Argh, Snow

by Kevin on Tuesday, December 5 at 6:45 PM GMT-4

I spent just under 5 hours on a city bus yesterday. Not intentionally, but because it took that long to get there. Granted, it normally is a 40 minute drive in rush hour, but this was insane. Grid lock everywhere, we sat for 30 minutes on Robie St. without even moving at all. In fact, it was so locked up the bus driver was able to turn the bus off, in traffic, and go into a gas station to use the washroom.

It seems that everytime we get a little bit of snow people get completely retarded about driving. How hard is it to slow down a bit and keep some distance?

You don't even need snow tires really, I've never had them put on my car. You just need to slow down and use some common sense. Yes, it was 19cm here in Halifax, but it wasn't windy with whiteouts or anything really serious.

Oh crap, it's snowing again.

Comments:

imike | 2006/12/07 at 16:07

Oh winter tires are very necessary. Trying to drive my car in that snow was about as equivalent to trying to drive a wet noodle. I was doing more sliding sideways than I was forward motion. It was all I could do to get back into my parking spot without hitting another car, slamming sideways into something or destroying an otherwise healthy transmission.

Kevin | 2006/12/08 at 17:18

Let me qualify that statement. I mean decent all season tires. Not the low profile ones, not the $39 specials at canadian tire that almost kill you even in the rain. I mean an honest to goodness quality all season tire is all you need if you drive slowly. If you really need snow tires to get traction, you probably shouldn't be driving in that weather.

imike | 2006/12/09 at 15:50

Was the bold font really necessary?

Kevin | 2006/12/10 at 22:31

yes.

any other questions?

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