Rant: Driving in the rain

[lukethedrifter]

I guess you realize that it's the people that drive like road conditions are good that cause the accidents that slow everyone down. Right?

[phins]

Slowing down in the rain seems like a good idea to me...

[JL21]

I guess you realize that it's the people that drive like road conditions are good that cause the accidents that slow everyone down. Right?

Hmmm.... I'm not referring to traffic being slowed down by accidents. Nor am I saying that people shouldn't slow down at all when there's a lot of rain.

I'm talking about when there's not even enough rain that you need to use your windshield wipers. I'm talking about when there's such little rain that the pavement is barely wet and is 1/2 one color and 1/2 another because rain drops haven't even hit every part of the pavement. I'm talking about when there is absolutely zero risk of hydroplaning.

Slow down if you must but 10 mph during mist or sprinkles seems awfully ridiculous to me. If mist or sprinkles and no standing water on the pavement scares you so much that you have to slow down to 25 mph, then I'm not sure you belong on the road in the first place.

[TheoSqua]

For the record, if the metro came out to st chuck, i'd totally take it. I park literally across the street from the clayton metro stop.

[TimeForGuinness]

if it sprinkles and gets the road wet, it's also dangerous because the oil on the road doesn't get washed away like in a heavy rain...therefore...slipping and sliding.

[cardsfansince82]

if it sprinkles and gets the road wet, it's also dangerous because the oil on the road doesn't get washed away like in a heavy rain...therefore...slipping and sliding.

It's amazing how noticeable this is in Las Vegas since it rains only once every 3 months or so. It's like driving on ice and people get in wrecks all over the place.

[JCShutout]

Traffic was the worst i've seen in a couple years today. EVERY roadway was jammed. I was late to work today too.

Once it hasn't rained for about a week the moron drivers in STL act like they've never seen it before.

++ I left home at 7:15am. I drive 23 miles to work (21 highway miles). I usually get in about 7:45-7:50 when I leave at 7:15am (gotta be in at 8). I arrived at 8:40!

Seriously, I could ride a bike and get there by 9:10. Are you freaking kidding me? No accidents, and about 200,000 more people on the road than normal for that time. WTF?

[cardinalkarp]

Another thing you have to take into account is I think alot of highschoolers are back on the roads (and may have been the first rain since then). They will royally screw up traffic and cause wrecks.

[cards2468]

Drivers... My single biggest complaint about St. Louis since coming here for school. I've driven through Boston. I've driven through New York City, I've driven through about every city in the Mid-West and everything in between, but never have I seen such bad driving as I have here in St. Louis. I don't mean to offend anybody since I'm sure nobody at GRB is part of the problem. My sympathies are with those who failed to reach work on time today because they overestimated the drivers here.