I have had enough of this %#&@& winter.

[badwhale]

Sadly, it seems, that idiot drivers are the majority everywhere.

[badwhale]

So, is this more polar vortex, or is it just...cold?

[CptnBlues63]

Sadly, it seems, that idiot drivers are the majority everywhere.

I've driven in most every province in Canada and at least 7 or 8 different states in the US and I can attest to the above. It doesn't matter whether its dry, wet, ice or snow, there are useless, idiot drivers everywhere!

We got spreaders but we dont go apeshit spreading it. Cars actually last more than 5 years before turning into rusty pieces of shit. Kinda funny reading the local news facebook page .When were having snow and ice the transplanted yankees were saying they can drive in the bad weather. Funny to read about pileups in Philly on FB though,wonder what the fuck that was about. Dont be offended my Northern friends but unless you are a ice rally race driver nobody is an excellent snow driver.

Oh ya ,we dont fucking die en mass when the summer temp gets above 90f

Hmmmmm..............I've been driving in snowy conditions for about 34 years now. I spent the 80's driving semi's (logged over half a million miles behind the wheel driving professionally) through snowstorms, whiteouts and black ice and I can tell you the bolded statement above is incorrect. I'm an excellent driver in snow and have driven through conditions that would stop the average driver in their tracks. I'm not the only one either. I know quite a few people who know how to drive very well in snow.

Hell, that last trip south when we went to Savannah last March I had to drive through a snow storm and drifts about 1' deep across the highway for about 90 miles or so to get to the airport. Our plane was delayed 60 minutes because of snow and had to be deiced twice before we finally got off the ground.

If I'm not mistaken, ice rally cars have studded tires. And not the small studs you used to be able to use around here but spikes that are several inches long. Take those studs off and put them in a blizzard with whiteout conditions and they'd be no better than most average drivers.

[illilli]

I'm loving this winter. We still have time for a few more snow events and I am hoping that they run out of salt.

Sadly, people do dumb and dangerous things in the snow, so I am sorry about the bad things that happen and for when people lose their power or have a freak accident.

But, if we lived in the olden days near the mountains or up in like Minnesota this current time, we'd just think nothing of it at all. Maybe I should move north. I actually did live in Minnesota for a bit as a kid and I have to tell you...I loved it; polka music and all.

I actually want to do a winter in the Antartic. It's like a test of your endurance and it could be very dangerous.