Re: driving in snow (or other low traction conditions)

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From: John R Mudd
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:21

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In article <1992Dec17.202937.2729@kopachuk.uucp> dcb@kopachuk.uucp (David Breneman) writes:
>This brings to mind my favorite Snowy Weather Imbecile - the 5 MPH Driver.
>Starting up a hill?  Go 5 MPH.  Going down a hill?  Go 5 MPH.  Coming
>to a slight rise?  Better get it down to 5 MPH before you start up.

Nyah.  What about the idiots who stop in the middle of a busy road to
jack up their car and put their chains on?  I've never seen such a stupid
manuever.

Geesh.

>but the guy in the
>Cadillac who has sitting parked at the bottom of the hill (why?  Don't
>know - he started moving again when the car in front of me was about
>300 feet away - probably wondered what was taking us so long.) should
>have been ritually disemboweled, too.  MOMENTUM!  MOMENTUM!  MOMENTUM!

Probably had just gotten back in his car after putting his chains on :)

... John

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