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Safety Tips For Driving In Fog During Winter

Driving in fog is considered to be the most dangerous weather hazard, especially if it is exceptionally dense fog or combined with other adverse weather conditions.

In foggy Condition Reduced visibility can be extremely dangerous. Taking precautions and knowing what to do when on the road can help reduce risk. Foggy conditions are the number one cause of large multi car pile ups. Fog dramatically reduces visibility, meaning motorists must reduce their speeds significantly to ensure the roads are safe for both themselves and other users.

However, there are some things you can do to reduce your risk of a crash.:

Fight Your Subconscious

During dense fog, a very scary things happens to people while they are driving. They unknowingly speed up!

Of course, we all know that speeding up in fog is the worst thing you can do, but fog creates an optical illusion. As you look out your windshield, your body perceives that you are driving very slow. Since most people become nervous in fog, they don’t look down at their speedometer. Over time, they begin going faster and faster. This is hands down the most dangerous aspect of driving in fog.
Make a conscious effort to glance at your speedometer every now and then. There’s a good chance you keep speeding up, without knowing it!

Keep Your Headlights ON

Always keep your headlights on when driving in foggy conditions.

our daytime running lights aren’t enough. Many people turn their lights off as they feel their headlights are blinding them from reflecting off the fog, but you essentially become a “ghost car” when this happens. Your headlights aren’t so you can see better, it’s so others can see you! If your car is equipped with fog lights, use those too. When driving in fog, it’s very important to stay visible to others.

Don’t Use High Beams

You should never use your high beam headlights in foggy conditions.

Your high beam headlights reflect off of the water vapor and actually decrease your visibility. You may feel that your low beam headlights are doing the same thing, but again, keep them on. It’s the best way for you to be seen.

Increase Your Following Distance

A safe following distance is crucial in fog.

Most drivers tend to “bunch up” during foggy conditions because they feel it’s easier to see. Driving in fog is scary, but now is not the time to follow too close. That’s one of the big reasons massive pile-up’s occur. For your and your car safety you need to keep distance between your and other car.

Follow the Line

When driving in fog, it’s a good idea to follow the lines on the road with your eyes.

This is the best way to ensure you stay in your lane. Drivers are typically attracted to lights, and subconsciously, will steer toward lights. So it’s better to watch the lines to be certain you are driving within your lane. Just make sure you aren’t fixating. Keep your eyes moving.

If You Need To Stop

Sometimes, foggy conditions become too thick to drive safely. If you find that you’re exceeding your comfort zone, it might be best to stop until the fog lifts. Just remember – this is an extremely dangerous situation!

If you can’t see, either can anyone else. Try to get as far off the road as possible. Pull into a driveway, parking lot, rest area, side street, or any other place where you can get away from heavy traffic flow. But if the roadway shoulder is your only option, pull way over. Go into the grass if necessary.
If there’s a curb, drive over it and park on the other side of the curb. Stays buckled up and turn your lights off! If you leave your lights on, people might think you are driving on the roadway and rear-end you. Make sure your foot is off the brake pedal, and do not use your flashers. Keep all your lights off. If there is shelter nearby, try to get there quickly. Otherwise, stay in your car and stay buckled up.

Dense fog usually doesn’t last a long time. The fog may not completely go away, but stopping for a while should buy you some time and allow the fog to lift a bit. Dense fog tends to migrate from area to area, unless you’re in a valley where fog tends to settle. If the fog just gets worse while you’re parked, stay put. It’s not worth your life to continue. But always remember, when driving in fog, stopping on the shoulder of the road should be a last resort! 

Dense Fog Is Usually Temporary

Under most “normal” weather conditions, dense fog is temporary.

Normally, you will encounter small patches of dense fog on mountain valleys, peaks, near moist open fields, and near bodies of water such as streams, rivers, and lakes. When the atmosphere is especially humid, you may even get patches of fog that seem to wander from place to place.

During the worst conditions, normally occurring at night or during early morning hours, the fog may be very dense and cover a span of many miles. This is the most dangerous condition and is usually warned by fog advisories or warnings advisories. When fog warnings or advisories are issued, simply do not drive (this is especially true during fog warnings). It doesn’t matter how good you and the other drivers on the roadway are, if you can’t see, you can’t possibly drive safely.

We hope the above would help you be an efficient driver. 

Talk to us at Shreenath Hyundai for more efficient Driving Tips and Tricks when you buy your Hyundai Car in Thane.

New or used: Which car to go for?

