On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:31:07 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:09:52 -0600, wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:50:56 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

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?

People don't think in that situation - you can always tell where you
are on the road in some fashion - you may not know exactly where you
are in terms of towns and what not, but you can tell where you are on
the road - just have to keep an eye on the right side of the vehicle.

That's not possible in a complete white out on the plains, though,
Tom. Central Illinois is almost all agricultural flatland, and when
the wind is blowing fiercely during a blizzard in whiteout conditions,
it is impossible to see anything but white. In the whiteout I was
caught in, I was lucky to make out a single telephone pole in a 5 mile
stretch. There's no road, no white line, no fence row, no ditch. The
best strategy is just to stay indoors and wait the thing out. I was
ignorant enough at the time to not appreciate how dangerous a whiteout
could be.

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