Driving On Ice 101

[Purple Haze]

Slow the fuck down, it's slippery you jackasses.

Class dismissed.

 

[Never]

I'm driving an SUV. My tires are wide so I can go faster.

 

[Scabbers]

Why is it

I'm driving an SUV. My tires are wide so I can go faster.

that people in four-wheel drives think they all of a sudden have more brakes than they used to?

(I'll assume you're being facetious.)

 

[MissTaken]

LOL


Bad weather isn't the road hazard.

Drivers who don't know how to manage the ice and snow are!

So...slow the fuck down!


The brakes aren't nearly as effective on ice as you may think.

 

[tigerjen]

Whether you're driving a regular car, a truck, a jeep,
an SUV, a minivan........you have to SLOW down during
snowy weather......"black ice" is a danger.....I know that
because back in high school I skidded into a tree with my
dad's 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (yes...my first
car when I got my license), which was in tiptop condition!
Ever since then, I take my damn time, and just let people
pass me on the road.....I'd rather take my time getting
somewhere than to go regular speed limit or faster and
get into a serious accident.

Of course, around where I live....there are some jackasses
that drive SUVs and minivans who think that they "own "
the roads.....no one owns the roads, esp. in bad
weather......

 

[Purple Haze]

Up here in the Great White North, driving on ice and snow is a way of life, and that's why we take such joy in watching the news, cars smacking into each other when a rare "snowstorm" occurs in the South. "They're closing the schools in Dallas today, because it snowed" is so laughable, I can't describe.

What I heard on the radio this morning is not. There are people in the Carolinas and Georgia killing each other, somebody needs to tell these ignoramuses that ice is slippery. I don't care if you're driving a Chevrolet Subdivision, I'll say it again, ice is slippery.

Ice is slippery.

Did I mention that ice is slippery?

 

[estevie]

Hey, did you say ice was slippery?

 

[Purple Haze]

Where'd you hear that mularkey?

 

[Juspar Emvan]

Ya know, I've never seen it snow, and never driven in anything worse than torential rain, but I'm getting the idea that ice is a bad thing? Doesn't it make it easy to look really cool going around corners sideways?


Oh and Tigerjen, when you're done with your Av, mind if I fuck her?




Repeatedly?

 

[looking4fun]

I agree with the majority here, slow down or pay the price. Hopefully if your that stupid (driving fast on ice) you only hurt yourself & not wipeout a family on the way to church.

I drive a 4wd truck & have pulled many a auto out of a ditch. However last year this jerk rode my ass for 2 miles on the hwy (which was covered with snow/ice mix). I finally pulled over & let him pass. I then realize he must be deaf as he was using some one finger sign lanuage when he passed me.

Several miles later he was in the median stuck from spinning out of control after going over an overpass. So being the good guy that I am. I slowed down, rolled down the window & gave him a big ole Texas smile along with returning his sign lanuage.

Kind of childish but it felt good...

 

[Isabella Thorne]

Happy New Year

Up here in the Great White North ...

yikes .... Purple baby ... you call that the Great White North?

The Great White North is Canada, you silly cheri .... hee hee ...
____________________________
Meanwhile back in the year One
When you belonged to no-one
You didn't stand a chance son, if your pants were undone.
`Cause you were bred for humanity and sold to society
One day you'll wake up in the Present Day
A million generations removed from expectations
of being who you really want to be.

Skating away
Skating away
Skating away on the thin ice of the New Day.

~Jethro Tull~

 

[MissTaken]

Ice??????


Now in the proper context, place and time, ice has a place!

 

[Wiggles]

I would like to add a little comment about snow.
Snow is just as dangerous as ice unless you've got some really good tred's.
I remember driving home. Snow completely covering the road. Me, hopefully driving on the road, about 5 MPH. A deer! Right in the middle of the road! I try to stop, it's just not possible, I have no horn! I start going sideways, Veeerrry sloowwly, straight into a telephone pole. Missed it by an inch.

The deer found this Very amusing. LoL

Be careful everyone!

 

[Guest]

shaddup already

Up here in the Great White North, driving on ice and snow is a way of life, and that's why we take such joy in watching the news, cars smacking into each other when a rare "snowstorm" occurs in the South. "They're closing the schools in Dallas today, because it snowed" is so laughable, I can't describe.

