How Is That... ( Archived) (12)

The first heavy snow storm we get and people forget how to drive???? We had a few inches last month, sleet a few days ago, so it's not like the road hasn't been slick!

On my way home from work tonight, I saw more accidents and cars in ditches than normal. The main roads are pretty clear, but some of the side roads are pretty snow packed/icy.

I had a big SUV come flying up on my @$$ on a fairly slick side street, I'm doing about 10mph because it's a very curvy road (lots of S curves) and we come to a light. Dumb @$$ forgets that just because he's got a 4X4, doesn't mean that you can stop on ice. He nearly slides right into me! NARROW MISS!!!! He had to crank it to the right and so was he was sitting crooked (about to the front of my right rear quarter panel when he finally stopped) betwen the turn lane and the left straight lane. Luckily, no car was there or he'd have hit one of us!!!!

Heck, the 2 streets I have to go down to get to my street are one of the last plowed as we're on a dead end road. I'm in 1st gear, crawling down the hill, because it was like a sheet of ice all the way down and STILL almost slid through the stop sign at the bottom. Yet people are driving like the streets are completely dry and getting into accidents everywhere.

Seriously people, its not that hard to remember how to drive in snow!!!

Believe me.....I can relate. Either people coast along...or they drive way too fast....

I take some comfort though when some jack a** in a 4 wd meets the ditch...after sailing past me.

Oh yeah, Daniel. I have a bone to pick with you!

Send some weather to make this stuff melt please!!!! Took me 20 minutes to unbury my car at work!!!

I'll forgive you since you're my official spider assassian!

I had a blast today. Had to go out early - the side streets were sheets of ice.

Now in Ohio, was in NC for 8 years so no driving on ice for awhile.

The back end of my car fishtailed at least 6 times. It was GREAT! WeeHaW!

Good to know I still have it.

Yes, me too Indy.

You know what cracks me up though. My car has Electronic Traction Sensor in it. So I get this little light that pops on to tell me I am on a road with low traction. "Low Tract" Hmmmm, I'm sliding, you think that there might be low traction??? Who thought of that light?

Description in the manual: "Notifies you when you reach a point where there may be limited stopping ability".

Yes, Daniel, you can come out now.

lol happens every year, it's also the same in L.A. when it rains , Not sure what causes, but I believe it's just people just get in that mind set that they know what they're doing and think they'll be ok , bad thing is I've seen other truck drivers do the same thing Just to watch them end up in the median a few miles up the road , or in the ditch . I know excately what ya mean though