Visibility is often directly proportional to speed. In other words, the further ahead you can see, the faster you are likely to run. This is true when you’re on the ground, but in the air, different rules apply. You might be forgiven for thinking a pilot has to reduce the speed of the aircraft in the absence of clear road ahead. However, even if flying through thick clouds, a plane’s route is charted ahead of takeoff and they have real time ground support.
On the ground however, things are rather different. Whenever thick fog, darkness or rain affect visibility while driving, the risk of injury and damage when one sets off, say in a car at full speed, even on a known road, is exponentially increased. Three options are presented in this case:
1. Stop and wait for the weather to ease up
2. Go forward at a reduced speed
3. Ignore all and press forward, trusting that the path is clear.
The first two options will be wisdom’s prescription. However, the third becomes viable only in the presence of additional support like a pilot receives: when there is real-time and advance information on the terrain, road works, and the traffic situation.
Unless you have help, it is dangerous to run forward oblivious of what lies ahead, especially when you can only see so far.
Our help cometh from Lord, the maker of the heavens and the earth.
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