That sounds like what happens here when we get, "black ice". It's spooky to see very little traffic on the road many cars crashed off to the side.
Was there ice under that snow? I bet so! I wonder what is happening in TX because they are not use to snow at all.
I am orginally from Ohio and a part of my life lived in Ohio, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and all it took were a few flakes of snow to stop the world. I miss the snow sometimes but sure don't miss the traffic...on the other hand, here I am in California - you should be on the freeway in the rain!
pinkroses, it snowed about 2in here last night, west tx, and locally it was a disaster area. accidents through out the county. overturned 18 wheeler closed the west bound interstate hwy. in our area, we may get 4-5 snows a year.
michibillys post convinced me that its not just us texans that can't drive on snow.
No snow here, yet. My work vehicle is front wheel drive and has handled well in the snow past years. There have been some days that I'm almost the only vehicle on the highway. Didn't matter that I couldn't see the center line as there was no traffic. The worst day I can remember, it was snowing and sleeting and wipers were unable to keep the windshield clear. Vision was limited to one small spot. Passed a state police trooper going the other way who looked at me strangely. He had no clue why I was experiencing difficulty as his direction of travel kept his windshield clear.
i hate the first snow. in our case tomorrow. there is no salt on the road yet. and i swear everyone forgot how to drive in it over the summer. i see people doing the most ridiculous things. then its old hat and everything goes back to normal.
tabithablueyes, all the roads here are dirt and gravel, and there are no lines. Luckily, everybody is used to everybody else driving right down the middle so we watch out for each other.
I think the first snow brings out the duh in people ; so I try to stay off the road for the first couple of days or so till they get being stupid out of thier system . Usually a good eating of a ditch or biting a tree takes care of that . I guess they need that to make them feel secure .
How does one drive in snow?
I've been in Georgia since Oct 2005 and I probably HAVE forgotten how to drive in snow. I'm retired so I don't HAVE to go out but I had plenty of white knuckle early morning drives - 30 miles to work in central Ohio. They were pretty good at getting out and clearning and salting the roads but many times I had to go before anything was done. I NEVER was any good on roads they didn't treat - avoided them if possible. I always made sure I had tires with a good tread and drove slowly in a lower gear if it was REALLY bad. Also, no quick stops or sudden turns - ease into them. Leave lots of room between you and the guy in front of you. And pray no deer shows up. Thank God I'm done with all that.
My daughter jokes about people dealing with snow here near Atlanta - but they DON'T salt and treat icy roads like they did in central Ohio. And ice - either alone or under snow is very difficult - sometimes impossible to drive on. I haven't seen it but I have heard that around here on the rare times there is significant slippery snowfall, people will simply abandon their cars right in the road. You couldn't have done that in Ohio - the snow plow would have smashed your car out of the way and you would have been fined.
