phase either my father or me. Turning into a skid is completely automatic.*
Only one of my children has ever driven in snow or been trained by
experience to handle a skid (she had skidpan training before spending a
winter in MN). For me it was a common thing.
And back in NY we had idiots, but usually they learned something while
sitting stuck in a snowbank or underneath a tractor-trailer. SoCal-ians can
go years without suffering from their idiocy.
(BTW, I don't miss the cold or snow [or people or politics] AT ALL. In 26
years, I've been to the snow once, and that was when the kids were little so
that they could experience it.)
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* Once, upon crowning a hill and suddenly going from dry road to
zero-visibility snow and slipping, I started skidding and reactively turned
into the skid. Then as I was starting to correct, I realized, "Hey, this new
car is front-wheel-drive." I put on a little gas, which was so effective
that I went from 60 degrees of the road one way to 60 degrees the other way
before I could straighten the wheels, then quickly back to the correct
orientation and continued on. It was a two-lane country road, so I'd have
been in a world of hurt if there'd been any other traffic, but I just went
on, howbeit with a slightly elevated pulse. BTW, this was on Michelin
radials, not snow tires--nobody much uses them anymore.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Paulus" <bcpaulus@yahoo.com>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] Current Road Closures/Weather Reports Per
CHP CAD
> Why yes us 4th. Generation Lotus Land folks do drive in the rain and the
> snow. I'm often up in the Sierra's and San Bernardino Mountains during
> blizzards railfanning, hiking, backpacking, cross country skiing, or
> snowshoeing.
>
> Am I an East Coast driver experienced with sub-zero temperatures and ice?
> No, but very good to skills to know. Just as my one brother who ran into
> the back end of my other brother during an ice storm. Wheeee!!!
>
> Brad
>
> From: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of newnethboy
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 12:30 PM
> To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Current Road Closures/Weather Reports
Per
> CHP CAD
>
>
> Does anybody still believe SoCal-ians can drive in the rain?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Noyes" <kimnoyes@gmail.com <mailto:kimnoyes%40gmail.com> >
> To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:californiadisasters%40yahoogroups.com> >
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Current Road Closures/Weather Reports
Per
> CHP CAD
>
> :
> :
> :
> > *Southern Division ~ *
> >
> > 9:29AM**RAIN DAY STATISTICAL COMPARISON**ON 12-19-2010 (RAIN DAY) THERE
> WERE
> > A REPORTED 355 TRAFFIC COLLISIONS OF ALL CATEGORIES FROM 0500 HOURS TO
> 0900
> > HOURS-AS COMPARED TO 12-12-2010 (NON RAIN DAY) WHERE THERE WERE A
REPORTED
> > 42 TRAFFIC COLLISIONS OF ALL CATEGORIES FROM 0500 HOURS TO 0900 HOURS
> > 6:58AM**WIND
>
>
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