Winter is here.

How do people drive like in the winter where you live? How about other places you visited?

What kind of extra nasty, stupid things have you seen happen on the winter roads?

What about the SUV's and Trucks?

 

I got rear-ended last winter by some retards driving a POS with POS-tires on it... they couldn't handle the concept of stopping at a stop light. I also saw a minivan jump the median on the two-lane road I live on and put a tree down to 45 degrees... then back up off a couple seconds later and drive on like he never drove up the tree.

 

The worst is those damn people in AWD minivans (or anything with AWD) that tailgate you in the snow/ice. They are too stupid to understand that AWD doesnt help you when you are trying to stop.

 

Yup, when it snows 90% of the cars I see off the side of the road are SUVs. NJ is pretty bad for snow because it will snow several times/year, but not frequently enough where people can figure out how to drive in it.

Last year we had a freak 6" storm in March and I had already put on my summer tires, that was NOT fun.

Come to think of it there is a guy with a Silverstone that lives in the Hills, Basking Ridge which is near where I work. I saw him stuck real bad one day in the snow. I felt bad for him. I wonder if he's on this site.....

 

It snows only once or twice a year here and within a few hours the snow on the roads turn to a sheet of ice. Whenever it does it literally looks like a demolition derby. You will see suv's and pickups sliding through intersections and minivans spinning in circles across oncoming lanes of traffic. I will not drive my S in these conditions because I don't want either my car or my self to get hurt but I do have to drive the company vehicle (see below) but fortunately it has more impact resistance. The bad thing is I end up responding to several fatalities each winter. It is sad because those involved just did not understand how difficult it is to control a vehicle on ice and should have stayed home.

 

on that subject, why are there always fires when it snows? It always seems to work out that way....

 

Yeah no kidding! You think its tough to drive on ice, try being on an ice covered pitched roof with a chainsaw.

 

haha

 

If you think that is bad, should see DFW drivers when it rains.

 

What about those DWF drivers?