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
JRscooby wrote:
Decades and millions of miles of driving, and the only time things ever went from can see to drive 50, to can't see at all, was when I had a headlight issue. There have been times when rain increased to the point I hope I'm on the shoulder.
IMHO, for anybody to say "I must go, even when I can't see because a idiot might not see me stopped" takes a special kind of stupid.
Now often trucks do hit, driving to fast for conditions. But normally the change in conditions is traction, not visibility
Well, all I can say is case closed. If Scoob hasn't experienced it, it must not exist. And apparently never been rear ended by a vehicle that couldn't stop as fast as you could either.....
PS I must be dreaming everytime a white out gust blows though during a winter storm reducing visibility from ok to zero, in less than a second.
Good grief....
He!!, driving the wife's car in traffic, if it's time to get on the binders, I'm 99% worried about someone rear ending my car, not the other way around. With 20 Brembo brake pistons, almost 12" wide sticky tires and a trans that will rip downshifts in 16 milliseconds gear after gear, I'm far more likely to get hit by anyone following me than not stopping in time for the car in front of me.
