What's So Damn Hard About Winter Driving?

Platapus · 12-09-09, 06:43 PM

FWD on ice just means that all four wheels are prone to sliding

The traditional corrective actions that are used on two wheel drive vehicles are different in FWD vehicles.

Here in Virginia it is a real problem. People who don't understand physics buy these huge FWD SUVs and think they are invulnerable on ice. I have seen people driving on ice roads at 60+ MPH (and seen quite a few of them wipe out in front of me) (not a lot of sympathy from me)

The concepts of inertia, moment, and congruent resultant forces really needs to be understood by drivers in icy conditions.

And don't get me started with people texting while driving on ice.

Task Force · 12-09-09, 06:48 PM

Hmm... sorry to hear about you and yer car...

around here... its rain... rain= PANIC!!! forget how to drive!!!

12-09-09, 06:57 PM

Your back? Any idea how serious it might be?

Road traffic is a frightening thing, just too much craziness going on all the time, not just when (surprise surprise) winter comes.

Shearwater · 12-09-09, 07:03 PM

First of all, get well soon.

4WDs aren't as common over here, but I'm frequently pissed off by people who think they can save themselves the trouble of putting own snow tires hoping that it won't snow or freeze.
Thus jerks who can't drive turn into jerks who can't stop.

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Originally Posted by Platapus

And don't get me started with people texting while driving on ice.

Another

from me. Last New Year's Eve, I was together with a friend of mine and had a couple of beers. It was so slippery we almost couldn't walk (and foggy to boot). When he drove me home and saw that he'd got 14 text messages in the meantime, he simply took his cell phone and started replying. After about half a minute, I told him that this wasn't exactly the way I wanted to die

12-09-09, 06:43 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,398 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	FWD on ice just means that all four wheels are prone to sliding The traditional corrective actions that are used on two wheel drive vehicles are different in FWD vehicles. Here in Virginia it is a real problem. People who don't understand physics buy these huge FWD SUVs and think they are invulnerable on ice. I have seen people driving on ice roads at 60+ MPH (and seen quite a few of them wipe out in front of me) (not a lot of sympathy from me) The concepts of inertia, moment, and congruent resultant forces really needs to be understood by drivers in icy conditions. And don't get me started with people texting while driving on ice. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Hmm... sorry to hear about you and yer car... around here... its rain... rain= PANIC!!! forget how to drive!!! __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

12-09-09, 06:57 PM	#3
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Your back? Any idea how serious it might be? Road traffic is a frightening thing, just too much craziness going on all the time, not just when (surprise surprise) winter comes.