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Stopped the avalanche. Yup, it snowed bad enough that I couldn’t drive the avalanche. Buuuuuut, not because I got stuck. But because it was coming down so fast that I couldn’t see where the freak the road was. I got caught coming back from ikea from NC and was almost to Asheville when BAM. Had my prego wife, my 3yr old, and the mother in law. No fun was being had. I managed to get off at an exit after 20 mins and about 2 miles and we spent the night.


I doubt there is but anything color wise in my fog lights or brighter lights help see in that type of situation? It wasn’t even sticking to the ground at this point....just couldn’t freaking see an inch in front of us.


Coop

Crazy. Did you by chance get caught in an avalanche?

Not much you can do there, in any vehicle.

Time to pull off the road and find a place to hunker down for a while.

[quote=""mjannusch""]Not much you can do there, in any vehicle.

Time to pull off the road and find a place to hunker down for a while.[/quote]

This. I got caught in a similar situation in Colorado a couple years ago. First time I legitimately was nervous while driving.

Even if there's something you could do to your lights to improve your visibility, that doesn't help others improve their visibility. The chances of rear-ending a slow moving car, or someone hitting you from behind are very high. Best to find a safe exit and stay put.

However, using lower mounted lights will help to some extent, though not much. The driving/fogs on the Avalanche help a little bit, but not enough to do much for overall safety.

[quote=""vr4""]This. I got caught in a similar situation in Colorado a couple years ago. First time I legitimately was nervous while driving.[/quote]

Yeah and it was more than me in the car. I was pretty stressed.


[quote=""mjannusch""]Even if there's something you could do to your lights to improve your visibility, that doesn't help others improve their visibility. The chances of rear-ending a slow moving car, or someone hitting you from behind are very high. Best to find a safe exit and stay put.

However, using lower mounted lights will help to some extent, though not much. The driving/fogs on the Avalanche help a little bit, but not enough to do much for overall safety.[/quote]


I was flipping those on and off trying to get some more visibility but they seemed to shine to the sides more than the front. I think if those were more powerful and maybe tinted they would be useful. I may look into something.

This will be taken out of context but laser apparently does somehow cut through the visibility of snow, would be interesting for marker lights or hazard if pulled off the road.


Coop

This is one of the things that are drilled into us during Driver's Ed in Norway: In heavy snow there is very little to nothing you can do. Pull over until it is safe to continue. And never ever use your high beams.