wrote:
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:59:26 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Y'all southern boys sure are amusing.
I was out driving the wife to her dental appointment today with a heavy
snowstorm in effect and 6 inches already on the ground.
Only problem was a few people driving too fast and what looked like a
foreign student slamming his new sporty Range Rover SUV into a curb
angle breaking the axle. They were loading it on a flatbed when we
passed on our way back home.

The reality is, this isn't the snow that is causing the problem, it is
a quarter inch of ice under the snow. 5 or 6 inches of snow would
actually help because your tires would have something to bite.

This was also a common situation in DC, Rain changing to a dusting of
snow after dark with ice under it. They do "a little" better than
Atlanta.

I prefer a place where water doesn't freeze unless you want it to and
refrigerate it.

In my youth, I went to Ohio for a years training with NCR. New 1964 Impala
SS and was getting what I thought was snow in Missouri. Was sleet, and by
the time I reached St. Louis, there was a 1/4 inch of ice under 6 inches of
snow. Was scary. Could not believe how many cars stuck in the center
divider ditch. I kept to about 25 mph and still spun out twice. Once on an
ice bridge when the wheels started to spin and I slowed down and engine
died as I did not put in the clutch. And once ran off the road, as I lost
where the edge was.