Scania With X-Ray Vision?

[doyoumeanme_1]

Driving in fog is a swine, however, my old man was a driver who was also colour blind. One day we were together, him driving and he says, “what’s that %^$£ doing, now he’s on the brakes, make your mind up mate, indicate left, then right…” About 10 seconds after his tirade, I also saw the brake lights, but by this time my old man is giving verbal about a bus with no lights on which I didn’t see for another 20 seconds. Now I might like to add that I had pretty good eye-sight, but for some reason, my old man could see much better through fog than anyone I have ever met.
I spoke to a Eye specialist doctor about it once and he confirmed that he has come across this before although it isn’t every colour blind person that can do it, he had met two others before that could.

Al I know is that it’s bloody scary as a passenger when they use their X-ray fog eyes.

[grahamzx6r]

Rob K:

ady1:
do tanker drivers do time-critical deliveries ,its a possibility he was on one,in that case,fog or no fog you just have to get the hammer down.it may seem crazy to you but i can assure you if its time-critical youve just got to be there,whatever

LOL. Are you for real? Anyone with an attitude like that should be banned from driving, permanently.

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I’ll tell you all a little story about driving in fog…

Many years ago when my g/f lived in Glasgow I was returning home one Sunday night in the winter and it was really thick fog on the 74. I remember it well - I’d just come past the VOSA check point up in the hills doing about 50 and pulled out to overtake a truck who was going slightly slower than me. The road is unlit in this area by the way. Out of “nowhere” a wrecked car appeared in front of me, sideways, right in the middle of lane 2, then another one appeared, right in the middle of lane 3. I had about 1 second of thinking time to react and couldn’t even think to brake, only swerve. I somehow managed to swerve to the right and went through the gap between the wrecked cars with literally inches to spare on either side .

By the time it had dawned on me what had just happened and then walked back to the scene after pulling onto the hard shoulder, the police had arrived in convoy and were dealing with it. The occupants of 1 of the cars were already on the h/s but the occupants of the other in lane 2 were still in it (a family of 4) and were badly injured. They all made a full recovery but it doesn’t bear thinking about what the end result would’ve been if I’d slammed into the side of it at 50, for them or me .

The lesson here is don’t get complacent thinking it won’t happen to you. I went over and over it many many times in my head; what could possibly go wrong? Traffic is very light, it’s all travelling in the same direction, the opposing traffic separated by a barrier, nothing to worry about… just set a reasonable speed and go with the flow. Would it ever enter your mind that suddenly appearing out of fog would be 2 vehicles stranded in the middle of the your carriageway? I reckon the honest answer from the vast majority of drivers would be a resounding “no”. Always expect the unexpected and don’t drive faster than the time/distance it will take you to think and react should the unexpected happen.

you are right rob,i remember the worst foggy weather that i was driving in, the visibility was i’d say about 20-30 foot, was driving about 30 mph, eyes fixed on the rear fog lights of the truck in front, could barely see them, there was idiots in cars and trucks coming past us at unbelievable speeds, this particular road was the m42, was early in the year of 1997, 150+ vehicles was involved in a massive fireball pile up, on the s/b and then on the n/b carriageway, whatever you carry and whatever time its got to be there, it ain’t worth it, if i had been an idiot like the drivers overtaking me and going a little bit fasteri would’ve been in that, as it happens i was only 800 yards away from it, you don’t get any thanks for being an idiot and loosing your life

[farnboroughboy11]

Rob K - sounds like a scene from days of thunder mate, u know when Tom cruise goes into turn 4 at daytona

Regarding breaking the law to meet deadlines, although I’m not a complete goody to shoes, driving like a nob head to get to a drop is just not worth it.

[actrosman]

X-Ray vision…u lot are hopeless…come on here, spouting ya (so called) knowledge when in fact, you know squat!! Why do you think Scanny drivers have the front fogs on all the time…i know when i had one on rental and had the fogs on, forward vision was truly amazing…i took this picture of the horses that the ‘diddies’ left up at Cannock the other night that was showing on the HUD. X-Ray is so '‘last week’ and is no good at higher speeds, thats why the scanners at the ports are so slow. Notice the X-hairs as well…anyone holding you up on that ‘time critical booking’ just launch a couple of RPG’s…no probs

[doyoumeanme_1]

Rob. I got caught at the back end of that M42 disaster and eventually had to spin round and get off the motorway. Some of our lads were nearer the front and for them, it was pretty life changing.
I was in the middle of the one just prior to that on the M4 and although not involved in any collisions, they had happened in front of me and then started again behind and I was scared stiff that the fires were going to reach me.
The memory of that crash had one long lasting effect, the smell of burning mars bars from a burning foreign truck as they melted, oozed out of the tilt and started to burn on the road. It’s quite an acrid smell and it put me off them for years. Cured now though and can eat any choccy again…