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TwilightGardener

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9. If you stop in really bad snowy conditions, you risk getting hit

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 10:17 PM

Nov 2012

by someone else skidding, or you risk getting stuck yourself. I've been stuck in a snowstorm and -25 F (NOT wind chill)--it is the worst. I was out there in our truck trying to rescue my husband, who had initially gotten stuck in our Jeep and called me at home for help and a towrope, LOL.

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"150-vehicle pileup on foggy Texas highway leaves 2 dead, 100 hurt" [View all] applegrove Nov 2012 OP

There are a lot of people who don't drive for the conditions. TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #1

I've had people fly past me on snow covered roads going over a mountain pass. UnrepentantLiberal Nov 2012 #5

If you stop in really bad snowy conditions, you risk getting hit TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #9

Fools. elleng Nov 2012 #2

There is a similar stretch of highway outside Sacramento on I80. For some reason dimbear Nov 2012 #3

I've driven that stretch of road many many times tammywammy Nov 2012 #4

Is this one of the roads that had the speed limit increaed to 85? TheMightyFavog Nov 2012 #6

No. n/t tammywammy Nov 2012 #7

I lived in Beaumont for several years and have always said Horse with no Name Nov 2012 #8

That fog gets so thick! tammywammy Nov 2012 #10

I got to the Rainbow Bridge one time Horse with no Name Nov 2012 #11

Remember before they had Memorial Bridge? tammywammy Nov 2012 #12

Oh my god. I get so disoriented and freak out when I am on hights like that. applegrove Nov 2012 #13

That's he area where I grew up and my family still lives there. PATXgirl Nov 2012 #14

I have family down in that area too. tammywammy Nov 2012 #17

No way, no way, no way, no way LeftInTX Nov 2012 #16

Ditto!! catchnrelease Nov 2012 #18

looks like some kind of amusement park ride structure JI7 Nov 2012 #20

but shouldn't people drive very slowly if they can't see in front of them ? JI7 Nov 2012 #21

I absolutely agree Zorro Nov 2012 #15

From the comments at your link: Whovian Nov 2012 #19