 ways on a semi tractor (as the "fog" thinned out some) that was on the side of the road (where you mentioned to go). The fog cloud was coming from the semi!
Near as I could figure, the semi blew a radiator hose or some part of the cooling system creating a very dense cloud of antifreeze vapor.
If I would have pulled off and turned all lights off (including 4 ways)I would have possibly drove right into the semi in the process or the next vehicles that would have been driving my direction may have plowed into me and the semi..
The idea of 4 ways is to provide some sort of hint to drivers that may be around you that you are there and you are moving slower than posted speed limit, or have become disabled (on the road or on the berm)and had to make an emergency stop.
