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Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass

 
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bad tires or alignment and you might go loose first.
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extra wide tires or old hard rubber also is bad for ice
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I learned to drive on ice and snow in an empty parking lot. You get to feel how your car reacts going sideways and find ways to correct it. Plus it is fun!
 Quoting: The Baffled Oaken Paw


When in a spin, release brake, do not touch gas, turn into the spin. Counter intuitive, but how it's done.

Lived in Anchorage 3 years. Everyone learns straightaway how to recover from a spin. Mid to late September can be very icy, before the actual snows set in.
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dallas drivers have two speeds stop and lightspeed. they drive like animals , constantly changing lanes and not signalling. white ford pick up trucks are the worse offenders.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80592722


LOL

I thought Dallas drivers were the ultimate in crazy, until introduced to Houston drivers.

Houston: Recent transplants and non-Texans must stay in right lanes; center lanes are for acclimated transplants and Texans who are sane & drive speed limit up to 10 MPH over; left lanes are for those going 30 MPH+ over and are completely insane.
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The overpass freezes first because of the air underneath.
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That's not what Al Gore said.
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The They should install automatic beet juice spayers on all overpasses,turns and stoplights ..the stoplights should also be fitted to squirt beet juice everywhere around the intersection.
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Re: Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass
Mostly trucks...not the best in ice or snow...hell i even see it a few times a year get stuck at the boat launch
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On my expressway drive to work, every overpass, people tend to break. Winter, summer, doesn't matter. Something about entering the overpass sections make people want to break. I'm tired of people...
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NE TX here, and native.

Mostly heavy and nonstop rain here the last 2-3 days; fortunately, we dodged a bullet as most of the ice is west of us.

And true, most Texans don't know how to navigate on ice, me included.

Learned a long time ago to STAY HOME during these weather events.


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Imagine all the new California transplants in Texas and their winter driving.
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The dipshit that got out of his car is an idiot. He could have easily been hit by another out of control car.
 Quoting: Alpacalips


THIS!

He is standing out there like its a fender bender...there is nothing to see.... a good way to get squished....
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Imagine all the new California transplants in Texas and their winter driving.
 Quoting: Butch DeFeo


They are total assholes, even on a normal day.
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Imagine all the new California transplants in Texas and their winter driving.
 Quoting: Butch DeFeo


They are total assholes, even on a normal day.
 Quoting: Lady Jane Smith


yep, Texans are bad assholes.
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BRIDGES FREEZE BEFORE ROADS..EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES. UH,CAPMAN.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3941194


This! Texas had a massive pile up a few winters ago, the weather was just on the edge of icing and every idiot 4 lanes wide was running 70(+) mph into fog. Semis included. I believe the pileup started on an icy over pass like this one. Big city Texas traffic is nuts.

Fort Worth I-35 pile up

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This is why I prefer rust.

It's a much SLOWER way to destroy a vehicle, and can be repaired for much less than the cost of a new vehicle.

Auto Insurance companies should raise rates in areas where government refuses to accept responsibility for maintaining major highways in normal expected weather.
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Imagine all the new California transplants in Texas and their winter driving.
 Quoting: Butch DeFeo


They are total assholes, even on a normal day.
 Quoting: Lady Jane Smith


yep, Texans are bad assholes.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84482776


Some are.
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"Newton's first law states that every object
will remain at rest or in uniform motion
in a straight line unless compelled to change
its state by the action of an external force."

So, DO NOT hit the gas, or the brake,
or the steering wheel if possible.

If the bridge is curved, go lightly on
the steering wheel, but NEVER hit the brakes
or the gas, unless you are certain of a
collision, then, say one Hail Mary, and
Three Our Fathers.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80119818


and if your going way to fast, put your head between your legs and kiss your arse goodbye!
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One civil engineer never drove in Oregon.
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Re: Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass
BRIDGES FREEZE BEFORE ROADS..EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES. UH,CAPMAN.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3941194


This! Texas had a massive pile up a few winters ago, the weather was just on the edge of icing and every idiot 4 lanes wide was running 70(+) mph into fog. Semis included. I believe the pileup started on an icy over pass like this one. Big city Texas traffic is nuts.

