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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:08:57 AM EST
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I've been practicing this habit for years. It's mainly for city driving. Rather than driving fast, I try to time the lights. If a light ahead is red, I slow down to try to time it where it will be green and traffic already moving by the time I get to it. The idea is to not have to stop unless you have to. It's more efficient to keep moving instead of having to stop and go.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:09:46 AM EST
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When visibility is bad or your blinded by oncoming headlights, look down for the white line on your right to make sure you are still in your lane.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:10:20 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Found the guy who drives 35 with his hazards on in a light rain. Oh man, if you're stuck in a single file of cars during bad weather and you're not the first or last car, please don't turn on your fucking hazards. Everyone knows traffic if fucked up and we need to be cautious. I was on I-95 one winter night and VDOT hadn't cleared the snow yet, there was a single plow and everyone was following it. I was like the 87th fucking car and 86 had his motherfucking hazards flashing. After about an hour of following that cocksucker, I broke and tried to pass him and promptly spun out (yeah, I can attest that 4WD does not make you god-level). At least when I got back in traffic the guy in front of me didn't have his hazards on... 
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:14:11 AM EST
[#4]
 Marsh Driving Tips |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:14:40 AM EST
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If the light says NO RIGHT ON RED don't be an ass an honk at the dude in front of you to go ahead and turn on red. Man, I've done that! I never realized there were places you weren't allowed to turn right on red until I drove in DC and MD. It's such a stupid fucking law, obviously written by scumbag lawyer politicians to control us. If traffic is clear, I turn right on red, FUCK DA MAN!!!  |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:20:11 AM EST
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1. Any time you get behind the wheel, assume that you're invisible to 90% of the vehicles around you.
2. Assume that the other 10% are hired assassins trying to kill you. 3. Don't tailgate. 4. Always have an escape route. 5. Watch traffic 10 seconds ahead of you. If they swerve/brake/crash--use your escape route. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:24:10 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: blind spots don't exist with properly adjusted mirrors for passenger cars with a clear view out the back. most people adjust them to see down the side of their own car. They need to be waaaay wider. Feels weird at first. Rear view gets centered out your back window like most people have. Put head to the right (center of car), adjust right mirror till you see the edge of your car. Put head to the left against your left window, adjust left mirror same way. Now you should have clear transitions from the rear view mirror to your side mirrors. No blind spots. your side mirrors should not duplicate what you see out of the rear mirror, but only slightly overlap at the edges. As you pass another car, you should be able to continuously view it from the side window, to the side mirror, to the rear mirror. No gaps in being able to see the car. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:24:21 AM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been practicing this habit for years. It's mainly for city driving. Rather than driving fast, I try to time the lights. If a light ahead is red, I slow down to try to time it where it will be green and traffic already moving by the time I get to it. The idea is to not have to stop unless you have to. It's more efficient to keep moving instead of having to stop and go. If you see a green light ahead, punch it up to 80-90 to make it, then slow down to speed limit +5 and you can sail through all of them. 
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:25:58 AM EST
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FPNI....it should be legal to perform a pit maneuver on left lane campers.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:32:07 AM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't drive a fucking rwd Mercedes convertible in the first snowstorm. This picture was day after. Was maybe 1/2 inch of snow that fell during early evening. My tires spun a bit -- hello it's Pittsburgh-- but this guy went off the road. https://i.imgur.com/bNVZPuR.jpeg I've lived in Minnesota my whole life (63 years) and in all my years of driving rwd vehicles I've never had a problem driving during the first or any subsequent snow storms, including freezing drizzle/sleet/blizzard or any other combination of shitty winter weather. It ain't the car, it's the driver. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:35:03 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Or altogether if you're in a truck, bus, RV, towing something, etc. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Stay out of the fucking left lane unless you're passing! Or altogether if you're in a truck, bus, RV, towing something, etc. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:43:17 AM EST
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Stay out of the fucking left lane unless you're passing! |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 9:46:51 AM EST
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Don’t drive while eating a spaghetti and meatball dinner with side salad, as tempting as it may sound, start off small like a box of nuggets no sauce it’s just to hard to dip and drive, then work your way up to the bigs.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:06:16 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't drive a fucking rwd Mercedes convertible in the first snowstorm. This picture was day after. Was maybe 1/2 inch of snow that fell during early evening. My tires spun a bit -- hello it's Pittsburgh-- but this guy went off the road. https://i.imgur.com/bNVZPuR.jpeg My final 3 winters of living in PA (actually not terribly far from PGH) were spent driving a Mustang with no ABS and traction control. I managed to avoid leaving the road in it  My personal advice that I live by is to look at each car around you and imagine the dumbest fucking thing they could possibly do in that moment and plan for it to happen, because it likely will. That and I'll echo the "don't take off blindly at a green light" advice. Pausing and looking both ways has saved me from being t-boned at least a dozen times in the last few years alone. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:11:05 AM EST
[#15]
Turn on your headlights when it gets dark outside.