What I heard on the radio this morning is not. There are people in the Carolinas and Georgia killing each other, somebody needs to tell these ignoramuses that ice is slippery. I don't care if you're driving a Chevrolet Subdivision, I'll say it again, ice is slippery.

Ice is slippery.

Did I mention that ice is slippery?

There's already been quite a few threads dedicated to how wonderfully intelligent the northern drivers versus the southern drivers.
Yes, I bow to you and hail all the blue-balled, icey fucks that know how to drive in winter weather.
There again, I'll point out, just to hear my lips flap, it all boils down to experience. YAY! You get the winter weather driver award. We'll hold steady to the better weather overall award.
Geezus.

This message brought to you by Susan's alterego that's tired of beenie-weanies and dying fires.

 

[batter]

driving on ice

in a canadian winter would make professional drivers out of anyone.
main thing is reduce your speed
if you are driving down the road and your back of the vehicle starts to wander into a slight skid, you are going too fast.
allow plenty of time for road conditions
pump your brakes gently and lightly, dont just hit them like you were on a dry road!
speeding away at an intersection does nothing but spin your tires and buff the road to make it icier.
now, with my van, it is a rear wheel drive which means i steer into the skid to get out of it and do not touch the gas pedal or the brakes.

with front wheel drive vehicles, i have no clue if you steer out of or into the skid. can someone help out here?

take care and stay safe!

 

[Skibum]

I'm driving an SUV. My tires are wide so I can go faster.

I always like seeing the brand new Jeeps and Blazers with New Jersey plates in the snowbanks after a Vermont snowstorm. The idiots think the TV ads that show a 4X4 driving 40 or 50 mph through snow are the way to drive a 4X4.

Four wheel drive doesn't stop you any better, and the improved traction from it may give an inexperienced driver a false sense of security.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I bow to you and hail all the blue-balled, icey fucks that know how to drive in winter weather.

Thank you. Now stop killing yourselves.

And...

In a slide take your foot off the brake and turn in the direction the back wheels are moving.

Pump rather than brake.

Ice collects on bridge surfaces first because they're chilled by the air rushing underneath.

Don't use high beams if it's snowing. It just makes the snowflakes hitting your windshield look brighter.

Drive in the track of the car in front of you.

Better yet, just stay home and have another mint julep until Spring.

 

[Guest]

Sorry to disappoint DCL, but I don't drive.
And, I'm a southern transplant. I've learned my bit and banter from Jersey.

*bows*

Next time, try another approach.
Your smug, facetious asshole one is unoriginal. There's an abundance, already.



Your humble servant,
Susan

 

[Guest]

damn the cookies

Sorry to disappoint DCL, but I don't drive.
And, I'm a southern transplant. I've learned my bit and banter from Jersey.

*bows*

Next time, try another approach.
Your smug, facetious asshole one is unoriginal. There's an abundance, already.



Your humble servant,
Susan

Sorry, that was me. I must take credit for the post, in hopes of gaining respect in the eyes of assholes abroad.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Oh shaddup already. Who was dissing you?

 

[Guest]

Oh shaddup already. Who was dissing you?

Aww, DCL! Come on, lemme have my fun, why dontcha?
I mean, a chick's gotta have a release, as well. Right?

Why can't I post just to satisfy my undersexed, aggravated, self-deprecative ego, too?

Man, I get to have no fun.

 

[Countess DeWinter]

driving on ice?

forget it! Kansas is so bleeping dry I panic at the first hint of frost! Drivers here don't even know what to do when the electricity goes out (thanks to the wind) and the stop lights - oh my sweet Lord!! - don't work.

sheesh!

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

RD -- I get that you're in a bad mood today. PH started a light, funny thread, and we're all just playing along. No one's pissing on your cornflakes here, honestly.

 

[Guest]

RD -- I get that you're in a bad mood today. PH started a light, funny thread, and we're all just playing along. No one's pissing on your cornflakes here, honestly.

I know! Seriously, I'm not injured by the thread. My first response was, honestly, an outlet for frustration. Those following were in jest. I promise.

I apologize if I came across as petty and injured.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I've learned my bit and banter from Jersey.

When I was a kid you couldn't get your license until you were able to navigate the Freehold Circle, on ice, at 55, blindfolded, and still pull into the Jersey Freeze parking lot without hitting anything.