Weather-Ice Storm

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RichRollin said:
My fathers family lives in East Cleveland. Well, a few are still in EC. The mafia bombings in the 70's caused most of the family to move further East to Willoughby Hills, Euclid, etc. Bottom line, I've spent a fair amount of time in lake effect snow. That's serious stuff. You can die in that stuff. Amazingly they'll throw chains on tires and keep trucking in many cases. Atleast they used to.
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Heard that. We don't even chain. Just roll on through. If its bad enough to chain, we stop. Haven't stopped yet.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Anybody that claims they can drive on ice with no problem is either a liar or a prideful buffoon. Save your "these people can't drive" comments for someplace else.
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My comment wasn't only geared towards people driving on ice. It was in reference to people driving in bad weather as a whole in this area. I'm sorry, when there's 1/1000th of an inch of snow on the ground and people are in ditches, parked along the roadside, or driving 2mph on the interstate, IMO they can't drive in bad weather. Anyone who has spent time in bad weather states will tell you that people here flip out at any sign of it.

And your opinion isn't any more valid than mine or anyone else's on here. So if you don't like my opinion, you can take yours and shove it up your ass.
 
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GLDunlap said:
I don't care what you say anyone driving on ice from freezing rain has absolutely no control of their vehicle whether braking or not. Obviously if you had no feeling of sliding you were not driving on ice.
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i lived up north for 18 years bro, ive had winters of driving on ice almost 24/7, so dont tell me that i dont have control of my car on ice.
 
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RockyTop22 said:
i guess so, since i just drove down I 75 and never felt in any way like i was going to crash or slide. normally people get in accidents because they try to brake when they hit ice, which is NOT what you do
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I didn't run into any ice on my drive so that must mean nobody else did.....great generalization...

RockyTop22 said:
i lived up north for 18 years bro, ive had winters of driving on ice almost 24/7, so dont tell me that i dont have control of my car on ice.
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He won't have to tell you that pal because I am. Nobody has control of there car when driving on ice. (Not sure why I am defending "bad" drivers because there are def plenty in TN.) I would say some of the wrecks could be prevented, but many could not since it is usually black ice.


But to answer the question of OP. The weather should not be a problem except for maybe this morning.
 
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Thanks for the input guys. I appreciate it. My buddy going with me is a grade-A pessimist and is complaining to high heaven that we won't be able to make it. Just wanted your opinion. Thanks!
 
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bigeasy said:
I didn't run into any ice on my drive so that must mean nobody else did.....great generalization...



He won't have to tell you that pal because I am. Nobody has control of there car when driving on ice. (Not sure why I am defending "bad" drivers because there are def plenty in TN.) I would say some of the wrecks could be prevented, but many could not since it is usually black ice.
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done arguing about things with people who havent experienced them. Yes if it is completely ice covered you do not have complete control all the time, but thats not even close to how these roads are, these slushy with ice spots and if you know how to control yourself in these situations these will be no problem driving in any car. Why do you think everyone down here freaks out at this kind of weather, but i still went to high school in this, damn the busses even were fine.
 
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Anyone remember Lance T driving down to the ATL to pick up "Bone to Bone" and bringing him back up for his visit? That is dedication.
 
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RockyTop22 said:
i lived up north for 18 years bro, ive had winters of driving on ice almost 24/7, so dont tell me that i dont have control of my car on ice.
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I said ice from freezing rain, it's an entirely different monster. It's virtually impossible to even stand up in a true ice storm from freezing rain (not snow and/or sleet). It's impossible to go up a hill, turn a curve or stop on smooth solid ice from freezing rain. So basically your saying you can control your car on black ice? Not a chance without special equipment anyway.

Anybody should be able to drive today but the roads are not solid ice either.
 
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GLDunlap said:
I said ice from freezing rain, it's an entirely different monster. It's virtually impossible to even stand up in a true ice storm from freezing rain (not snow and/or sleet). It's impossible to go up a hill, turn a curve or stop on smooth solid ice from freezing rain. So basically your saying you can control your car on black ice? Not a chance without special equipment anyway.

Anybody should be able to drive today but the roads are not solid ice either.
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No, i am not saying that, i understand there is ice that you cannot drive on, but what i am saying is this is not it, at all, this is slush, not even really ice, on the roads at least.

And most of the time black ice isnt covering the entire roads, just patches.
 
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RockyTop22 said:
i guess so, since i just drove down I 75 and never felt in any way like i was going to crash or slide. normally people get in accidents because they try to brake when they hit ice, which is NOT what you do
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Go down some back roads that didn't get salted.
 
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RichRollin said:
My comment wasn't only geared towards people driving on ice. It was in reference to people driving in bad weather as a whole in this area. I'm sorry, when there's 1/1000th of an inch of snow on the ground and people are in ditches, parked along the roadside, or driving 2mph on the interstate, IMO they can't drive in bad weather. Anyone who has spent time in bad weather states will tell you that people here flip out at any sign of it.

And your opinion isn't any more valid than mine or anyone else's on here. So if you don't like my opinion, you can take yours and shove it up your ass.
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In my experience you are greatly exaggerating (about most of the people that live here, theres a minority you are probably correct about) about the bolded part, and like you said your opinion is no more valid than mine.
 
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tsvol06 said:
No, but there are laws of science that indicate that ice+vehicle on rubber tires doesn't mesh. Key word is ice. Snow is a different story.
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This "ice" we were talking about, or at least i was talking about as i said in one of my earlier posts, is not thick black ice, i am talking about the current conditions, and if you cannot drive in these conditions then have fun spending a winter up north haha
 
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RockyTop22 said:
This "ice" we were talking about, or at least i was talking about as i said in one of my earlier posts, is not thick black ice, i am talking about the current conditions, and if you cannot drive in these conditions then have fun spending a winter up north haha
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Maybe where you live the ice isn't that bad, but in many areas it is.

I live in West Virginia for a year and a half. Drove just fine. Don't think the vast majority here are any worse than up there.
 
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I lived in Maryland for a while, ice is ice ya'll.

People may freak out about it more down here, but it doesn't mean its any easier/harder to drive on.
 
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Mother Nature hates us. I know Sat was nice last weekend, but there was still a threat of bad weather on Friday. Now this weekend is the same way.
 
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"You idiot rednecks don't know how to drive on a little harmless ice? I drive on ice all the time without a problem. Of course, the ice is always covered with 6 inches of compacted snow, but still, you guys are idiots."
 
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The state trooper who wrecked on Emory road passed away. So those saying ice isn't a big deal, we have 1 less state trooper around who's family would argue that you're an idiot
 
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It is funny to hear people from the north talk about how they have no problem driving in the bad weather of the south. A few years ago in Asheville a study was done. It looked at over 5,000 accidents/incidents for like the last 10 years occuring during the winter or winter weather in Western NC. It was something like 68% of the wrecks the driver at fault was originally from the north, a transplant who learned to drive in the north, and over 80% of those did not involve any other car. Meaning they lost control of their vehicle.

My experience in driving in a variety of places around the world is that snow is very easy to drive on but not ice. In defense of some my only concern on the roads during inclement weather are the other drivers but as someone else pointed out when you do not have to drive in it very much it creates a greater danger for the roads.

But always love the people from up north with their driving stories in blizzards that they can do blind folded.:)
 
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RockyTop22 said:
i lived up north for 18 years bro, ive had winters of driving on ice almost 24/7, so dont tell me that i dont have control of my car on ice.
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You don't have control of your car driving on ice. Nobody does. There is a difference between driving on snow and driving on ice. Been there and done that myself.
 
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