If you never lived where it snows and were moving North to where it does snow, what would you have liked to have known? What would you do to prepare?

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
    201·
    2 months ago

    Drive slowly on snow. 90% of driving works just fine so long as you go slow. And that doesn’t mean 35 in a 40 zone. That means 10 in a 40 zone.

    Drive super fucking slow on snow, and you’ll be fine.

    People who come from warmer climates to snow always fuck this up, and it’s so simple. I think there’s a pride thing involved. So just get over your “I can do this” pride, and drive ultra slow.

    At least at first. You can speed up a little once you get a sense of what makes the car slide, but to start with just go ultra ultra slow.

    • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      It is super annoying when there’s a really slow driver on the highway. Usually the right lane is pretty clean from people driving on it continuously and the left lane is completely fubar. So it’s safe to go faster in the right lane, but very dangerous to pass using the left lane. I’m talking about when there’s two dry tracks with a little bit of snow between them and lots of salt on the road. Safe to go 40-45mph with no issue, but they want to do 25.

    • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
      69·
      2 months ago

      So you’re the dickweed out on the roads doing 10 mph in the snow.

      Stay home

      Some of us know how to drive in the snow

      (Slow on ice is acceptable, but if it’s an ice storm, stay home anyway. No reason to wind up in a ditch because you wanted Twinkies)

        • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
          22·
          2 months ago

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          I’m not out there tailgating people and passing, but I’m sure as hell wishing they’d piss off back home and let those that know how to drive get where they’re going

          I don’t care what you think, and I’ll die on this ditch.

          HILL! This… damnit