Comments on: Reasons For Crashing During Winter

By: Gnotobiotic

Gnotobiotic — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:35:31 +0000

Every freaking year when winter rolls around in October the insanity begins. You’d think people in Alaska would be able to learn to drive in cold weather, but noooooo. There’s always a bunch of idiots who refused to winterize their cars in time (if at all) and everyone else gets to suffer.

By: Nam goes nom

Nam goes nom — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:07:06 +0000

The title of those people are as follows:
Snowtards.

By: MacMaex

MacMaex — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:55:54 +0000

And you forgot the retard that just THINKS the road is slippery and drives super slow so everyone driving a reasonable speed has to break their a** off

By: bobman192

bobman192 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:13:56 +0000

You forgot to add morons who try to drift!

By: Demon

Demon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:18:05 +0000

I *love* driving my Subaru legacy on ice/gravel, much easier to get the back end going and also helps hone my skills as a driver, learning what a car does when it looses grip. The problem is more most people don’t know how a car behaves when it looses traction.

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:52:52 +0000

Yea, dealing with people doing 30 on the interstate is a real pain in the ass.

By: slythwolf

slythwolf — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:43:34 +0000

I was going to say, in Michigan there are people who go ten miles an hour because there’s a quarter inch of snow on the ground. Although my theory is that those are the out-of-state freshmen; I live in a college town.

By: Lamborghinidude

Lamborghinidude — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:48:22 +0000

Damnit typedin wrong username. And this message may appear like five times. If so, sorry.

By: Lambokid

Lambokid — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:44:37 +0000

I live in Minneapolis, and made this after driving home from school being held up by traffic caused by 5 different crashes. Winter doesn’t make you stupid. It makes your stupid more visible.

If I made any spelling mistakes writing this, kiss my ass.

By: wralford

wralford — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:36:01 +0000

Yes you have these doofuses with 4WD who don’t realize that their Explorer is not going to corner any better in the snow than a sedan — perhaps worse in fact because of the higher center of gravity.

That’s why 4WD are often over-represented in the ditches at off/on-ramps.

It’s not only those who go too fast who mess things up. Those who go too slow, especially when going uphill also cause problems. Sometimes your traction is not going to get you up that hill as much as momentum will; you need to get a running start.

So if the idiot in front of you on the narrow road gets stuck because he was creeping up that hill, you get stuck too. And backing down a slippery surface is not always possible — or advisable.

That’s why I always carry TWO shovels with me in the winter; one for me and one for the moron who got himself stuck in front of me.

By: PapaJon

PapaJon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:57:59 +0000

yeah… that makes me so surely! erg!

By: dalz

dalz — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:41:06 +0000

just like fire is HOT. remember that, kids.

By: Kinoko

Kinoko — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:08:59 +0000

What about the people that go from average substandard driving skills to ridiculously unfathomable driving skills the millisecond one snowflake hits the ground?

They cause me to toss a lifelike mannequin onto the freeway from an overpass.

By: Fake E. Tufte

Fake E. Tufte — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:54:22 +0000

Every 4WD driver knows that 4WD helps you move in the snow.
Not every 4WD driver knows that 4WD does not help you brake or steer on ice.

By: asdf

asdf — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:57:21 +0000

Truly there is truly no truly proper way to truly spell “truely.”

By: ascataloflorien

ascataloflorien — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:47:10 +0000

truth in advertising this one, I live In North central Minnesota and i can testify to the truthfulness of this chart

By: The L

The L — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:23:52 +0000

Or Florida drivers who decide that a light drizzle means you must drive 10 mph.

Even though it rains EVERY SINGLE DAY from April to October…

Also, OP, there is no E in “truly.”

By: SGK

SGK — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:55:42 +0000

I don’t get mad at people going fast, but I do get mad at the people clearly wanting to go fast because they are trying to rear-end me and I’m in the slow lane!

By: SGK

SGK — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:54:41 +0000

Well Buffalo has snow ontop of snow ontop of ice, so not knowing there is ice is sort of understandable.

This versus Virginia where snow is a word most don’t really know, so all we have is ice and it’s CLEAR TO SEE. GEE WHAT’S THAT SHINY STUFF ON THE ROAD? LET’S SPEED UP AND GO FIND OUT. That’s Virginia.

In Buffalo they just have the New Yorkers who are like “EH SNOW WOOPEE. Let me continue to drive 70.”
I’ve lived in both areas so I know quite well both insanities.

By: SGK

SGK — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:52:30 +0000

This is still better than Virginia drivers who decide that if it is ever drizzling they must drive 10 under the speed limit.

By: Delaweinie

Delaweinie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:52:26 +0000

Aw, ya beat me to it!

By: ydobon

ydobon — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:04:42 +0000

Earlier Report reading fail.

By: paranoid

paranoid — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:44:20 +0000

Don’t forget the people who get mad at others going fast just b/c of their own incompetent driving skills. (i.e. you… probably… maybe… I don’t know)

By: lulubelle

lulubelle — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:36:49 +0000

As a resident of Buffalo, NY, I can attest to the accuracy of this chart

By: cvk

cvk — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:12:35 +0000

Spelling fail

By: charro

charro — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:11:42 +0000

Thank you! Those people crash twice as often.

By: HorribleLicensePlates

HorribleLicensePlates — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:06:52 +0000

You forgot Stupid Pedestrians Hiding Behind Snow Banks.

By: anna

anna — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:13:39 +0000

what about morons who don’t know how to spell ‘truly’?

By: Burphel

Burphel — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:12:28 +0000

Don’t forget the people who think 4 wheel drive means 4 wheel stop.

By: Paperclippe

Paperclippe — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:02:05 +0000

Except in Pittsburgh, when the reverse is true – people going twenty under the speed limit because it’s a little chilly and it’s just begun to rain.

Those people get rear-ended out of spite.

Unfortunately, those people make up 45% of the driving population in Pittsburgh.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:56:49 +0000

Sounds about right for Alaska after the first few snowfalls.

By: Deer Hunter

Deer Hunter — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:47:24 +0000

Forgot deer.

I had a nice little meeting between a deer and the front end of my Escort last evening.

By: Mat

Mat — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:05:08 +0000

At least it doesn’t have to do with his Brother’s friends preferences vs his own.