Posted on 03/29/2022 12:02:15 PM PDT by lightman
He ain’t heavy he’s my brother. ;-)
I live 10-15 miles south of where this happened. The area around Pine Grove and Ravine where it happened probably wouldn’t be covered very well by a doppler radar in Middletown (HIA).
ABE would be better, I suppose.
We still need better eyes to the sky for tornado season in the southern tier.
It is very easy to know. You slow down while slightly pumping your brakes, which both warns people behind you and allows you to see just how slick the road is. It shouldn’t look icy, or you already know without pumping the brakes that you have to let off on the accelerator.
For semi drivers, I can’t fathom how stupid they have to be to go full speed into a cloud, knowing they have the greatest death machines on the road with the highest cost.
That idiot obviously could not stop and could not see beyond 1/8 a mile i front of him, yet, he was going 65-70.
You don’t know they were going as fast as you stated. And if they’re suddenly caught in it….the best they can do is ease up and let it slow by friction. Trying to brake could cause big swerving which could take out more than just 1 car (not just the front car) in an instant.
The point is if this happens suddenly you can’t blame them for “going at a high rate”, since they didn’t know this was coming.
Yes, I do.
Watch this video of a trucker in that pile up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8BnFmEEmQ
Yes, they may have been going a bit fast even when the snow was already on the ground.
OTOH, you cannot simply slow to a Crawl lest you get plowed from behind. Again, low visibility…what are you going to do? Maybe drive off to the shoulder and wait….but still get clear of the car.
There was only one lane open on the highway and it was clear you could not see far. One lane means you are also likely on ice, yourself, if the other lanes are covered.
You go slow and occasionally tap your brakes as you move forward. Ideally, you pull off if you are concerned, but you don’t plow forward at 70 MOH with a full load and not seeing far, while driving on a known icy interstate.
This is not rocket science for anyone from the area, but those on an Interstate are most likely to be from other places.
These people were stupid, especially for the ones who know what to do, and didn’t.
Perhaps, but still cannot verify high speeds like 70. Likewise, this was a dusting so while people may decide to follow the leader, often there is no problem driving the other lane. I’ve driven plenty myself in storms and it takes quite a few inches before giving up driving another lane. It wasn’t “open”, just follow the leader.
It comes on fast. We live in Western Pennsylvania. Several days ago my husband and I were driving home. It was partly sunny to overcast one minute, and a minute later we were hit with a snow squall that greatly lowered our viability. Thank goodness we were following the speed limit and not much traffic. Literally, within a minute or two, it was completely gone and the sun was shining. It came and went so fast and no snow on the ground.
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