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Post by strat-0 on Jan 18, 2006 12:45:11 GMT -5
Also, in most places, if the roads are officially "closed" and you pile it up, insurance will not pay.
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Post by rockkid on Jan 18, 2006 12:51:30 GMT -5
Hmmmmmmmm never thought of that part. Even more reason not to.
I hear ya Drum. He just gave me the line “well its called winter, it happens every year here” so you see it’s the smart ass crap I could have done w/out.
Put me in a right foul mood.
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Post by RocDoc on Jan 18, 2006 13:11:07 GMT -5
Our friends here have all been right on about this...fuck this guy....unless he sends someone with a halftrack (and no DUIs) to get you.
Plus, you yourself CAN be the best driver in the world totally in tune with conditions and your car....but you're not going to control the other guy who, more often than not will get in way over his/her head before realizing it...
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 18, 2006 20:14:54 GMT -5
That's always my concern here, Doc. I learned to drive in Indiana. They don't know how to drive in fair weather here - add three snowflakes to the equation and you have a disaster! Which is precisely what happened this morning! Yep, we got a taste of it here, too! A few little ice patches turned the entire metro area into a parking lot. I took me over an hour to get to work on back streets, but that was better than the alternative of sitting still on the highway for twice as long... Wrecks everywhere!
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Post by frag on Jan 23, 2006 22:07:58 GMT -5
I learned to drive in Indiana. They don't know how to drive in fair weather here - add three snowflakes to the equation and you have a disaster! People used to know how to drive in bad weather here?! Well...much has changed since you lived here, my friend. |
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 23, 2006 22:40:21 GMT -5
Beat the run on milk and bread by getting in early and helping to start it!
* (1 snowflake) - cancel all church activities.
** (2 flakes) - cancel public schools, close all government offices.
*** (3 flakes: approaching blizzard proportions) - buy all available batterries, at any price; fire up your generator.
**** (sticking on the grass) - call your boss and tell him you're not coming in...
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Post by rockkid on Jan 24, 2006 8:48:52 GMT -5
Ha ha ha sounds like Toronto
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Post by dolly on Jan 24, 2006 12:56:17 GMT -5
6 inches of snow on the ground and blizzard storms with saucer-sized snowflakes that lasted ALL DAY didn't close our school back in November. It would have to block in entire villages and take out electricity for anything to stop in this country.
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Post by chrisfan on Jan 24, 2006 14:13:21 GMT -5
It cracks me up the way that snow is forecasted so differently depending on what kind of winter a city is having. Last year, we had the most inches of snow ever in recorded weather history around here. The weather forecast from day to day was basically "YEah, it's going to snow tomorrow - back to you Ted". This year, we had a fair amount of snow in December and virtually nothing since then. The temp is over freezing today, but we're supposed to be having some flurries. The weather for days has been "Old man winter is back. Everyone get ready to stay home! IT's going to be bad! It's going to be ugly. We can't report the news today because we've got to devote more time to the snow". I"m willing to bet my snow shovel will stay hanging in my garage completley for the next week.
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Post by Paul on Jan 24, 2006 15:49:54 GMT -5
DC is a great town for snow, if you're a working stiff. Most businesses here follow the Feds, and they shut down at the first drop of a flake. So far this year we've had a warm winter and have only had one day off, and one two hour delay.
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Post by luke on Jan 24, 2006 16:43:22 GMT -5
I wouldn't have the first clue how to drive in heavy snow. I'd be flipped over on the side of the road in no time.
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 24, 2006 21:06:45 GMT -5
Yeah, but see, just knowing that puts you in at least the 80th percentile, Luke. So, about 20% stay off the roads, and maybe 20% actually know what they're doing, which leaves 60% that are an accident looking for a place to happen.
But you'd catch right on to deep snow, Luke - it's easy, if a bit slow. As long as it's not up to your axles, you can drive in it. It gets bad again when it gets packed down and shiny (not plowed, salted, or at least sanded). But snow is easier to negotiate than freezing rain and ice sheets, which I'll bet you've had to deal with a time or two. We get more freezing rain here than snow. With freezing rain, you're just out of business, but some don't seem to get that either!
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Post by rockysigman on Jan 24, 2006 21:14:47 GMT -5
I was about to say the same thing. Snow isn't hard to drive in at all so long as you are smart about it -- it actually provides you with some traction. Ice on the other hand is a motherfucker.
I think the most dangerous thing about driving in the snow isn't the weather itself, but the idiots who think they know how to drive in it but don't. Especially people who have four wheel drive, and therefore think that they can drive the same way they do when there's no snow. They don't understand that, yes, four wheel makes you a little safer, but you still need to slow down!
We've only had one big snow storm here since I've been in Chicago, but I think I'm going to enjoy having good public transportation in upcoming winters. I don't mind driving in snow as much as most people do, but it'll be nice to not have to.
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Post by rockkid on Jan 31, 2006 11:24:42 GMT -5
Just got laid off. I expected it as we usually don’t work this long onto the winter.
What’s in my craw though is the boss had all w/end plus yesterday (I was off at doctors) to call either my home or cell but no, this morn I have to drive all the way into the shop at OMG it’s early only to have him phone me there.
Guess as long as it’s not his gas getting wasted. Asshole!!!
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 31, 2006 15:32:04 GMT -5
That's a tough break, Rock. And the little "gotcha" at the end of the season was shitty. Do you have something you fall back on in the off season?
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