You would think this would be common sense but apparently not. I saw three vehicles driving with DRL's (no taillights) last night on I65. I flashed one of them but he/she failed to get a clue. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:13:54 AM EST
[#16]
Always try to go 5 MPH over limit.
You probably won't get a ticket. Nobody wants to be stck behind someone going the speed limit. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:14:29 AM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Turn on your headlights when it gets dark outside. You would think this would be common sense but apparently not. I saw three vehicles driving with DRL's (no taillights) last night on I65. I flashed one of them but he/she failed to get a clue. Headlights on in the rain, as well. Especially with how common gray cars have gotten in recent years, a lot of cars become almost invisible in the rain if their lights aren't on |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:25:50 AM EST
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Always try to go 5 MPH over limit. You probably won't get a ticket. Nobody wants to be stck behind someone going the speed limit. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:42:13 AM EST
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:43:27 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Look under vehicles for reflections, shadows, or if the angle is right, even a view of what is in front of the vehicle you are behind. ......ESPECIALLY if it is slowing up, or stopped. Check your rearview often, particularly on multiple lane roads, as well as side mirrors, so you keep situational awareness if you need to dodge something. Do not just cruise next to other vehicles on multiple lane roads. Obviously, stop and go traffic is different. At speed, people will forget you are there, after a time.....if they ever saw you at all. Don't be driving at speed and then slow to a crawl to pass trucks.... if you are afraid of trucks...why do you want to stay next to them for a longer time? Couldn’t agree more, nothing good ever happens hanging out next to another vehicle, especially their blind spot. Speed up slightly or slow down slightly then if they make a mistake it won’t involve your vehicle. Reminds me of this.  Attached FileI’ll add my own even though it’s been mentioned lots all ready, no tail gating. You have to be able to fully stop inside the distance between you and the vehicle in front. Estimate and take into consideration the braking potential of the vehicle you are driving compared to the one your following, watch out for big mismatches. Never out drive your head lights, or your visible range especially during heavy rains or snow and blowing snow. If you can only see 30’ ahead then be prepared to stop in that distance. People treat the speed limit as the speed minimum, road conditions dictate maximin driving speeds, signage is for perfect conditions. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:47:56 AM EST
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I also try to time the lights and San Francisco's Great Highway is ideal for it. I think it's 35 mph for that stretch of road. You save gas and brakes when you can time it. Also, I avoid driving when it's icy. I've slid through intersections several times on ice and on wet snow (most of the time the snow in my area is powder and not wet snow).
I avoid Denver and it traffic snarl. Know alternate routes (I-25 between exit 132 and 139 can be a logjam). |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:55:48 AM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't drive a fucking rwd Mercedes convertible in the first snowstorm. This picture was day after. Was maybe 1/2 inch of snow that fell during early evening. My tires spun a bit -- hello it's Pittsburgh-- but this guy went off the road. https://i.imgur.com/bNVZPuR.jpeg Where in Pittsburgh? I’m in the South Hills. I slide through this intersection. Luckily there was no traffic early in the morning. 
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:57:16 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Keep a paper map or atlas in your car. Learn how to read it. I think just about every state will mail you a free map. Get new ones every couple years for the states you drive in. If you’re following your GPS don’t be a moron and drive down sketchy roads. Turn around don’t drown. I’ve seen plenty of people try to cross a rural creek crossing and get washed away. If you can’t see the gravel road under the water there may not be a road left under that water. I have a huge TLM map of michigan right down to individual grid numbers. [we used to use them at work] It did not get tossed out. If you can read it, you can find it. [it's stupidly huge however, and hundreds of pages long] |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 10:58:16 AM EST
[#24]
Drive as if you're invisible....especially if you're on a motorcycle.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:00:04 AM EST
[#25]
Always presume that every driver on the road is out kill you.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:01:05 AM EST
[#26]
Don't drive around with your stupid 3' wide lightbar on your grill illuminated and the HID headlight bulbs in reflector housings.
