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[pez]

I spent 3 hours getting too my office last night, and it's a miracle that I even got here. Georgia typically has very limited snow & ice clearing equipment. There are still a huge number of stranded motorists- what a MESS. This is next door, around 2 AM (modified with Topaz software...):

 

[Ron Evers]

Did not look like that when we drove through last Wednesday on our way home from Geezer-land. We really lucked out for driving conditions; my sister was a day behind us & got marooned in Kentucky.

 

[Braineack]

I cant stop laughing at all the people that can't drive in rain/snow.

 

[Jacaranda_wifey]

I cant stop laughing at all the people that can't drive in rain/snow.

Braineack sometimes I am amazed as well by that. I am Canadian and we drove in rain, sleet, snow, blizzards it didn't matter. Yet since I have lived in the US, I have found there are some states that get an inch of snow and the world ends and shuts down. It amuses me Yet I do understand if these are places that NEVER get precipitation,,,,they don't know how to drive in it.

 

[Designer]

My son and DIL experienced a rare snow event in England.

It seems that cars there are normally equipped with summer tires, which are useless in snow.

 

[Ron Evers]

My son and DIL experienced a rare snow event in England.

It seems that cars there are normally equipped with summer tires, which are useless in snow.

I used to use snow tires with rear wheel drive but have not since driving front wheel drive for twenty years or more & we get plenty of snow here.

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[pgriz]

We in Quebec, by law, have to have winter tires on all wheels from Dec.15 to March 15. Even with that, the driveability also depends on the temperature (salts stops melting at 0F), the amount of blowing snow, the amount of slush, and the actual snow/ice cover. It also takes a different set of reflexes - and usually it takes up to two weeks after a major snowfall before people adjust their driving habits. Plus, some people continue to live in a sunshine state (the mental version), and take two or three into a ditch with them from time to time. Therefore, I can be sympathetic to those who have difficulty with snow - it takes some adaptation to be able to drive in the stuff.

 

[Braineack]

to be fair i was about 5mm from taking out my mailbox the other day, and i have awd...

 

[Designer]

I used to use snow tires with rear wheel drive but have not since driving front wheel drive for twenty years or more & we get plenty of snow here.

Modern "all season" tires are better than they used to be, but they're still not as good as dedicated snow tires. I keep telling myself to get some.

 

[Ron Evers]

I used to use snow tires with rear wheel drive but have not since driving front wheel drive for twenty years or more & we get plenty of snow here.

Modern "all season" tires are better than they used to be, but they're still not as good as dedicated snow tires. I keep telling myself to get some.

"All season" would be better than "touring" that our cars wear. If driving conditions are bad the Elantra stays home & we use the Sonata. Being retired we can just stay home in bad weather but when working I comuted 60km to Toronto without snow tires on FWD.

 

[pez]

Although driving on iced roads is no doubt simply normal for those in the frigid regions, along with routinely bolting on the correct gear every year, it is still a rare enough event this far south that most folks don't invest in winter or metal-studded tires, get zero practice in the years between events, and the state- being government- just never allocates enough resources and training to be prepared to effectively clear the roads. So we are basically screwed when it ices.
However, my old manual Civic seems to do OK...