I better not slow down or drive cautiously in this snow! People would think I’m some sort of pansy!
I feel so lucky to live in a place where winter tires are mandatory for the winter
Where I live, that would unnecessarily tear up the roads. It don’t snow here
They don’t have spikes…
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But are the spikes mandatory?
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The roads are already so fucked up here from the corruption that took place in the construction industry (and it still probably does take place). The mafia owned all the construction companies and did shit work and charged more for less. So now all the roads are patched up and terrible to drive on. And the funny thing is as soon as you cross the border to Vermont or Ontario(I’m in Québec) it’s like crossing magic portal, the roads are instantly spotless lol
You had me at Montreal in the first sentence lol
Yyyep!
There’s been a few crashes in the UK over the years where drivers have driven into heavy fog at full speed, and the number of cars wrecked has been in the double digits.
Stupidity on an industrial scale.
It could be you next.
This is like parents leaving a child in the back seat of a car. Academically you know to never do it, but while it’s happening, you don’t detect it.
Sorry, but there’s nothing academic about realizing you’ve lost all visibility.
It’s related to highway hypnosis, and the moment you transition from “normal, safe road conditions” where you are following the person ahead to “can’t see shit fog” and everyone is panic breaking.
By the time you’ve “realiz(ed) you’ve lost all visibility” you’re fucked.
These situations happen most frequently with localized fog or very rapid weather shifts where drivers don’t expect change.
This is not a justification of unsafe driving, but an explanation of how average drivers around the world keep doing this.
Google highway hypnosis for more background.
Literally driving in Texas during ANY percipitation.
How the fuck
If you don’t have winter tires and you lose control in the snow you deserve it. No one should have to deal with your slow, slippery, dumb ass just because you have no self preservation instincts.
Which would be fine if they were the only ones on the road, but when their dumb ass puts me in the ditch too…
“but I have AWD!” /s
There are places like North Carolina where I used to live that got snow once every 3 years or so, no real justification for having snow tires as that point. On the few occasions where it does snow everyone should just stay home, but some don’t have that luxury unfortunately.
So people getting injured and killed in preventable accidents is not a justification for an easy safety measure and the people who are affected just dont have the “luxury” of living another day?
A motor vehicle needs to be suitable to the road conditions. If there is snow, suitable tires should be mandatory. Doesn’t matter if it snows once every 3 or every 300 years. If the vehicle isn’t fit, it must not be on the road.
I’m the main character nothing can hurt me in here! Let’s go north!
OK, this genuinely made me laugh, thank you!
