Phillip,
That's nothing unusual, for my area (Pittsburgh, PA) and I've
seen/experienced it on numerous occasions, over the years.
Of course, you're right about staying in bed, under those conditions.
Even if you know how to deal with it, you have to compensate/dodge the
majority of those who DON'T know how to deal with it.
Since my business demands that I be "on site", at any time of day or
night, whatever the weather, I have a rule that I follow any time we get
some crappy weather: STAY OFF THE FRICKIN' INTERSTATES/4 LANE/LIMITED
ACCESS HIGHWAYS THAT EVERYONE ELSE FLOCKS TO!!!!
I have two reasons for this:
1.) The back roads are usually VERY lightly traveled, during winter
storms, making encounters with The Clueless Majority far less likely
and, usually, easier to avoid.
2.) The D.O.T. crews generally leave the back roads alone until they get
the "super slabs" under "control". Since their efforts very frequently
result in (at least temporarily) MUCH more treacherous road conditions,
not to mention the greatly reduced night time visibility caused by the
salt laden road spray thrown up by traffic, driving conditions on the
back roads are much safer and easier to deal with.
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf Of Philip Jones
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:25 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon!
Growing up in Seattle, I'll agree that we have our fair share of morons
in
the northwest. However, I do believe that we have some unusual
conditions
here, which others have already touched on. One good example of how
slippery our snow gets is this: my Dad drove home in about 4 - 6 inches
of
snow the other night, and parked in his driveway, which has a slight
slope.
More than two hours later, sometime during the night, his truck started
sliding down his driveway, slid across the sidewalk, down the entry ramp
and
out into the street. When the roads get like that, you might as well
stay
in bed.
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