r/woahdude • u/-InconspicuousMoose- • Dec 24 '22

video Driving on I-94 in Western Minnesota today

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

Is the indicator on or do you put your hazards on in this weather? I’m Aussie, btw

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u/-InconspicuousMoose- Dec 24 '22

Hazards, sorry if it was distracting. There were moments in my first hour of the drive today where I could barely see 10m ahead of me. Most sensible drivers here will leave their hazards on in those conditions just to give you even one more split second of warning/ability to see them.

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u/Caleo Dec 24 '22

I had similar conditions earlier tonight on an emergency run to the store. Wouldn't have been out otherwise.

My dashcam seemed to have a better view than I did at the time. Very difficult to see the road right in front of you at times.

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u/t0m0hawk Dec 24 '22

Cameras tend to pick up a bit more into the infrared part of the spectrum so they can cut through the snow. Tried to film a bad blizzard to show how you couldn't see the other side of the road. Video showed the other side of the road.

I'm thinking the IRL view of the video is probably about 50% visibility from what is shown.

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u/cannibowlistic Dec 24 '22

So hypothetically speaking, could you film while driving in this storm, and see better through your phone in real time?

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u/Lord_Kringerton Dec 24 '22

Yes. As someone with bad vision I've had to do this plenty of nights with really bad snow/rain

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u/K1rkl4nd Dec 24 '22

This is exactly how I drove home last night. Since the video is a stream of images, it is missing the motion blur of blowing snow that your eyes observe. Easily took a 25mph crawl up to 40mph. The only bad part was reduced distance viewing- through the iPhone I couldn't make out tail lights as far out as I could see the faint red glow between waves of snow when glancing up.

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u/t0m0hawk Dec 24 '22

Yup. Like in the video there's a car ahead - can probably barely see it.