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re: Driving on ice and snow
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:06 am to ClampClampington
Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:06 am to ClampClampington
Rule 1 PLUS....See 100 car pileup this past week - DFW - STAY OFF THE ROADS.
If walking on the surface is an adventure why would who knows how many pounds on 4 grooved rubber tubes is any smarter
If walking on the surface is an adventure why would who knows how many pounds on 4 grooved rubber tubes is any smarter
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Posted on 2/14/21 at 11:34 am to Boring
if you have a RWD or Pickup RWD - load some weight in the back- up north we used salt- but bags of sand, anything very heavy- In the 80's we have a fastback car- loaded it with salt and never had issues.
Front wheel drive or AWD is best
Front wheel drive or AWD is best
Posted on 2/14/21 at 12:11 pm to ClampClampington
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Driving on ice and snow
If the roads are not treated with salt, stay home. No amount of experience can get you safely through iced roads. Driving on snow is marginally safer, but isn’t worth the risk. Everyone in the south should just enjoy the day off.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:15 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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If the roads are not treated with salt, stay home. No amount of experience can get you safely through iced roads. Driving on snow is marginally safer, but isn’t worth the risk. Everyone in the south should just enjoy the day off.
I think they're worried more about a "week off"
But that had me wondering, up north the cities are equipped with plows, salt, etc. Down here do the bigger cities even keep stuff like that in stock for these random sporadic winter events?Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:16 pm to ClampClampington
Adding--
Ice collects for some ungodly reason in curves, and intersections. Drive like grandma around this.
Stay off of the interstate if you can. Avoid bridges if possible.
If you have bad tires, stay home.
Ice collects for some ungodly reason in curves, and intersections. Drive like grandma around this.
Stay off of the interstate if you can. Avoid bridges if possible.
If you have bad tires, stay home.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:18 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Unfortunately job sites and supervisors often don't give two shits about the weather and expect people to still show up.
Leave early, avoid hilly roads and interstates where people drive fast and you'll be fine. Driving slow and avoiding braking, lane changing is how you make it where youre going. Nothing wrong with driving slow.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:22 pm to ClampClampington
Another rule i use is in addition to monitoring the road ahead, when possible keep a 1/4 mile or so between you and a car ahead of you. If they run into trouble you'll have ample time to slow, prepare, and make a plan.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:23 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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If the roads are not treated with salt, stay home. No amount of experience can get you safely through iced roads. Driving on snow is marginally safer, but isn’t worth the risk. Everyone in the south should just enjoy the day off.
This x1000. When we got a ton of snow years ago in BR, I drove to work in a Prius. I've lived in snowy climates for years, so I am very experienced. They put down the equivalent of playground sand. I was on the road with guys in big trucks who thought they were the shite. I watched one fishtail trying to take off to cross Airline. I got to work and decided that if it ever snowed, here again, I'd go nowhere.
As for ice, I don't mess with it at all. Ever. I nearly hit a Brinks truck when I spun out of control in South Dakota 25 years ago. My 4-year-old son was in the backseat. Scared me to death. No one can drive on ice. Please stay home.
This post was edited on 2/14/21 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:29 pm to BorrisMart
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I think they're worried more about a "week off" But that had me wondering, up north the cities are equipped with plows, salt, etc. Down here do the bigger cities even keep stuff like that in stock for these random sporadic winter events?
Up here, every county DOT has bunkers of salt that get stocked up all summer before you lose trucks to harvest. Salt primarily coming out of KS and Utah. I know Michigan and New York have big mines. Not sure what all they have for mines down south. I would imagine it would typically be barged down from somewhere up north rather than trucked, but storage buildings specifically for storing salt are expensive as hell due to the environmental regulations. Can't imagine they'd build much storage down south
Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:35 pm to 756
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if you have a RWD or Pickup RWD - load some weight in the back- up north we used salt- but bags of sand, anything very heavy- In the 80's we have a fastback car- loaded it with salt and never had issues.
Good advice. Stay off the road if possible, it's not going to last that long.
A couple of years ago, a freak weather event hit Asheville as we were trying to cross over the mountains. Even if you are going about 2mph, it's a bad feeling when your truck decides to do a triple lane change on a packed interstate and there is nothing you can do to stop it, a really bad feeling.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:11 pm to ClampClampington
Also look at where you want to arrive at if you lose control.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:18 pm to ClampClampington
1) drive a Subaru
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:23 pm to ClampClampington
So my job requires me to drive around all day (healthcare industry home visits/delivery/equipment setup.) The boss is in northern Utah and is unimpressed by our forecast. It’s been nice knowing you guys.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:26 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
A Subaru won’t make much of a difference with untreated roads and >.5” of ice
I’d suggest a bulldozer
I’d suggest a bulldozer
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:27 pm to ClampClampington
Space is your friend. Put that ego in the glovebox and let others pass
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:30 pm to 777Tiger
quote:I like this logic.
disagree, less friction, if you can find a nice icy stretch of road and can accelerate up to 100-115mph you will be making gas, almost as if you are powered by nuclear reactor
ALOT
You know the prevailing OT theory on gas mileage: Drive real fast and you get better mileage because you’re always closer to a gas station because you’re ahead of where you would have been if you drove slowerly.
Requisite-
This post was edited on 2/14/21 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:36 pm to Jcorye1
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If you have a manual, it's better to downshift than hit the breaks in a lot of situations on ice.
No no no.
Doing that gives much less control. Much better to keep the clutch engaged or put it into neutral. Break gently and ease off if you sense a loss of traction.
Always anticipate a stop we'll in advance and slowly decrease speed well before any need to brake.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:38 pm to ClampClampington
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2 hands on the wheel when in traffic.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:48 pm to 777Tiger
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the rear end begins to try and come meet you, go to neutral and cut the wheel into the rear end
Can someone clarify this?
Driving down the road, car slides, front end angles towards the right (so rear end is "meeting you" on the left).
Do you turn your wheel right or left?
Posted on 2/14/21 at 2:52 pm to Pisgah Pete
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