Seriously, F*** all this noise
 

Y'all know what's fun?

When you're driving down an icy road to work and the next thing you know you're fishtailing PERPENDICULAR to the road. Yeah, that was freakin' great.

Here's me, Mr. Displaced Texan, trying to steer into the swerve cuz i think i remembered that from Driver's Ed 8 years ago, with my hands clamped on the wheel, praying to God that i don't die in some God-forsaken barren wasteland of southern South Dakota and that i want to see Texas and Aggieland once more before i die.

Had a car been coming the other way, i'd have been T-boned right there, 8 miles from my house. I only smoke when i'm drunk, but i had to smoke 3 cigarettes over the rest of the drive to calm myself down.

so yeah, a great start to a halloween friday.

Kitso
KS 361 times those people that tell you your life flashes before your eyes when you're about to die are full of crap

I'm glad you're ok!

Re: Seriously, F*** all this noise
 

LOL...

holy crap yes please be careful.....

yeah after my adventure into Utah with sisters a few years ago, I learned I never want to live where it ices and snows like that!

And this is why I will never live in the north, and cant wait to get out of Kentucky and move further south :)

Driving in the North is NOT THAT BAD. You just need to be careful and look out for black ice and SLOW DOWN when there is crap on the road. This will be my 5th winter of driving in Wisconsin and I've fishtailed twice - once when going down a hill in the snow in a tiny little 1992 Protege, and once on I-94 in GPBoys rear-wheel drive Chevy truck. The freeway was obviously much more scary but we were just fine.

Just slow down and look at the road, you'll be FINE.

Welcome to my life...only difference is you've got a truck and I drive a geo prizm...WANNA TRADE and experience slick snow in a death trap? J/K

Glad you're okay!

If they are allowed in South Dakota get studded tires.

And

SLOW DOWN.

I drove a 96 Plymouth Neon all over the roads of Alaska and even before the studded tires I rarely slid. Your vehicle is higher and that will cause you to tip easier. Also make sure you have a tow rope, just incase you need to get pulled out or to pull someone else out.

Had to take Mrs. DeltAlum to the airport early this morning. It was sleeting at the time. Passed three roll-overs, one of which was a fatal which closed the freeway.

I've driven in cold country all my life. Seems to me there are a couple of important things to remember.

First, everyone who drives a big 4WD whatever needs to realize that they may get going faster, but everyone has 4WS (that's four wheel stop). SUV's and pickups going too fast aren't safe.

Second, moderation and consistancy are the most important thing in snow and ice conditions. If you don't try to start or stop too fast, and you don't get your tires spinning or skidding, you're probably gonna be OK.

jeez,

even when you're trying to be nice(at least i think you are) you still come across as a condescending witch. Hard for me to tell which is colder, the weather outside or you.

I am ok, yes.

But seriously, are you?

Kitso
KS 361

Nope. :(

Dood!
 

That wouldda sucked if you would have died and stuff.

Did I mention that it was 87 degrees here today for a high? I feel your pain tho. Its supposed to dip to 70 tonight. Burrr. If I turn the A/C low enough I might need the blanket.

Oh yeah, Corry Morrow tomorrow night at Gruene Hall. See you there?

Seriosuly, stay safe jack ass.

Yes.......75 degrees here today, tomorrow and sunday :P hehehehe I LOVE THE SOUTH!!!!!!

I'm gonna blame you John if it starts snowing here in Nebraska....seriously, I HATE THE COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad: sorry, i've had a lot to drink tonight...nothing but love ;)

I'm glad you're okay. Take it easy on the roads though, I don't want any bad news.

I met a guy from Colorado...close to Greeley (starts with an L)...yeah anyways, we were joking about the idiots that drive in the snow that aren't used to it (not you John)! He said he laughs every time he passes some vehicle off the side of the road with a California license plate. So sad! But for some reason his 88 Pontiac did well in the snow! I think it had something to do with the fact that he bought it from some Mexicans that made it into a super low rider :p Now that'd be a funny site in snow! :D

I'm glad you're ok kitso!

That actually happened to me one time.. except I was in high school and it was on the back road that they were re-paving. The truck I was driving got all crazy like all of a sudden and I was spinning in circles. (To this day I still don't know how I managed to do that?!) It really is nerve-wrecking, that's for sure!

Be safe! :)

That's too bad, but the truth is that nothing makes a Coloradan madder than someone in a huge whatever charging through the mountains in the winter. Unfortunately, this seems to be most often the case with Texans -- Californians being a close second.

Mountain driving can be scary at best -- even when the weather seems good. You can't see "black ice" on the roadway, and you can find your arse in a ditch or guardrail or a much more dangerous and unfortunate place in less than the wink of an eye.

More than once I've entered the Eisenhower Tunnel on I-70 in bright sunshine on one side and emerged into a blizzard 90 seconds later on the other side.

In can be nearly as bad on the plains, except the weather doesn't change quite as quickly.

By the way, in the three roll-overs I mentioned in my post above, one was a 4WD pickup and the two others were SUV's.

While I don't recommend this, about once or twice a winter, if I'm on a very wide road or in a parking lot with no other traffic, I practice fish-tailing and even sometimes a 360 degree skid. I don't know if it helps, but I've never hit anything or anybody in 30 years of driving in the snow and ice.

DA, we were also taught to practice fishtailing and skids...for my drivers' ed classes we usually went to the high school parking lot or the community college parking lot. It can really be invaluable to know exactly how your car is going to react to snow/ice, which is why 99% of the time, I'll take my little compact over my mom's SUV - I know what my car is going to do! So many of the weather problems would be avoiding if people would just slow down and look around them a little more.

DeltaAlum! Yes that is called practicing.:D

Used to run kids off of parking lots who were cutting cats in the snow!

Had a rooie ask me why when I ran them off was I doing the same thing! "Practicing I replied!":D Damn was it fun!:)


Kitso, Remember Bro. It is PU trucks, big guns in the rear window, whip anteeni, and a know how to drive on snow!:)

You will learn Bubba, you will learn!;)

Just Cover your ass! Oh and hang on!;)

Yeah, they didn't teach that in my day, but we sent our son to a new defensive driving school and they did skid pads and the whole nine yards.

The other thing about driving in the snow is to keep OFF the brakes as much as possible. Once you've locked up the wheels -- lost traction -- you've lost control.

This will be the first winter I've even had a front wheel drive car -- always drove two seat roadster sportscars before -- so I hope I don't get overconfident.

Glad your ok, Kitso.

361 times I am amazed that the weather this weekend feels like spring.