Winter driving (more of a rant really)

[gizmopt2002]

Was behind this Ford Ranger the other day, doing 25 in a 30 while I'm late to work, . Anyways I remembered that it was the same guy that almost caused an accident back in January. If you go down my street and turn left you go flat for like 1500 feet, then you go up a relatively steep hill. I know you need to keep momentum, so what does this guy do? he was doing 15 and then going up the hill he slowed down and started slipping, badly, he was starting to go sideways and I thought to my self, why don't people practice? Also that same day a person went into a little mini ditch, like a drainage one, at the end of my street because they didn't brake till it was too late and boom in the ditch. I mean c'mon people,you live in a place where it regularly snows, not Vegas. Which reminds me of when it happened to snow there. Chaos ensued. People going 5 MPH, throwing sand out in the streets. And this past winter when it *might* be freezing outside, that was chaos too. BTW, what do you people have your Revo's to during the freezing months?

 

[alpha]

People forget how to drive in snow. They have to relearn every season. It's especially bad during the first snow.

That being said, some people just need to learn how to properly drive the vehicle in snow. Some people just don't know how differently the car reacts in inclement weather.

What is especially bad is when you get fog during a snow day. Talk about conditions being hard to drive in.

 

[TheBlueWave]

In the Twin Cities area, we have lots of newcomers. People from the South, and other countries. Despite the excellent plowing job, thousands of tons of salt laid down before the storm hits, and many experienced snow drivers to draw knowledge from, it gets really bad. I've seen some things that are just plain pathetic out there.
I just drive slow and watch my own ass. I drive so defensively during snowstorms because I'm not used to the runner. Awesome in the snow so now I play in parking lots or empty streets rather than on the roads.

 

[Falls]

I love going to bummin around in snow storms , after hours though when the road are deserted somewhat.

I've driven home in relatively heavy traffic in a snow storm , and you see more 4wd SUV's in ditches that 2wd cars for gods sake.

Thats kind of one of the nice features if you drive the 4r in 4wd without the diff locked you can usually drive pretty confident and soon as it breaks loose , it just corrects right away .