Posted on 01/01/2008 7:19:53 PM PST by don-o
I think I need to find a new planet
Big old “DUH” there guys.
Here in Memphis, a lot more drivers think they know how to drive on ice and snow than actually know how to do so. One of the news stations was trying to show a car that slid into the curb in one storm. It was hit by another who made the same mistake, and another, and another. Finally, they gave up in disgust.
WE got 3 inches of snow a couple of years ago. It took me 3 hrs to get 10 miles. Every road out of Mt. Juliet, TN was blocked by accidents. I counted 36 cars and SUVs off the road and many upside down. More than 3/4 of them were 4WD vehicles. They just figured if they use 4WD they can do 70 MPH.
1 inch of snow in TN will shut a city and roadways down.
You should see what a prediction of flurries will do to a Kroger
We don’t have to worry about all that here in Nashville. Al Gore’s huge “carbon footprint” prevents snow here.
Maybe the campaign is geared towards new arrivals from South of the border who may have limited experience with freezing precipitation on roadways.
They cancelled school at least once the last two years because they were PREDICTING snow.... it never snowed.
Our car insurance doubled when we moved from L.A. to Memphis.
In California, we were required to have drivers training before getting a high school diploma. I’m sure that has changed over the years. It's all about defense. I just don't go out on the roads when there is bad weather.
“You should see what a prediction of flurries will do to a Kroger”
It’s a conspiracy between bread/milk producers and the meteorological industry.
Why is there always a run on milk, bread and toilet paper.?
You would think people in northern Ohio would remember that ice and snow are slippery. You can always tell the first slippery day since a lot of the STOP signs are flattened by people sliding into them.
There is also a run on beer.
True!
LOL! That’s our Tennessee.
fer a laff
How to drive on ice:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AJ_abQ9rPHs
Be prepared to get a hernia laughing at this one.
Yikes! He was probably talking on his cell phone, too.
That’s a might nice deer rack on that thar sno mobile. don’t see ‘em that big ‘round here often
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