Fort Worth I-35 pile up

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77376498



This is why I prefer rust.

It's a much SLOWER way to destroy a vehicle, and can be repaired for much less than the cost of a new vehicle.

Auto Insurance companies should raise rates in areas where government refuses to accept responsibility for maintaining major highways in normal expected weather.
 Quoting: Lost Pottawatomi


Better choice in Texas, is just stay home during this type of weather. Typically, when it ices here, all is clear in a day or two. We are expecting temps in the low 70s by the end of the weekend.
Fate whispers to the warrior

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"I am the storm"

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Re: Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass
why are people morons you drive 40mph on ice and you have to tap your breaks to correct slowly so you don't over compensate which is what all those drivers were doing.

I used to drive 70mph on pure ice when I was under 18. Fuck I loved to tail slip intentionally it was a bit pyschotic if you didn't know what you were doing but I dunno that's what people do up in the north when they want to have a little fun.
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Re: Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass
Something is wrong with the cement on this over pass

 Quoting: John Dutton


You mean concrete...

Notice how all those vehicles just carry straight on.

Totally clueless people driving in icing conditions... Stay off the brakes and gas.
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Something is wrong with the cement on this over pass

 Quoting: John Dutton


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I believe that he was being facetious.

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02/02/2023 11:21 AM

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YIKES !!!
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That happened to me a couple weeks ago. I was sliding on ice driving down the street and ended-up on someone's front lawn.

:ice:

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When I lived in the South I learned you can't tell a Southerner anything about driving wrt ice or snow UNTIL they have had at least one trip to the Auto Repair Shop.

Somehow Paying the Auto Repair TUITION BILL opened their minds into having an ability learn!!

To learn that ice and snow can make a road slippery and they should slow down. Until then ... well they were hopeless students who had no desire to learn from the wisdom of others.
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Something is wrong with the cement on this over pass


 Quoting: John Dutton


Nothing wrong with the cement...something is wrong with the drivers....
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dallas drivers have two speeds stop and lightspeed. they drive like animals , constantly changing lanes and not signalling. white ford pick up trucks are the worse offenders.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80592722


LOL

I thought Dallas drivers were the ultimate in crazy, until introduced to Houston drivers.

Houston: Recent transplants and non-Texans must stay in right lanes; center lanes are for acclimated transplants and Texans who are sane & drive speed limit up to 10 MPH over; left lanes are for those going 30 MPH+ over and are completely insane.
 Quoting: Lady Jane Smith


I agree! Houston drivers are the worst I've ever encountered. I've never seen anything like it. They are very aggressive too.
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Re: Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass
DUMB shits who get out of their cars and stand around on the Interstate. ESPECIALLY when nothing is wrong with their car.

Darwin is knockin at the door.
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Re: Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass
BRIDGES FREEZE BEFORE ROADS..EXPOSED ON BOTH SIDES. UH,CAPMAN.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3941194


This! Texas had a massive pile up a few winters ago, the weather was just on the edge of icing and every idiot 4 lanes wide was running 70(+) mph into fog. Semis included. I believe the pileup started on an icy over pass like this one. Big city Texas traffic is nuts.

Fort Worth I-35 pile up

 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77376498



This is why I prefer rust.

It's a much SLOWER way to destroy a vehicle, and can be repaired for much less than the cost of a new vehicle.

Auto Insurance companies should raise rates in areas where government refuses to accept responsibility for maintaining major highways in normal expected weather.
 Quoting: Lost Pottawatomi


This is not snow...it's ICE and when you have days of it there simply is no way to make it safe...period.
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Texas isn't going to invest in equipment for ice/snow events that happen a few days out of the year.
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Looks like fun!

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Re: Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass
dallas drivers have two speeds stop and lightspeed. they drive like animals , constantly changing lanes and not signalling. white ford pick up trucks are the worse offenders.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80592722


LOL

I thought Dallas drivers were the ultimate in crazy, until introduced to Houston drivers.

Houston: Recent transplants and non-Texans must stay in right lanes; center lanes are for acclimated transplants and Texans who are sane & drive speed limit up to 10 MPH over; left lanes are for those going 30 MPH+ over and are completely insane.
 Quoting: Lady Jane Smith


Can definitely confirm.

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