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Randall
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posted January 09, 2018 12:43 PM
  
Wow, that's hot compared to most of the country!IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer
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posted January 15, 2018 10:30 PM
Crazy weather!  IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 16, 2018 02:38 PM
Insane!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 17, 2018 09:09 AM
The ground is covered in snow here!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 18, 2018 10:44 AM
It's still around in parts.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 19, 2018 09:27 AM
Still in some areas.IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer
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posted January 19, 2018 04:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by chispas:
Thanks for the welcome. It is a chilly 65 degrees here is this part of Texas
I love that temperature!
Give me 55 F to no more than 75 F;
unless I am going swimming.IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer
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posted January 19, 2018 04:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Randall:
The ground is covered in snow here!
That is rare for your area!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 20, 2018 05:30 PM
We had over 60 accidents in my city on the first day of snow!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 21, 2018 02:28 PM
Cars would try to go up hills and slide down. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 22, 2018 11:57 AM
My brakes wouldn't work at all on frozen roads. I lucked out.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 23, 2018 10:47 AM
It happened three times. Scary stuff!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 24, 2018 05:42 PM
I think for safety my car blocks the brakes on ice, but that can be dangerous also.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 26, 2018 05:34 PM
Never mind. I think the wheels did brake. I was just sliding.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 27, 2018 07:33 PM
It was moving straight, so it felt like no brakes.IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer
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posted January 27, 2018 11:58 PM
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Originally posted by Randall:
We had over 60 accidents in my city on the first day of snow!
People are not familiar with driving in/on snow/ice/slush there.
Think "ball bearings dumped all over and slathered in super slippery silicone"; and your tires act like they do not have any tread.
Brakes; unless they are at least ant-lock brakes; and snow tires or all season radials; it makes driving and braking very difficult. quote:
Originally posted by Randall:
Cars would try to go up hills and slide down.
My brakes wouldn't work at all on frozen roads. I lucked out.
It happened three times. Scary stuff!
They were doing the "ball bearing spill/silicone" effect I mentioned above.
Also was it black ice? Like the road looked OK but had a thin layer of transparent very hard slick ice?
I almost wrecked once from that.
I was driving on packed snow; doing OK;
and then wham!
I slid when I hit black ice under the snow on a bridge.
I spun so many times I do not know how many.
When I finally stopped spinning; I was some 70 or so feet farther down the road.
Very scary!
Even living here where we are use to snow;
ice is still a nightmare to drive on.
In fact; it is often impossible.
quote:
Originally posted by Randall:
I think for safety my car blocks the brakes on ice, but that can be dangerous also.
Yikers!
You do not want your brakes to lock!
That could send you into a slide or spin!
You shuld not brake; but gently pump the brakes a little and just try to steer.
No hard braking or fast turns ever. quote:
Originally posted by Randall:
Never mind. I think the wheels did brake. I was just sliding.
It was moving straight, so it felt like no brakes
Do you know if you have anti-lock brakes?
Also what kind of tires?
Glad you are OK!  IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer
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posted January 28, 2018 12:01 AM
Oh;
a tip for Winter driving;
put some bags of sand or whatever in your trunk.
It helps to weight the car down on snow.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 28, 2018 07:54 PM
I have new tires, and I don't know about the brakes, but pressing them softly didn't work. The ice was visible. There was no noticeable sliding, which made me think my brakes weren't working at all. The car just kept going in a straight line. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 29, 2018 09:04 AM
At least it didn't spin.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 30, 2018 07:04 PM
Or twirl--like other ice skaters.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted January 31, 2018 02:42 PM
A straight shot, but if a car is in front of me, then...IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted February 01, 2018 04:23 PM
Let's just say, I'm glad it was only two days.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted February 02, 2018 07:32 PM
We just can't handle snow and ice here.IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer
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posted February 04, 2018 11:38 AM
Even though fairly used to snow here;
I have only been out of the house 3 times since Christmas Eve, IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted February 04, 2018 05:53 PM
Hope you feel better soon.IP: Logged |
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