Beware the fogged up car.

[FROSTY]

Just a reminder folks. Tis the season the car drivers are driving in cars all steamed up.
Makes em hard to see out of. I know a bunch of you are gonna say they shouldn't do that but they do. Its definitely worth keeping in mind.

[Maha]

Just a reminder folks. Tis the season the car drivers are driving in cars all steamed up.
Makes em hard to see out of. I know a bunch of you are gonna say they shouldn't do that but they do. Its definitely worth keeping in mind.

My van is bad for doing that, I use the A/C though and it clears it.

Saw a lady the other day, driving into the morning sun, fogged up with a little wiped patch to see through, and she had one hand up to shade her eyes!

[FROSTY]

yea mon--what dya reckon the chances are of her seeing a bike lane splitting ?

[jim.cox]

Down here its frost not fog you have to contend with.

Some of them cagers have foward vision ports smaller than a tank periscope, and nothing at all to the sides or rear :(

[p.dath]

And then there are the fogged up helmets we have to deal with ...

[Toaster]

Just a reminder folks. Tis the season the car drivers are driving in cars all steamed up.
Makes em hard to see out of. I know a bunch of you are gonna say they shouldn't do that but they do. Its definitely worth keeping in mind.

Damn good reminder Frosty. Great thread. I am going to be commuting 140km a day and will no doubt come across this all the time.

On a related note, one place I always found dicey was the intersection of Kahikatea Flat Road and Pine Valley Road in Auckland North.... every time I rode up the hill the helmet fogged up, and so did the car as the air temperature changed. First time was in a car and lost all vision until the window went down and the wipers on. Best technique I found was to keep the helmet visor slightly open or the car window ajar and wipers on when going up hills in the country early morning.

[george formby]

Good post. Last winter I pulled up at a stop line junction, like you should, I was in a jeep with partially fogged ( in the corners) & water speckled windows. I looked, looked again & just as I started to roll forward spotted a cyclist wearing a bright pink jacket & using lights 3 feet away from crossing my path. Ugh, dickhead moment for me & a strong reminder to clean the windows properly & really look.

[Maha]

yea mon--what dya reckon the chances are of her seeing a bike lane splitting ?

Not alot of that stuff going on between Warkworth and Snells beach to be honest (unless nallac is on his Buell) but school bus's/trucks/cars frequently.

[schrodingers cat]

If you're straddling something assume no-one has seen you and they're all coming to kill you.
If you're sitting out of the breeze remember that there is likely to be a steady parade of idiots in your blind spot

[vifferman]

A driver with fogged-up windows wrote off my VFR750.

[FROSTY]

auckland guys --this mnorning its pretty bad. Sunshine and fog means an instant window steam up.

[Taz]

Alot of car drivers have no idea how to use their demisters and have the fan on recirculate (which makes the fogging worse) than on the fresh air setting.

[Bald Eagle]

Sunshine


Whats that ?

[FROSTY]

Alot of car drivers have no idea how to use their demisters and have the fan on recirculate (which makes the fogging worse) than on the fresh air setting.
There is that --but sunstrike was pretty bad so even a tiny bit fogged makes for zero visibility