[RightWhale]

You'd think that Alaskans know how to drive in snow and ice, and they do. It is these cheechakos who never even saw a live snowflake before and just got to Alaska this summer. Probably 1/3 the population.

[ConorMacNessa]

What's a cheechako, RW? Is that a local term in Alaska?

[Dead Dog]

How many of that 33% do you think will make it until next fall?

[Cold Heart]

1/3 of Alaskan's population is new comers since last summer?

A real cheechako would know how to drive in snow.
Most cheechakos, however, arn't from cheechako.

[LukeL]

Every year in Wisconsin when the first snow falls we have dozens of accidents, just this year I turned on my police scanner during our first snow fall and literally within 5 seconds a report came in over a roll over accident.

People are just careless and think they can gun it 55MPH on icy roads.

[GATOR NAVY]

That might be true if only 1/3 of Anchorage drivers drove like maniacs no matter what the weather, but in actuality it's more like 3/4 of Anchorage drivers drive like maniacs.