While operating a power-driven vessel in fog with a fog signal ahead, and danger of collision exists, you should:

While operating a power-driven vessel in fog with a fog signal ahead, and danger of collision exists, you should:

• A. Increase speed to escape
• B. Navigate with caution; reduce to bare steerageway if danger exists
• C. Stop
• D. Ignore signal

Answer: (B)

When visibility is poor and there’s a fog signal ahead, the priority is to minimize risk by slowing down and proceeding with heightened caution. Reducing to bare steerageway means you slow to the minimum speed at which you can still steer and control the vessel, giving you the maximum chance to observe, assess the other vessel’s movements, and take evasive action if necessary. This approach reduces stopping distance and momentum, making it easier to avoid a collision if the other vessel isn’t as visible as you’d like. Increasing speed to escape can actually worsen the situation in fog, because you may not have enough time or space to react to what you can’t clearly see. Stopping isn’t always feasible or safe in time, and ignoring the signal is plainly dangerous. So the best action is to navigate with caution and drop to a very slow, steerable speed when danger exists.

When visibility is poor and there’s a fog signal ahead, the priority is to minimize risk by slowing down and proceeding with heightened caution. Reducing to bare steerageway means you slow to the minimum speed at which you can still steer and control the vessel, giving you the maximum chance to observe, assess the other vessel’s movements, and take evasive action if necessary. This approach reduces stopping distance and momentum, making it easier to avoid a collision if the other vessel isn’t as visible as you’d like.

Increasing speed to escape can actually worsen the situation in fog, because you may not have enough time or space to react to what you can’t clearly see. Stopping isn’t always feasible or safe in time, and ignoring the signal is plainly dangerous. So the best action is to navigate with caution and drop to a very slow, steerable speed when danger exists.