This unexpected incident can only be prevented by not traveling in foggy days. There is no other man-made reason, because the fog visibility in Hubei is indeed not high. But when the peak of returning home comes again, it becomes a vicious cycle, and it is difficult to prevent it. 1. All cities in Hubei have issued heavy fog warnings.

Starting from January 22, Hubei has received heavy fog warnings almost every day, and the warnings have orange warning levels.

I have a colleague who returned to her hometown in Hubei Province on January 22. Her home is in Xianning. After returning that day, she received heavy fog warnings every day, and they were all orange warnings. According to her description, when she wakes up every morning, she can't see the house opposite her door. Basically she can only see fog, and the visibility is only about 5-6 meters. This is the description of an ordinary person who doesn't drive.

We drivers may be better, but the visibility is only 10 meters away. According to the speed and safe distance on the highway, this visibility is indeed more likely to cause problems, which can lead to chain reactions. Not surprising. Anyone who has driven on a highway knows that a traffic jam on a highway may not be a big deal, but heavy rain, fog, wind, and snow are all more dangerous. 2. When the accident occurred, the road was indeed not closed due to fog.

Many people will ask, why are highways not closed in heavy fog?

When this accident occurred, there was indeed no road closure. However, after this accident, there were road closures during heavy fog periods, such as the section of Wushen Expressway in Hubei and the entire Xuguang Expressway. Temporary road closures were carried out during heavy fog periods. Although more than 20 vehicles had collided with each other due to the fog, the subsequent emergency plans were still up to standard.

Furthermore, there are periods of heavy fog. Some vehicles are not in heavy fog when driving on the highway, but it is also possible that the fog will become heavier and heavier while driving. Therefore, road closures are indeed necessary. It can solve some problems, but it cannot solve all problems. This can be understood as long as you drive on the highway and encounter clear skies before, but then it starts to rain or fog when you reach a certain section of the road. Except for some drivers who avoid danger and exit the highway on their own, only relevant personnel on the highway call on the drivers to temporarily get off the highway. It's high speed. 3. Even experienced drivers cannot predict emergency operations in fog.

After this incident, many "experienced drivers" felt that these people's driving skills were not good, which is why they crashed like this. I would like to say that these may be experienced keyboard drivers.

I have driven on foggy roads and been in a series of car accidents. I was driving a pickup truck at the time.

In terms of emergency response, I actually did pretty well, but on the highway, you cannot guarantee that everyone has the same skills. Many people who have returned home are actually used to driving in the city where they work. In fact, they are not good at weather conditions in mountainous areas and on highways in their hometowns.

So I stopped myself after the car in front of me got into an accident. As a result, the cars behind me got hit by each other, and 9 cars crashed into each other. Our highway was still not very active. , otherwise it would be difficult to say. Later, everyone put up signs and when we walked outside together, they all apologized to each other. Many said they had never driven in such weather before, so they couldn't take shelter. And I didn’t feel bad because I was driving a pickup truck, but it hurt me to see someone’s Toyota or Audi crash like that. 4. It is more reliable to reduce travel in foggy days.

In fact, this problem can only be solved by reducing travel. Even traveling to check the weather cannot solve it:

1. Whether it is in various weather software or real-time query, there is really no early warning of fog. . Heavy fog warnings are sent to mobile phones by various APPs and operators only after they arrive at the local area. Basically, by the time they are received, they have already reached the foggy area.

2. Reducing travel can solve the problem, but then again, returning home to celebrate the New Year is also a custom of our people. In the past, it was advocated: If you have money or no money, go home to celebrate the New Year? Now because of the epidemic The reason is that some people have chosen to celebrate the New Year in place, but you can't say that those who want to go home to celebrate the New Year are wrong. After all, in Hubei, some people may not have celebrated the New Year at home last year, which caused a lifetime of regrets. This is everyone's point. Also understand.

3. Heavy fog is more serious on highways. When you see a heavy fog warning, it is actually a better choice to get off the highway at the nearest service area. After getting off the expressway, whether you stay in the service area for a while or take the opportunity to get off the national highway and browse on the spot, you can actually avoid risks. Because as long as the weather is cloudy as mentioned above, and not rainy, the heavy fog will dissipate from noon to afternoon, and in the worst case, it will not cover again until around 5 pm. During these few hours , which is actually enough to get through that stretch of road.

In general, this has already happened. The local emergency evacuation and reminders are very good, but some car owners do not have enough common sense about foggy weather evacuation.