Seriously, you don't get much more light output if any, it's all scattered as well as blinding...effing selfish...and you look like an idiot. Second, when someone is turning in front of you into a street or parking lot, don't time your passing of the rear of their vehicle a split second before you almost hit them. Story a firefighter told me.....some typical dipshit acting in this manner, was approaching another vehicle turning in front of him. Speed limit was 45 MPH, as the car entered the turn, a kid was at a bus stop and couldn't be seen behind a small tree. So the car slowed to almost a stop to avoid the kid, but the pickup slammed the rear of the car since the driver was too concerned about not having to slow his pace and had another car to his left. The car was still entering the street and hit the kid sending him to the ground while luckily not severely hurting him. I believe he was thrown back into the ditch but lived. This shit happens daily everywhere. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:03:50 AM EST
[#27]
Invest in snow tires so you can churn and burn the losers who don't take their and everyone's else safety seriously.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:04:13 AM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It only takes a fraction of an inch water to make hydroplaning possible. If you’re going over 55 most vehicles/tires will hydroplane. If you’re going 60+ in moderate rain and traffic you are a shithead. 9 Times Square Root of tire pressure is approximate hydroplaning speed. Do the math.  It takes more water than that for decent tires to hydroplane. Yes, 55-60 is the threshold usually, but it should take a good bit of standing water, in excess of what the tire tread can move out of the way. I drive as fast as visibility permits in rain, but usually the speed limits keep me in check first. Unless it's really coming down. Plenty of driving 70+ in fairly heavy rains with standing water. I've hydroplaned once, ever. It was a few months ago with my bald ass tire BMW. I don't typically even let tires get to the wear bars, but it's not going to be a street car anymore and I didn't want to spend the money on new tires for just a few months of driving. I just kept it at 55 in the rain from then on, no issues. In hindsight, I should have found a set of used tires or something. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:08:46 AM EST
[#29]
Thinking back to when I took the MSF course, they drilled S.E.E (search, evaluate, execute) into your head. Basically, you constantly are on the lookout for any obstacle or threat, quickly devise a plan to avoid said obstacle or threat, and then act on that plan.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:22:44 AM EST
[#30]
Drive really slow, in the ultra fast lane, while you watch people behind you going insane.
Keep condoms in the car in case you get the urge to spank it. It's really hard to finish/stay on the road/not make a mess if you're concentrating too hard on where to put it. You can plumb a water line in from your windshield washer reservoir. Clean out the container and fill it with Jack. Keep some cups in the glovebox, and you can enjoy a drink whenever you feel like it by hitting the windshield washer button. As a bonus, if you get pulled over there's no open container in the car. Keep fake business cards in the car so when you run into a parked car and there's witnesses, you can leave fake info on their windshield so people think you're doing the right thing. In the winter, make sure to pack snow over your license plate to make it harder to identify you. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:28:45 AM EST
[#31]
Quoted: -when turning left or right get the hell over so cars can keep going instead of having to hit their brakes which makes it more likely some dumb ass rear ends someone due to traffic slowing down QFT. Also, 9/10 times you don’t need to slow down until you’re in the turn lane, don’t impede traffic behind you. -use you signal -Stay out of peoples blind spots, ie speed up to get into their FOV - the left lane is for speeding I’m sure there is plenty more I’ll think up. Lol. *edit* oh yea high beams. This makes me so angry. Where I live the roads are so well lit people don’t even realize when their lights aren’t on, idk why these fucks feel the need to drive with their high beams on.  |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:32:58 AM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Or altogether if you’re in a truck, bus, RV, towing something, etc. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Stay out of the fucking left lane unless you're passing! Or altogether if you’re in a truck, bus, RV, towing something, etc. I still drive faster than most towing a boat. I'll use the passing lane as I see fit....you're not my manager!
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:45:04 AM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've been practicing this habit for years. It's mainly for city driving. Rather than driving fast, I try to time the lights. If a light ahead is red, I slow down to try to time it where it will be green and traffic already moving by the time I get to it. The idea is to not have to stop unless you have to. It's more efficient to keep moving instead of having to stop and go. I've also started picking lanes to drive in by the lane density, not the speed of the lane. especially with lights. as cars stop at red lights, lanes with least number of cars keeps moving. more cars stops further back. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:48:04 AM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Excellent I forgot to add this one. Thanks Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Don't blindly accelerate into an intersection after a green light. Looks both ways like a crosswalk. If someone runs the red, you're the target. Excellent I forgot to add this one. Thanks This is a big one. I've been hit, and I lost a co-worker this way, even though neither one of us actually accelerated quickly. Never assume people will stop. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:48:45 AM EST
[#35]
Some intersections have left turn lights that are timed for several seconds. The purpose is to give several vehicles the right of way to clear the intersection. Don’t treat these few seconds as your individual one vehicle, super slowmo turning experience. Don’t sit staring out the side window or at your phone, be ready for the light to change. When it does you have the right of way, don’t hesitate and second guess just go. Forget your phone, big gulp, and radio and get your ass through the intersection.
