“Because crashing is so much easier than paying attention to road conditions and driving accordingly “
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Nonsense.
Even the most careful drivers can get themselves in trouble on icy roads.
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>Nonsense.
>Even the most careful drivers can get themselves in trouble on icy roads.
Sound like an excuse for not slowing down. Physics is real, excuses have no place in safe driving.
Besides, these folks probably had 4 wheel drive, and Portland just bought 100 tons of salt. Now they have an idea where to put it.
Learned to drive in
Minnesota. Took my very
first drivers’ test 47
years ago. Not once in
all those years, have I
ever lost control in any
type of driving condition.
Anticipation is the key.
One of the worse ice storms
I have ever encountered was
on I-10 just west of San
Antonio. Carnage everywhere.
We made it thru driving at
times, 25 mph or less for
over 100 miles.
Portland has above normal of not careful drivers. I got stuck driving in the previous ice storm. Most drivers were cautious which pissed off the non cautious which caused most of the wrecks. They even joked about Portland drivers having a reputation for not driving well on ice during the evening Portland news/weather tonight.
Even the most careful drivers can get themselves in trouble on icy roads.
If they are going slow enough it is likely they won't though. Did you watch the video? They were all going to fast for the conditions.
Even the most careful drivers can get themselves in trouble on icy roads.”
Several years ago we were driving on I-35 through Kansas. Roads were initially fine but then it started raining and temperature dropped by a lot. Everything became a giant ice skating rink. Out in the middle of nowhere so stopped on the shoulder to wait for the sand and salt trucks or spring thaw, whichever came first. Suddenly our car began sliding sideways down a real steep bank into a ditch. Not much to do except say Oh Sh** and hang on. Sometimes there is nothing you can do.
True, but if you pay attention, you will always find a lot of idiots ignoring the conditions because risking their, and others', lives is worth saving a few seconds.
Can't tell you how many times I've almost been run over by another car (or even worse, a semi) barreling through fog or driving rain or snow, because they could make out the margins of the road so it didn't matter if they could actually see more than 50 feet.
If everyone actually drove withing the conditions, we'd probably cut these sort of "accidents" down by 90%.