I mostly hang out on the Touring forum, but I have a question for you serious commuters. I live in an area (the Rogue Valley in Southern Oregon) and the problem that keeps me from commuting is that here in the winter we get lock down fog quite a bit. I'm talking about the stuff where you can't see from one telephone poll to the next. Add to this, I would be commuting in the dark probably 9 months out of 12 because of how early I start work. There would be no getting around the fact that I would have to get on a very busy street (2 lane, 45 mph--with a good shoulder and 3 feet of paved next to the fog line) for at least 2 miles to get to work. With the fog being so dense, how would I ever keep from getting hit? a couple of little red blinkeys would seem like a burp in a hurricane compared to the fog.

Perhaps someone on the boards here has a good suggestion, and or common experiences with the heavy fog and commuting in the dark/fog combo.

Thanks.