Sigarms
Super Member
Posted this in the good morning thread. Little snow. Not a huge deal. Nothing stuck to the ground. Had to run 60 minutes into Greensboro, then turn around and head to Winston (Winston 30 minutes east of me, Greensboro 60 minutes east of me).
Going out of my driveway, didn't think anything about it...
10 minutes on a rural road, then hit a route that takes me into Winston. Rural road, no problem. Hit the route, first 10 minutes no problem. As I start getting closer to Winston Salem, some accidents pop up with cars in ditches. Then on a long bridge that cures, guy is speeding and cuts right to pass a car and he loses it. Didn't feel bad for him, hopefully he'll learn his lesson as he didn't hit anyone but the guardrail.
I'm thinking to myself this is kind of stupid the way people are driving just because the weather doesn't "look bad".
Hit Winston on I-40, all heck breaks loose. EVERY bridge has cops on it with light flashing stopping traffic.
I then hit this right after 52 on I-40 going to Greensboro
Keep in mind, this around 630 AM. I gave up on I-40 and took an hour to get off. Back tracked on back roads into Winston. Day totally screwed up. Had to call my guy in Greensboro and told him I couldn't make it due to traffic, nor wanted to try with everyone out, and he told me two major roads were pretty much shut down in Greensboro and he was running late himself.
End of the day, if there would have been more snow on the road, I'm guessing more people would be afraid to drive, less drivers good.
Thing is, even with a little bad weather, you CAN'T drive like a idiot and you're going to get into trouble when speed and you have to hit your dang breaks. Sad to say, found it somewhat amusing that a LOT of the accidents were on bridges in town.
I don't think southern drivers are worse driving in snow, but they may lack experience, especially when it doesn't look bad.
I do know if your driving a 4X4, and even in 4 wheel drive driving on packed snow on a road with good tires, if going around a corner faster than you should, inertia can still make you slide to the outside of the curve on the snow. Happened for a split second to me up in Meadville Pa, and I always remember that lesson about speed on a packed snow road.
I just laugh because I remember when even if it called for 2' of snow, it really didn't stop me from driving north of Syracuse, but ice did.
Drive slow, don't hit breaks, particularly on a bridge.
Going out of my driveway, didn't think anything about it...
10 minutes on a rural road, then hit a route that takes me into Winston. Rural road, no problem. Hit the route, first 10 minutes no problem. As I start getting closer to Winston Salem, some accidents pop up with cars in ditches. Then on a long bridge that cures, guy is speeding and cuts right to pass a car and he loses it. Didn't feel bad for him, hopefully he'll learn his lesson as he didn't hit anyone but the guardrail.
I'm thinking to myself this is kind of stupid the way people are driving just because the weather doesn't "look bad".
Hit Winston on I-40, all heck breaks loose. EVERY bridge has cops on it with light flashing stopping traffic.
I then hit this right after 52 on I-40 going to Greensboro
Keep in mind, this around 630 AM. I gave up on I-40 and took an hour to get off. Back tracked on back roads into Winston. Day totally screwed up. Had to call my guy in Greensboro and told him I couldn't make it due to traffic, nor wanted to try with everyone out, and he told me two major roads were pretty much shut down in Greensboro and he was running late himself.
End of the day, if there would have been more snow on the road, I'm guessing more people would be afraid to drive, less drivers good.
Thing is, even with a little bad weather, you CAN'T drive like a idiot and you're going to get into trouble when speed and you have to hit your dang breaks. Sad to say, found it somewhat amusing that a LOT of the accidents were on bridges in town.
I don't think southern drivers are worse driving in snow, but they may lack experience, especially when it doesn't look bad.
I do know if your driving a 4X4, and even in 4 wheel drive driving on packed snow on a road with good tires, if going around a corner faster than you should, inertia can still make you slide to the outside of the curve on the snow. Happened for a split second to me up in Meadville Pa, and I always remember that lesson about speed on a packed snow road.
I just laugh because I remember when even if it called for 2' of snow, it really didn't stop me from driving north of Syracuse, but ice did.
Drive slow, don't hit breaks, particularly on a bridge.
4WD does, in fact, help you stop faster. We were all taught it doesn't, but it does.