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Wounded Bear

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17. Many areas have learned about the reflector thing...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 12:37 PM

Nov 2019

and now they are recessed below the road surface so the plows don't scrape them off.

Of course, that means they get covered over faster by the snow and become invisible.

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Upper Midwest Drivers: Please slow down a little! [View all] MineralMan Nov 2019 OP

People drive like maniacs around here too. cwydro Nov 2019 #1

Yeah. We have the same thing on our arterial streets. MineralMan Nov 2019 #5

I tell all my non North Carolina friends that there is no such thing as a speed limit mnhtnbb Nov 2019 #8

An awful lot of those super cars end up in accidents. MineralMan Nov 2019 #12

You're lucky Richard Petty wasn't tailgating you: CottonBear Nov 2019 #15

Storm system coming through this region tonight and into tomorrow morning. Potential bullwinkle428 Nov 2019 #2

The first snow of the season always results in hundreds of crashes MineralMan Nov 2019 #3

Every year people have to refresh their memories as to how to drive in snow and ice, The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #4

Oh, yeah. The snowplows. MineralMan Nov 2019 #6

Many areas have learned about the reflector thing... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #17

Potential of large amounts of ice tavernier Nov 2019 #7

Cool. It's cooler here in the summer, while Floridians swelter. MineralMan Nov 2019 #9

Most people forget that bridges freeze first with a cold wind. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #10

They do forget that, for sure. MineralMan Nov 2019 #11

And remember that four-wheel drive does not make it safe to drive faster. Mister Ed Nov 2019 #13

Four-wheel drive is good for getting you out of a snowbank. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #14

Yup. 4WD helps you go, not stop. MineralMan Nov 2019 #24

Better yet, don't drive at all if you can get away with it... Wounded Bear Nov 2019 #16

An article I wrote in 2002 for one of my public websites: tblue37 Nov 2019 #18

Good article. Unfortunately few read such things. MineralMan Nov 2019 #19

Unfortunately, going 15mph slower than the prevailing traffic PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #20

I choose a lane that isn't traveling at 75. MineralMan Nov 2019 #22

I had a near miss the other day treestar Nov 2019 #21

People who change lanes two at a time are bad drivers. MineralMan Nov 2019 #23