Folks in cold weather states are bemused by the scene in ATL.
‘Folks in cold weather states are bemused by the scene in ATL.”
Really. It’s quite the mess down there. I’m supposing that everyone hit the road at once and the situation was complicated by their inexperience with slightly slippery roads. Many times here in NY when a much predicted storm gets going people will procrastinate going out for essentials until there is a good 4 or 5 inches on the roads. I’ve done it many times.
Folks in cold weather states are bemused by the scene in ATL.
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I must admit, as a person who grew up in a Chicago suburb, then moved to Quebec, I have had to shake my head a couple of times at this debacle; it`s hard to believe such a mess was caused by some snow and ice. Then I remember how delighted I was, that first winter up here, when I got snow tires...
Driving on snow is an art; I perfected my first 180-degree turn with my learner`s permit on my suburban street in a rear-wheel powered car(clearly, the turn was not on purpose, LOL!).
Seriously, though—it takes experience, particularly if you don`t have four or front-wheel drive or snow tires.
Even here, people are stupid with the first snow—they just don`t slow down and they don`t leave enough space between their car and the one in front of them. Highway 417 was full of accidents last fall when there was the first snow.
You can`t drive the same on wet, slippery pavement as you can on summer pavement, and people in GA don`t have often the opportunity to get that experience.
People in the south are not used to this, and the government doesn’t have the equipment to remove the snow and ice