We had accumulated enough kitchen garbage, so the wife sent me to take it to the convenience center. Our road had been salted/brined and is in pretty good shape to drive, even at the 10 degrees we were having. And then I got to the road to the dump.
And since our vehicle is a front wheel drive, I can say it was a nice butt-tightening ride there for a while. But my old off-roading experience finally processed this as a very-frigging-slippery layer of mud and I applied acquired knowledge with the new input to keep me “safe.”
I realized I can deal with ice, but dealing with dumbasses also driving in the ice near you is another matter. I actually had one idiot tailgating me as it was the funniest shit in the world because he had a raised pick up truck… which was not 4×4.
Morons everywhere.
the stupid is deep and getting deeper by the minute… USA- Unbelievably Stupid Americans..
I live in the Buffalo, NY area. Ice & snow on the roads is normal November – March. Deal with it. I also don’t throw pickle juice (used for cooking) or rubbing alcohol (first aid and solvent uses) on my windshield.
It always caused me to scratch my head when I was in States that went in to full blown panic mode over 3 – 5 inches of snow. I’m used to the 3 – 5 ft. like we have now.
Everything I learned about driving on ice I learned from the Atari racing game’s “ice track” levels. It’s surprisingly served me well.
Oh, I see now: “The Brooklyn resident — who supports her family, including her mother — runs her own company where she mentors kids on Saturdays through music and helps them stay off the streets, and away from drugs and gangs, according to Wright.”
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Parents aren’t paying for those kids to be “mentored” — the government is. She’s a scammer, a leech, midnight basketball under a different name.
Driving on snow/ice is easy. Not getting killed by the morons around you is hard….
This was my Saturday morning at 430am. 19″ of flat accumulation that I had to plow off this driveway. https://flic.kr/p/2ptzALE https://flic.kr/p/2ptFRcU https://flic.kr/p/2ptEeAc