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Icy roads and a 4x4

Date: Thu, 01/17/2008 - 21:35

Submitted by puddlejmpr
on Thu, 01/17/2008 - 21:35

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We had a good amount of snow that fell today. So the wonderful road crews used a ton of salt to melt the snow on the roads. Well as night fell and the winds picked up those nice wet roads turned to glare ice :x The best part was that I had to take my son to a school fundraiser. His school is about 20 miles away. The roads were not much of a problem going there. But on the way home after they turned to ice sucked big time. So here I am driving home on the highway doing 25 :x The wind starts to gust up like 40 mph. Well what happens next, tons of cars and trucks in the ditch, tons of accidents. Now my truck starts to slide (going 25mph) so I try and slow down even more. The truck in front of me starts sliding all over the road then goes in the ditch. The wind chills are well below zero, I stop to make sure they are ok and if they needed to use my cell phone. They were ok. But then I left went 5 miles down the road and I really thought I was gonna kiss the ditch. My son is in the backseat just speachless and wide eyed. I pull over into a driveway to calm down. I was soooo scared. I didn't even want to try and drive the rest of the way home. The snow was blowing so bad you couldn't see the road and the road was so icy that when the wind picked up it blew you towards the ditch. What usually takes me like 10 minutes took me almost an hour and a half :oops: I thought I was gonna have a panic attack. I kept my cool and finally made it home. I told my son to go in the house. I ended up staying in my truck a little longer, because as soon as he was in the house I was crying like a baby. I was that scared I wasn't going to make it home. But what kept me from showing I was scared was my son in the back seat, I didn't want him to be scared and my only thought was I HAVE to get him home safely. I think thats why I broke down after he got out. So far tonight there has been tons of accidents and ditch runners :wink: but no major injuries thank god. It's good to see the semi drivers slow down and put their flashers on ( I did that also because I was going so slow) Just thought I would share that with you, now that I am all calmed down (after 2 1/2 hours :oops: ) I will NOT be out and about at all this weekend. Because we are supposed to have the high winds ALL weekend with -35 wind chills. So a blanket and the remote will be my best friend this weekend.

So just remember snow+salt+wind=ice=ditch :x 4 wheel drive does no good on ice :cry:

drive safe, no matter the road conditions!!


So it took you an hour and a half? Big deal! You made it home, all those ditch runners didn't. Ya done good.

Listen, there's nothing out there that's important enough to get in a hurry for. Leave a little earlier, or get there a little late. It'll still be there when you get there. The important thing is, you'll get there.


lrhall41

Submitted by unclewulf on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 06:10

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Thanks :) I am glad I made it home ok. I do feel bad for all of those that didn't. I was also worried that hubby would go in the ditch on the way home from work. But he made it home ok also. So for the few hours I slept last night(this morning) I slept good. The roads were much better today, but it's still freezing with the wind. I am glad I am not going to the packer game on sunday they are still calling for wind chills of -25 to -35 :shock: I will be warm in my house watching it :)


lrhall41

Submitted by puddlejmpr on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 16:50

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4X4 doesn't mean you can drive like a dry road on snow and ice, It means you can driver farther in to the snow and ice before you get stuck. Truthfully, Ice is ice, and having 4 WD won't change the nature of ice our how it can affect a cars handling on slippery/icey roads.


lrhall41

Submitted by LCW on Sun, 01/20/2008 - 14:56

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