No, the only difference was the poop was snow. Dense stuff, too. Not light or powdery, but also easily packable, and not wet, making it hard to manuver. I saw tires spinning out on vehicles like, say, MINIVANS. And the engines weren't making any high-rev sounds. A person in a SUV nearly lost control when moving along with the road. A friend of mine was making a turn and it almost caused him to hit a car because he started sliding. No accidents so far, because people were moving darn slow.
To put it bluntly, the condiftions almost resembled freezing rain without all the ice. Some of the near misses I saw frightened me. And to think we went to school at normal times.
That and ice are pretty bad on roads, i wish i lived further south to avoid that kinda stuff.
Wow, I'd be so scared driving out in those conditions O_O
They didn't have any delays or cancellations for your school? Is your district's superintendent brain-dead, or something? :| :| :| :|
Quote from: QingXin on December 03, 2008, 04:01:29 PM
Wow, I'd be so scared driving out in those conditions O_O
They didn't have any delays or cancellations for your school? Is your district's superintendent brain-dead, or something? :| :| :| :|
mine is. **I live in GA and the mere THREAT of snow caused cancellations...it didn't snow and we got a free day a few years ago**
And roads that bad aren't too big a deal provided you have some experience.
Same here, but with freezing rain WITH all the ice.
Yay for no snow or ice in California :)
Considering the average intelligence of people in West Des Moines, I'm surprised there wasn't a giant pile up. ^___^
Ugh, I'm terrified of driving in the snow, especially since my vehicle next semester will be a truck.
...Which means the back end weighs virtually nothing, and I'll spin out all over the place.
Not to mention the fact that the last time the roads were all snowpacked and stuff, I got rear ended and my car got "totalled". It was still perfectly drivable, the insurance company just sucks.
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on December 04, 2008, 11:18:39 AM
Ugh, I'm terrified of driving in the snow, especially since my vehicle next semester will be a truck.
...Which means the back end weighs virtually nothing, and I'll spin out all over the place.
Not to mention the fact that the last time the roads were all snowpacked and stuff, I got rear ended and my car got "totalled". It was still perfectly drivable, the insurance company just sucks.
at least you got rear ended rather then you rear ending someone, growing up and living in New England snow is nothing for me
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on December 04, 2008, 11:24:23 AM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on December 04, 2008, 11:18:39 AM
Ugh, I'm terrified of driving in the snow, especially since my vehicle next semester will be a truck.
...Which means the back end weighs virtually nothing, and I'll spin out all over the place.
Not to mention the fact that the last time the roads were all snowpacked and stuff, I got rear ended and my car got "totalled". It was still perfectly drivable, the insurance company just sucks.
at least you got rear ended rather then you rear ending someone, growing up and living in New England snow is nothing for me
Yeah...but still, I'm terrified of getting into a crash, because it'll raise my insurance, and it'll be expensive to fix the damage. D=