Multi-Car Pile-ups, How Do They Happen?

From: Lance (Automotive Seatbelt and Accident Prevention Theories)
Date: 19 Jun 2003
Time: 01:16:11
Remote Name: 66.82.55.27

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Well multi-car pile-ups happen usually due to weather, after all no one would intentionally run into another car. Well usually not, although road rage still exists. Now if you drive a smaller car and are hit by anything other than a bicycle you are sure to be injured in a multi-car pile-up; http://bridger.us/mini/ ------- The most common cause of pile-ups is fog banks at night or during the day. One notorious place for pile-ups is the San Joaquin Valley, Central Valley CA, where the Tule (TWO-LEE) Fog is. http://www.kovr13.com/01jan01/010201b.htm ---- In Scott Peterson territory, one reason no one probably saw the murder. Tule (pronounced Too-Lee by others, but I don't know where it comes from) Fog would settle and buses could not get to school there would be school delays and multi-car pile-ups on I-5. Happens every year and the fog it hovers about 6-8 feet off the ground if you are in a truck sometimes you can see over it. Usually not. Here is a description by Virtualtourist.com ; Description: A Cental Valley particular, this condition is fairly common from December through February, when the ground is it's coldest. It is a time of the year when the rain is at it's heaviest, and after the rain is gone, and there is all this excess humidty and moisture, combined with the cold, forms this ground fog that is so thick, it's hard to make out what's in front of you. It is responcible for freeway pile ups on highway 5, highway 99, and parts of highway 50 and 80. It is often heaviest from evening to morning, and is especially thick just south of Sacramento, inbetween Sac and Stockton. Avoid tail-gating on the freeway, and do not drive with your high beams on. If you can, avoid the roads during these conditions, but if you must drive, drive slowly, with caution, you may want to roll down the window a bit, and turn off your radio, so you have better hearing conditions. Fortunately it has a tendancy to burn off by noon, and is not a nightly feature in the winter. Also, if flying into Sacramento, you may want to avoid early and late flights in the winter season, because of this weather condition. -------- One pile up which may have been the worst in US History was 300 cars, yep 300. Here is some good advice we have seen on driving in the fog; http://faculty.deanza.fhda.edu/donahuemary/stories/storyReader$270 ------ Certain areas and geographical regions tend to be fog areas, recently in Western Maryland there was a huge pile up, in the Central Valley CA there are certain land features and temperatures whcih cause this; http://geography.berkeley.edu/ProjectsResources/Publications/Parsons_SauerLect.html ------ VA, DC, CA are all bad fog areas. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2001/n03232001_200103237.html There are so many areas and we know where they are. There is work being done to prevent thes accidents and fog technology is being tested by BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, GM and Ford. Here are some ideas whcih came from the Tule Fog in CA; http://www.itsa.org/ITSNEWS.NSF/0/2a68e77763e8128885256ca50079b6ee?OpenDocument ------- http://www.watb.net/archive/wheels/w_oct_1.shtml Relize that cars do not drive by themselves but in the future smart technology and smart Freeways may provide the answer as in the latest science fiction movies. http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/business/technology/3143626.htm How practical and costly are these systems to the price of a car? Quite a bit, but a radar based system may provide more safety for auto drivers. We are bullish on this technology http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/index_e.htm?/research/htr2002-2/htr2002-2_failsafetruck_e.htm and we realize as we see more and more innovations come into the modern automobile that eventually we will need to pay very close attention as to where we spray the car, because we may just hurt the radar actuators in the grill. http://www.Detailguys.com

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