It is agreed that the pleasure and feeling of driving a brand new car is just undeniable, but if you think logically than buying a used car makes financial sense. There is a high chance of getting confused to select your one car from the entire car industry. But how to know that the car you select is really the right choice for you? By reading the below mentioned Pros and Cons of new and second hand cars, all your hesitations will be cleared. So here we bring you the benefits and drawbacks of buying a new and a used car for both have their own purpose to play.

Advantages of buying a new car

• First Owner - The principal benefit of buying a new car is in being the first owner of the car, which directly helps you keep a gap with its dark past, regular visits to the garage and all other mechanical and paper hassles which generally cause inconvenience to the buyer of a second hand car.
• Maintenance Cost - Another important benefit that a new car can give is it can reduce maintenance cost. For the first several thousand miles a new car won’t need maintenance, and then costs incurring only an oil change and tuneup are required, leaving you with low maintenance cost and enough amount of peace.
• Warranty - Nowadays by buying a new car, one generally gets a ‘three to five’ year extended warranty cards in which if something goes wrong it becomes the responsibility of the dealer and manufacturer to fix it.
• Handy Assistance - With the inclusive warranty by buying a new car, all major carmakers offer free roadside assistance on just a call.
• Installed Gadgets - Another advantage of buying the new car is that the car comes loaded with the latest technology installed gadgets, accessories and equipments. For ex. Hyundai’s new i20 Active. It comes with its new variant features with all the latest technology installed rather than the second hand Hyundai i20’s old model.

 Disadvantages of buying a new car

• Higher Costs - The cost at which you are buying is much higher than what you will pay for a used car.
• Quick Depreciation - If you once bought the new car and then change your mind to sell it ASAP, its value already gets depreciated by 20-30% once it has came out from the showroom.

 

Advantages of buying a used car

• Luxury Car - One should go for a used car when dreaming of buying a Luxury car if it’s unaffordable otherwise. It is the best option as here is a chance when you can get your dream car at half the price rather at the price which you were paying for a new car and were rather unhappy.
• Depreciation Value - The depreciation value of the car remains considerably less than a new one retaining the original value when you plan to resell the car.
• Cheaper Insurance - There’s an advantage at the insurance cover also as for a used car you pay marginally less amount on insurance.

Disadvantages of buying a used car

• No Warranty - A brand new car will generally comes with a pretty extensive warrant whereas a used car will not offer the same protection. The warranty your used car gets generally depends on how old your car is maybe an original factory factory warranty is remaining. If that is not the case it is often a good idea to purchase an extended warranty.
• Difficulty in getting your desired Car - While their selection of used cars is huge you may not get the exact car you are looking for. When buying new, you can choose all the options and colors.

Shreenath Hyundai has a range of variety of new cars with the latest Hyundai i20 Active, Hyundai  Elite i20 , Hyundai  Grand i10 and many others.

To know more Contact Shreenath Hyundai – Hyundai cars dealers in Thane and Mumbai.

 

Exquisite Getaways with Hyundai

 

Goa has meant many things to me over the years and surprisingly it still keeps me coming back for more. As I was growing up I remember my first proper vacation to the seaside town with my family. We visited churches, ate delicious sea food and roamed the local markets. Then in my teens I returned with my friends on week long vacations in the summer months, soaking up the sun and returning home with empty pockets and three shades darker than when we left. Later on it became the place to bring in the New Year and I began to explore life after the sun went down - eventually waking up around sunset and after a hard night of partying only falling asleep after sunrise Nowadays, I find myself looking to find new ways to enjoy this beautiful little seaside paradise.

This time around I aim to just kick back and relax without a care in the world. Having done it all before I'm in no hurry to do anything for two days. So one Saturday morning we loaded up the new Hyundai 4S Fluidic Verna with our bags and headed for the coast with absolutely no plan at all. We decided to take the route via NH-4 and only turning off at Belgaum rather than the more popular route via Kolhapur. Post Belgaum you're treated to some nice winding roads that twist and turn through the outskirts of the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary. Here the Verna was a delight to drive with its good ride quality and agile handling shining through. 

On Sunday we headed straight to the beach to spend a day watching the waves. We picked a beach that was far from the touristy crowd and has a great little beach shack that considers us regulars and settled down for the long haul We sunbathed a little, read a good book and then had a quick swim in the cool waters. And eventually we realized that between the frequent refreshing drinks, constant flow of snacks and the power naps after, we had spent the better part of a day by the beach. And that, in my books, is the perfect way to spend a vacation in Goa. We were relaxed, rejuvenated and completely ready to head back to work to make some more dough to spend on-another fabulous vacation in the sun.

Know more about New Hyundai 4S Fluidic Verna only at Shreenath Hyundai - Hyundai Car Dealer in Mumbai with showrooms in Andheri, Chembur and Thane.

Source: Overdrive