02-05-2011, 10:31 PM
(02-05-2011, 04:34 PM)Alram Wrote: The snow itself is not a problem down here. As you can see from the photos it is certainly not deep. But on the roads it turns into ice, and makes driving hazardous. Nobody here has snow tires or chains.
I've heard of this phenomenon before, but I have never seen snow turn to ice on a road unless there is very fast thawing and re-freezing going on, or sheer volume of traffic is flattening the snow into ice.
I have never used snow tires or chains, and I'm just fine driving in snow up to the floorboards in my front-wheel drive car.
Isn't it more accurate to say that you just don't have enough experience driving in snow?
I don't mean to sound argumentative, but every time I see pictures of snow hitting the south and society turning into Lord of the Flies I laugh myself silly.
Fun fact: I just got another 6 inches of snow today.