Rant; Winter 2013/14

[Freed Roger]

I'll admit, I'm a crappy snow driver. Like last night I got stuck in an intersection and had to get pushed. I had know idea about turning your wheel back and forth so you don't create rivets. And I'm from NE Ohio.

I am no expert driver, but have (knocks on wood) managed (in Corolla, Sentra, and Altima) to not get accident, stuck or kept from getting anywhere I needed to be since my RWD days (college).

An intersection push is no big deal. At least you are aware -and take the safest course for you.

As opposed to my daughter who a few years ago when STL had something like 2 inches of fast melting snow the whole season, she managed to spin around on interstate 44, and different time end up in a ditch a half mile from our house. Each time it seems for some frivolous trip. I gently reminded her of these , as a cautionary tale - she doesn't remember.

[lukethedrifter]

I'll admit, I'm a crappy snow driver. Like last night I got stuck in an intersection and had to get pushed. I had know idea about turning your wheel back and forth so you don't create rivets. And I'm from NE Ohio.

Am I the only one who doesn't know what pp is talking about?

[Fat_Bulldog]

I'll admit, I'm a crappy snow driver. Like last night I got stuck in an intersection and had to get pushed. I had know idea about turning your wheel back and forth so you don't create rivets. And I'm from NE Ohio.

Am I the only one who doesn't know what pp is talking about?

No.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I'll admit, I'm a crappy snow driver. Like last night I got stuck in an intersection and had to get pushed. I had know idea about turning your wheel back and forth so you don't create rivets. And I'm from NE Ohio.

Am I the only one who doesn't know what pp is talking about?

No.

If you're stuck on ice or packed snow and your tires just spin, the friction is hot enough to melt the ice/snow underneath the tires and they settle into the depressions making it harder to move.

The other thing you can do is just pump the accelerator so you rock back and forth and that sometimes will get you out.

Other things to remember -

- No sudden moves. Tap your breaks to stop, gently accelerate and give you self plenty of time to stop.

- If you start to fish tail, you've got to turn in the direction of your back end. That's a hard one to learn because you want to straighten it out but turning against the skid will just make you spin.

- If you'e on ice or packed snow, try to put one tire on a shoulder if its bumpy or into some unpacked snow. You'll have more traction on at least one tire that way.

[jim]

I'll admit, I'm a crappy snow driver. Like last night I got stuck in an intersection and had to get pushed. I had know idea about turning your wheel back and forth so you don't create rivets. And I'm from NE Ohio.

Am I the only one who doesn't know what pp is talking about?

No.

Nobody ever knows what she is talking about, including pp. Just nod your head and say "Oh, uh huh. You don't say. Um Huh. You is right women" and walk away.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Hey Chicago people, does your city plow streets that has cars parked on them? Because apparently St Louis doesnt know how to deal with that and uses it as an excuse not to plow the streets.

It snowed on Sunday and my street is still nearly impassable. I have not received any mail or packages since last week. I'm guessing the UPS guy says [expletive] it when he sees the street and just keeps going.

It's frustrating because I've been waiting on something I need.

Not Chicago, but in Omaha during a snow emergency, once you get to the eastern half of town where the roads are more narrow, you are only allowed to park on one side of the street (it varies by odd/even days) so the plows have room to get through. If your car's on the wrong side, it'll get ticketed and/or snowbound by the passing plow.

[cardinalkarp]

I had to facepalm watching my stepdaughter trying to get going down our street fishtailing, and seeing her panic and trying to go straight with turned wheels. Since I dug her street-parked vehicle out, and not to mention, I taught her how to drive well enough to pass MO's driver's license test, which really isn't well enough at all - I feel responsible for turning her loose today. But she made it to work and back by some miracle.

Sorry world - I try. I gave her a scraper and the subtle advice. How can I help that she can't find the scraper, or remember ever having it, yet manages to keep her car well-stocked with whatever supplies she needs for going tanning?

A middle-aged man's lament.

This post made me laugh...sorry.

Likewise.

I'll admit, I'm a crappy snow driver. Like last night I got stuck in an intersection and had to get pushed. I had know idea about turning your wheel back and forth so you don't create rivets. And I'm from NE Ohio.

Hopefully you turned off your traction control also because w/ that on you won't be getting unstuck. I've never turned my wheels back & forth but I've always tried to get the car to rock back & forth to give it the momentum needed to get out of the rut the car created.

[Jocephus]

oh i bet it was rockin back and forth you sly dog!

[StL Dan]

I'll admit, I'm a crappy snow driver. Like last night I got stuck in an intersection and had to get pushed. I had know idea about turning your wheel back and forth so you don't create rivets. And I'm from NE Ohio.

Am I the only one who doesn't know what pp is talking about?

I thought rivets were metal slugs used in steel construction....

[jim]

They said on the news last night that we have had the 3rd snowiest winter on record up to this point. We've had a lot of god damned SNOW for sure.