On Wednesday February 25 around noon it started snowing. A couple of hours later huge, fluffy flakes were coming down. Nice snow that it was, it wasn't sticking to the streets. When we went out at 5pm it was still snowing and the roads were wet and bare. But what a difference a few hours make. Due to the wet, sloppy snow on the streets and the freezing temperatures the streets were very icy.
As we neared home we got stopped at a red light at the bottom of a hill. We watched a pick up truck a little ways up the hill in the bus stop pullout. His back up lights came on and off. Clearly he was spinning on ice. The light turned green and our Pontiac Vibe, front wheel drive, made a slow journey up the icy hill. No momentum at all, but at least we kept moving. On the down side of the hill, near the bottom there was a car in the curb lane, sideways, with its front wheels up over the sidewalk, obviously skidded out of control. We got around him safely and I hope nobody coming down that hill T-boned him.
This morning I went to work, on the same 2 lane highway, but in the opposite direction. The snow had stopped overnight but the streets were skating rinks. Both lanes of cars were moving slowly. I spun a bit on the ice, but at least I continued safely in the direction I wanted. I got stuck at the bottom of the hill at a red light again. Once again my car didn't want to go up the hill too fast, but it went. And I dodged around several cars who were stopped on the hill, just spinning their wheels. Has anyone ever heard of putting on winter tires? What are they going to do? Wait for the sun to come out and thaw out the streets and hope they don't get hit.
My 10 minute commute took me 25 minutes this morning. Roads that are ice skating rinks suck.
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