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Must be alabama

I'm not listing any states, some don't know this applies to them and get mad when you say it.

I live in alabama so I know it's true. I'm going to work late today because it's 20 this am. Lol. I'm whimpy.

Whats funny is when someone from up north comes here and brags about driving in snow till they realize we get ice under the snow. Got and engineer here said he would take a foot of snow in Michigan to an inch here.

Oklahoma.fersure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes ice can be worse than snow but in Minnesota we have ice all the time. Often have ice under a foot of snow. It doesn't get any worse. One big difference is that we have to live with it a lot more and have the equipment and chemicals to deal with it better. When I was in the Army in Texas they would either shut down the base or impose a 10 mph speed limit when we got any snow at all. Those of us from up north just shook our heads. Typical day in Minnesota.

Ya. I was talking to an old guy at what used to be an Oliver dealership in Kentucky a few years ago. He'd been up here to a service school in the winter a few times back in the day. He said right flat out,the snow's different. He said if you get a car out on the road in the snow and just lean on it down there,it'll slide sideways. That's why I just scratch my head and wonder what the big deal is with those Ice Road Trucker shows. The snow is like sandpaper when it's cold. It's sticky,not slippery on the roads. I guess you have to live in the south and have a different view of snow to be amazed by that show.

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It could be anywhere Grandpa. Here where I live , Northern NY near the border with Canada, we have the same conditions where it rains, freezes and then snows causing very slippery driving. Yes, driving on snow when it is very cold is quite easy and fairly safe as others have said it offers much better traction and less sliding.

You should see all the cars that run off the road after our first snow. We are no different than those southern drivers at times. Happy farming.

Not to mention black ice...

I live in western Kentucky and 80% of the time we get freezing rain first then the snow. It can be a pain to drive on because you can't see the ice patches until it is too late.

We bought an Escape for my wife and daughter to drive in case of bad weather. It is a great rig and handles well in snow, but the traction control and 4wd kick in automatically with no indication, and you do not realize the roads are getting slick until it is extremely slick.

(quoted from post at 10:40:53 12/09/16) We bought an Escape for my wife and daughter to drive in case of bad weather. It is a great rig and handles well in snow, but the traction control and 4wd kick in automatically with no indication, and you do not realize the roads are getting slick until it is extremely slick.

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What year is your escape?I bought the wife a new one in'11.4WD.
Thing is VERY good in snow or slick conditions!

Reminds of driving down to see my sister and brother in law in Southport NC two or three years ago in January. On 95 Got near Smithfield NC just before I 40 intersection around noon or 1pm started to snow lightly and the trucks were out spraying roads with whatever they use to treat the roads. I got off the highway to refuel both car and me. 45 mins later back on the road and they were over hundred cars off the road in the ditches as well as the woods 4 drive cars and trucks it didn't matter almost all were spinouts just as many NC plates as out of state if not more. I crawled along with traffic and got to I 40 E and was nearly only one on the highway i crept along may 30 mph with flashers along comes a 4wd hd pu blowing by me 5 miles or so down the road he is in the guard rail and ambulance pulling up to him a minivan behind ambulance hits the brakes to slow for the accident and spins out 200 ft from the ambulance at the accident site. Wasn't til i was 40 miles Nwest Wilmington that I could pu speed. Most of the people in the spin outs on 95 seemed to ok a lot them outside their cars waiting help which was coming soon others were being attended to. I 40 accidents I saw were much more sever than I 95 that day. Hope everyone was ok.When It snows slow down drive safe and keep extra distance keep tires in good shape and air pressure correct.
I did make it to my destination about hour and half later than planned but totally safe.
Chuck

Funniest site I ever saw in snow was a smart car off the side of the highway in a snow bank. We had one of the worst snow storms in recent history several years ago and just thought it funny someone in a smart car with 13 inch wheels was silly enough to try and navigate a foot of snow.

May have been a situation where he/she needed to get to work and the little car was all they had but it still struck me as funny as heck.

In our town that would be plow trucks. A dozen of them out plowing in case it starts snowing. If a flake actually falls they could all be in collision trying to get that flake.

Some of the drivers learn, some don't. Some years ago when I lived in New England, where snow is normal, I had a person learn the hard way. Snow covered road, traveling at about 40 safely, a four wheel drive pu blows by me at 60 + or -, about a mile up the road it is in the left snow bank, no one hurt. A few miles later the same truck blows by me again, and again I find him in the left snow bank a few miles ahead. Not long after he is out and racing past me again, didn't get far, third time he got pretty far into the snow bank, not backing out that time.

I have my big bad 2003 Ford Expedition. As I leave work and wend my way through Atlatic City the truck stays in standard 2w drive. When I get out of the city and onto route 30 I feel how things are and gently acellerate. If At 35mph I start to feel things wiggle I slack off a little and throw the 4wd switch on. Amazing how that big vehicle straightens out like an arrow. One AM in the morning and I do about 30 or 35 mph all the way home. Three weeks ago I just installed an LED Cree ligh bar in the lower grill. Wow is that thing ever bright!! Runs at 125 watts of Brightness. Can't wait to see how it does in fog and driving snow. Will let you guys know,the rezults.

Kinda funny here in west MN but it seems 9 out of 10 people forget their winter driving skills over the summer.......every single year! Other don't seem to understand that 4 wheels skidding on ice are 4 wheels skidding on ice. Don't matter at that point if it 2 or 4 wheel drive!

We don't often get rain changing to snow but we did a couple of weeks ago! Man was it wild. The school here has 9 bus routes. They let out early. 4 of the nine busses would up in the ditch. No damages or injuries! That black ice under the snow makes all the difference in the world!

Few years ago I was with my son in law bring a semi back to Fargo. About 70 miles west on I94 we hit black ice. Now this was right at the tail end of winter. There were 14 vehicles in the ditch in that 70 miles that we saw and every stinking one was a 4X4 of some type!

Rick

Biggest mistake southerners make in icy conditions is they continue to use there cruse control. May be the roads are not bad but the bridges are icy - if your cruse control is on you will spin around . The machine senses that you slow down slightly and it gives it more gas and then it starts to feed on itself and results the same as if you just tramped on the gas.
I once drove from manitoba to the florida flywheelers swap meet and camped next to some yankees from ohio. They mentioned that there transmission was giving trouble in a snow storm on the way down -- was like it would go into neutral for a bit but now it was fine. I asked them if they were using there cruse control at the time. Well yeah of course it is a long drive !