On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 21:25:58 -0800, "Bill McKee"
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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:50:56 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:52:01 -0600, wrote:

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:37:00 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Taking the driver's license of anybody under the age of 50 who stops
in the middle of the highway in a snow storm to clean off their
windshields and wiper blades.

Seriously.

Ever get caught in a whiteout?

More than once and even driving through a mountain pass at night. I've
also driven a Deuce and a Half during the height of Hurricane Camille
from Kessler AFB Biloxi to Pascagola Litton Shipyard where I couldn't
see much beyond the hood of the truck in driving rain and wind.

Never stopped to clean my windshield and wipers in the middle of the
road.

Wouldn't think of it myself. I've encountered drivers backing up on
the highway, too, into oncoming traffic.

One problem with a true whiteout is a question of where do you stop if
you have to? I remember hearing of a woman who had stopped and gotten
out of her car during a whiteout in the Champaign-Urbana area. She
was subsequently hit and killed by a truck. If a driver of a vehicle
can't tell where he or she is driving during a whiteout, should a
driver stop the vehicle?



First auto accident I was in while driving was when with a learners permit,
late at night coming back from the Grandparents farm and my mom screams, I
jam on the brakes and come to a stop, where a guy backing up in the middle
land of the freeway, backs in to the bumper. No damage luckily.


Both times that I've encountered a similar situation, it's been little
ol' ladies (as cliche as that sounds) backing up on the highway
because they apparently missed their turns. It takes little more
effort to drive to the next turn-off to turn around to come back to
the missed turn (and much less dangerous). I did nearly hit one of
the ladies. The car I was following suddenly swerved and immediately
in front of me was a vehicle backing up towards me.

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