my opinion of the snow.....

Ahnimus

According to this Malahat highway report
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/malahat/finalreport/App_B.pdf

Most accidents (54%) happen when the condition is dry, 34% wet and only 4% snow. Of course, the malahat may only see snow 4% of the time.

nothingman44

yup fuck the snow...

i hate it.

Hawkshore

Ahnimus wrote:

According to this Malahat highway report
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/malahat/finalreport/App_B.pdf

Most accidents (54%) happen when the condition is dry, 34% wet and only 4% snow. Of course, the malahat may only see snow 4% of the time.

Malahat ...are you an Islander ?

Ahnimus

Hawkshore wrote:

Malahat ...are you an Islander ?

I used to be, my first real driving experience was on the Malahat. There was so much rain and fog I couldn't see 20 feet infront of the vehicle. All I remember is smoking a big spliff with my dad and he said "Son, I can't drive I'm too high." next thing I know I'm screaming down this mountain at a buck twenty and my dad says "Alright, pull over here" and we were in Victoria."at this time he had the munchies and we hit a little greasy spoon there. I can't remember the name of it, damn good fries and gravy though.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

fuck the rats ass!

Hawkshore

Ahnimus wrote:

I used to be, my first real driving experience was on the Malahat. There was so much rain and fog I couldn't see 20 feet infront of the vehicle. All I remember is smoking a big spliff with my dad and he said "Son, I can't drive I'm too high." next thing I know I'm screaming down this mountain at a buck twenty and my dad says "Alright, pull over here" and we were in Victoria."at this time he had the munchies and we hit a little greasy spoon there. I can't remember the name of it, damn good fries and gravy though.

Now that what I call a father and son outing!

Ahnimus

Hawkshore wrote:

Now that what I call a father and son outing!

Yea, some of the best years of my life right there. I think the restaurant was called Paul's. It had a bar upstairs.

geishagrrl

I feel for you.

Around here though, the problem is the drivers more than the snow. This morning it was barely snowing. Just a flake here and there and it wasn't sticking to road. But people were driving like it was a blizzard and running into each other left and right. It took me 4 hours to drive 45 miles.

brain of c

hey speed.......race ya to vegas!

Strangest Tribe

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

I spent 12 fucking hours last night/this morning driving my fucking SEMI 400 miles round trip through northwest Indiana and Michigan. It never stopped fucking snowing the entire trip. I stopped counting how many cars i saw in the ditch at 17. I witnessed a 5 Car pile-up on I-94 and i witnessed another 6 Car pile-up on 80-94. When i arrived in Michigan at 1:30 this morning the first accident I came upon involved 2 semi tractor/trailers that were in the ditch. The entire 12 hours my hands gripped the steering wheel of my fucking truck as if my life depended it....

FUCK THE SNOW!!!!!!

drive safe people.....

and i just realized this is in the wrong forum......and i dont give a rats ass.......

You're a truck driver!!!!

no wonder you're so geeked out all the time;)

go drive the Ice Road in the arctic you puss:D

JaneNY

I've never had to drive 12 hours in the snow, but I've done my share, and driven in more whiteouts than I'd like to think about and I agree snow storm driving is incredibly stressful. You really can feel like you're looking death in the face - one wrong move, from you, or someone else, and you're in the ditch, alive if you're lucky.

DS1119

SNow blows.