Every winter!
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
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Leckey, Here in Atlanta, GA we get small flying water from the sky (aka Rain) from time-to-time. Despite the fact that people here should be completely used to rain, every-single-time it rains, people here think "Crap! I need to get home before this strange small flying water from the sky kills me!" and they drive like 90+, weave like they're making a basket, all the while trying text their family members on their crack-berry to warn them about this odd biblical event that's taking place. Now, snow is different here ... that's because when it does actually snow, the entire city shuts down, despite being one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, we're wholly unprepared for small frozen water falling from the sky; and that's probably a good thing.
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Try being in England when a snowflake falls - the whole South of England grinds to a halt.
My new favourite phrase - "misdirected leisure activity"
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the whole South of England grinds to a halt.
The South of USA as well.
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Or any other heavy weather condition, Ive seen the roads come to a standstill under rain which requires level 2 of the windscreen wipers.
Or heavy leaf fall!
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
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Wow, I thought Nebraska was the only place where people behave this way. It's not just driving either. Every year the first snowfall, people behave as though they have never seen the stuff before. I just want to slap them and yell in their face "The same thing happens every friggin' year! Shut up!!" Exact same thing with tornado season, btw.
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
leckey wrote:
Does this happen in other snow-ridden states
As you must know by now, it sure does. Snow is not the only cause either. Others have pointed out that rain can also frighten the drivers. Extreme cold (below 0F) can also bring traffic to a stand-still, which I've not been able to understand why.
BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
I grew up in Minnesota, and while there are plenty of people who can't drive there, they tend to stick to living in cities, where they can crash their vehicles into things without bothering the rest of us. When i moved to Colorado a few years back, i was in for a shock: people here only recognize snow when it sits on a mountain pass or ski slope; everywhere else, it's Scary Alien Sky Parts. A couple winters ago, there was an unusually large amount of snowfall. Nothing that wouldn't have been plowed out overnight in a northern state, but it quickly shut down half of Colorado - it took days for them to clear the interstate highways, and i suspect parts of Colorado Springs were abandoned until the spring thaw. Fortunately, there are a tremendous number of truck drivers on the roads at all times. Like pickup owners everywhere, they see their vehicle's combination of rear-wheel-drive and top-front-heavy weight distribution as an indication that they are invincible in any kind of road conditions. Since they quickly end up rolling off into drifts, the roads stay fairly open on those odd occasions when we get real snow. Some even jack up their suspensions just to make sure they don't get hung up on the shoulder while skidding into the ditches - it's great, living around such thoughtful people.
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
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Yeah, happens here in Illinois as well. On a related note: Yesterday I bought 300 lbs of sand bags for the back of the pick-up.
Wow, how much sand are you going to have to buy to fill them?
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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Wow, how much sand are you going to have to buy to fill them?
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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Dalek Dave wrote:
how much sand are you going to have to buy to fill them?
None, the bags will do just fine. :rolleyes:
:laugh:
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
I live in Quebec, and let me tell you there are lots of snow here. But, still, people have to relearn winter driving every year. Furthermore, during a snow fall, we lots of accident. At least, snow tires are now mandatory.
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Or heavy leaf fall!
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
Well that's still better then the trains. One heavy leaf is all it takes.
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
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Wow, how much sand are you going to have to buy to fill them?
------------------------------------ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Aesop
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It's pretty common here in Canada. When the road conditions get poor, the range of driving abilities seems extreme. There will be people doing 1/3 the speed limit and others still exceeding it! Me, I just get behind a big 18 wheeler and follow it. I know I'll be stopping faster than it can. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
Chris Meech wrote:
a big 18 wheeler and follow it
He, he ... It is so much better than to be before it! :)
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
how about motor racing in snow ;P http://www.rallynorway.com/en/[^]
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
Biggest problem I have in my area with winter driving conditions are the idiots who come up the mountain without chains for their tires. Caltrans pull out those "Chains required" sign for a reason when it snows :rolleyes: The weekenders/skiers always end up getting stuck and make travel a real hassle. During the weekends of winter months, I just stay at home if possible.
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
It happens everywhere, I'm sure. I moved here from a place that was high in the mountains, rife with narrow, winding roads that ran up and down hundreds of feet every mile. It snowed every year, and every year most people seemed to forget how to drive in the stuff. By Christmas most* of them settled down, but the early winter was always exciting. :-D *Flatlanders excepted - they never learned, no matter what the season.:mad:
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.
Same here in Maryland. Almost every winter they announce snow storm advisory and tell people to "get ready". In a few hours every store in my area has run out of shovels, salt, sand and every single canned food imaginable. You would think they called for nuclear winter... Not to mention that people here actually pull in the emergency lane and wait out even a heavy rain. Those who do drive, go maybe 30 miles per hour. I can't say I'm much better now. My rear wheel drive sucks on snow. Which reminds me, I'll have to check my tires.
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Today is the first heavy snowfall for our area (I don't live where they had four feet of snow last week in my state). It seems like every year the first snowfall people who have lived in this area for years get amnesia, freak out about driving and max out on the interstate at about 50 miles per hour. I drive a small Saturn and had no issues. I exited with traffic at a whopping 32 mph. Does this happen in other snow-ridden states or is it just my area/
Blog link to be reinstated at a later date.