Recently, on California Highway 99, due to dense fog, a total of 53 vehicles were involved in a multi-motor-vehicle car accident pile-up.  Of the fifty-three vehicles involved, fourty-nine of them were cars, and four of them were tractor trailer big rigs.

At the time of these major accidents, the fog limited vision to about 200 feet.  For vehicles traveling at 65 mph, they are traveling at about 100 feet/second.  Therefore, these vehicles would only have about two seconds to respond to seeing an accident occur in front of them.  However, human reaction time is about 3/4 of a second to move your foot from the gas pedal to the break pedal.  Therefore, the drivers involved in this major pile up only had about 1.25 seconds to bring their vehicle to complete a stop.  For those cars, trucks, and semi tractor trailers that stopped in time, most of them were still rear-ended by the cars and semi tractor trailers behind them that were unable to stop in time.

Highway 99 has many accidents on it every year, especially in times where road conditions warrant drivers to be traveling at speeds slower than the posted speed limit.  Be sure to always leave enough room ahead of you, with a minimum of three-seconds (3 secs.), but feel free to travel slower and with your low-beam headlights on when traveling in fog to further assist with your vision, even if the sun is out.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a car, truck, semi, motorcycle, tractor-trailer, 18-wheeler, or motor-vehicle accident on Highway 99 in or around Fresno, please contact one of our Fresno Auto Accident Lawyers, Fresno Trucking Accident Attorneys or Fresno Motorcycle Accident Lawyers for a free confidential initial consultation.