Too many times I have seen only two vehicles make the left turn on a light that should have given enough time for 8 or more vehicles, all because the lead driver was day dreaming and took up the whole time to dog it threw as if they have no clue what’s going on. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 11:50:59 AM EST
[#36]
Just because you have AWD or 4WD doesnt mean you can drive like a dumb fuck. All the fancy systems wont help you with traction when you need to stop. Invest in good winter tires if you live in the rust belt.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 12:23:22 PM EST
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Posted: 12/19/2022 12:33:01 PM EST
[#38]
Put the good tires on the back if you have a front wheel drive vehicle.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 12:50:21 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Invest in snow tires so you can churn and burn the losers who don't take their and everyone's else safety seriously. …but muh all-wheel drive makes me invincible and allows me to drive on bald all seasons. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 12:55:53 PM EST
[#40]
Don’t be one of those fucktards that drive with your hazards on because it’s raining.
Being overly courteous is being a dangerous and unpredictable driver. Be patient. Impatient maneuvers are probably the cause of 90% of accidents. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:00:36 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Don’t be one of those fucktards that drive with your hazards on because it’s raining. Being overly courteous is being a dangerous and unpredictable driver. Be patient. Impatient maneuvers are probably the cause of 90% of accidents. How about, ''just stay the hell at home if you don't have to be out.'' Old people are incredibly idiotic when bad weather hits. They HAVE to get out to do some of the dumbest things imaginable. I can see meds or something like that but most of the time they are out, they could delay the trip a couple days and never create hazards. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:01:36 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Trail braking Threshold braking Maintenance throttle Hard brake and accelerate in straight lines Smooth steering input, throttle, braking Center steering wheel to unload suspension Helpful tips for pulling maneuvers on the freeway. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:02:33 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yo, dude! Do you even sentence?  |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:05:59 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pro-tip, if I know you're turning before your turn signal comes one, you're doing it fucking wrong.  |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:08:46 PM EST
[#45]
Just because you claim to "know how to zipper merge" doesn't mean you get to drive your self-important ass up beyond where the mesh is occurring to then expect to merge where the "teeth" have already been meshed.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:17:16 PM EST
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When you are driving through Baltimore, time your traffic lights so you don’t have to actually stop and be harassed by squeegee “workers”. If you are unlucky enough to be trapped at a stoplight, leave enough room in front to escape. Better yet, avoid Baltimore altogether.
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:19:35 PM EST
[#47]
Be mindful of hills at the apex of a curve. The higher your speed into said curve, the lighter your car gets. The potential for loss of traction becomes a thing.
Knew a few people that died because of it. 
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:33:14 PM EST
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Humm, yeah I have a few.
-Just because the truck has bigger and more sets of brakes... does NOT make it stop faster when your dumb ass pulls out in front of it last second. -If the truck is moving down the road in the snow and ice, Dont pass it. When you do, you get to be the first.... one I CRUSH when I hit the same ice patch you wrecked on because you had to be first.. your safer to follow the be in front of 50-80,000 lbs. -Just because you can do it on a video game does not make it possible to do in real life. 4500 lbs of object in motion handles differently then your gaming chair.... |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:37:56 PM EST
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've lived in Minnesota my whole life (63 years) and in all my years of driving rwd vehicles I've never had a problem driving during the first or any subsequent snow storms, including freezing drizzle/sleet/blizzard or any other combination of shitty winter weather. It ain't the car, it's the driver. For me, it depends on if the roads have been plowed and salted or not. I used to call my wife's Ford Edge "The Little Edge That Could", because that damn CUV would go anywhere in the snow... ...until we got 5 feet of snow in two days. Took us 45 minutes of digging to get out of the street and back into the driveway when I broke through the crust and high-centered it. I generally have more fun in my MGM. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 1:41:20 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: When you stop, put the wheels of the car in front of you on your hood, Sounds wrong but I'll give it a try  Ok now what?
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