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Through experiments, it is found that the performance of Fast Defogging Strategy 3 is more suitable for fast defogging in a traffic environment. This strategy reduces the original foggy picture by 256 times via bilinear interpolation, and the defogging is processed via the dark channel prior algorithm. Then, the image after fog removal is processed via 4-time upsampling and Gaussian transform. Compared with the original dark channel prior algorithm, the image edge is clearer, and the color information is enhanced. The fast defogging strategy and the original dark channel prior algorithm can reduce the defogging time by 83.93\u201384.92%. Then, the image after fog removal is inputted into the YOLOv4, YOLOv5, YOLOv6, and YOLOv7 target detection algorithms for detection and verification. It is proven that the image after fog removal can effectively detect vehicles and pedestrians in a complex traffic environment. 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