Please explain: how do cars slide off of a perfectly straight road?

[SampSon]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
People don't know how to brake or steer in adverse conditions.
I see it ALL WINTER LONG.
Also, 99.9 percent of the vehicle accidents I see/respond to in the snow, are 4X4s.

99.9%, really? I sense embelishment.

I left the .1% out in case I ever see a 2 wheel drive in the ditch.

Ah, ok then.

 

[oiprocs]

Maybe he was getting a loaf of bread. These things happen.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
People don't know how to brake or steer in adverse conditions.
I see it ALL WINTER LONG.
Also, 99.9 percent of the vehicle accidents I see/respond to in the snow, are 4X4s.

99.9%, really? I sense embelishment.

I left the .1% out in case I ever see a 2 wheel drive in the ditch.

I pull out 2 wheel drive cars all the time. Around here, it is probably now about 50/50 for 2 or 4 wheel vehicles in ditches. Last year, I helped pull a garbage truck up a hill that was slick with ice, and those are 8 wheel drive, though only 2 axle drive.

 

[BoberFett]

Black ice?

I was driving on a perfectly straight freeway last winter and without any movement in the steering wheel my car started to skew on the road. The front wheels went to the right, the rear wheels went left. I slowly had to correct back to straight or I'd have eventually spun out. Almost soiled my shorts on that one.

 

[jtvang125]

Obviously he ran over a banana peel.

 

[sash1]

Originally posted by: jtvang125
Obviously he ran over a banana peel.

nah, i hit him with a red shell

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Evadman

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: SampSon

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
People don't know how to brake or steer in adverse conditions.
I see it ALL WINTER LONG.
Also, 99.9 percent of the vehicle accidents I see/respond to in the snow, are 4X4s.

99.9%, really? I sense embelishment.

I left the .1% out in case I ever see a 2 wheel drive in the ditch.

I pull out 2 wheel drive cars all the time. Around here, it is probably now about 50/50 for 2 or 4 wheel vehicles in ditches. Last year, I helped pull a garbage truck up a hill that was slick with ice, and those are 8 wheel drive, though only 2 axle drive.

I am talking about the state highway. They don't go unless they are 4X4 or chained.

 

[arrfep]

Originally posted by: oiprocs
Maybe he was getting a loaf of bread. These things happen.

Nooooo! I got to the third page, and this hadn't been referenced yet. I almost had my chance!

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Perhaps a squirrelly-poof darted out in front of him? *snorgle*

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
99.9 percent of the vehicle accidents I see/respond to in the snow, are 4X4s.

I am talking about the state highway. They don't go unless they are 4X4 or chained.

So could it be that 99.9% of the vehicles on the road are 4x4's? It would be useful if you cited % of traffic that ended up in a ditch by vehicle type. Don't make me bust out my analytics.

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
Perhaps a squirrelly-poof darted out in front of him? *snorgle*

That is what brush guards are for. Then you just need a hose later.

 

[Deeko]

lolzzz if only that high school kid were as good a driver as the op!!!!

 

[SmoochyTX]

Originally posted by: oiprocs
Maybe he was getting a loaf of bread. These things happen.

:laugh: