salt fog

Wednesday 8th of January, 2020
It is raining and it is dark, and the water for the wind screen washing apparatus has been used up.
The spray from the salted roads
is drying on the windscreen, turning grey in the process.
The windscreen wipers
just smear the grey mass from side to side, there is not enough water to wash the salt away. Stop the wipers, and the car ahead becomes hard to see.
The car ahead has it's dazzling red fog lights on, even though there is no fog.
This is uncomfortable, it is stressful.
Wait for a lull in the traffic, then overtake
overtake a truck, and then back into the right hand lane, reduce speed, and continue.
A glance to the right whilst passing the fog light car showed the driver peering out of his windscreen, his car is steamed up.
He believes that it is foggy, that is why he
has his fog lights on.
He believes that he is in a fog, and because
he cannot see well he is sure that he cannot be seen.