Quote: What was a problem is that the falling snow ALL melted when it hit the roads, and turned into glaze ice.
Driving in Atlanta had absolutely nothing in common with driving in winter weather in Minnesota. People up north simply don't experience the type of ice storms we get along the freezing limit line.
The ground down here is very warm and we get ice, lots and lots of ice.
The only comparison I could make is if all the roads in MSP turned into hockey rinks over a couple hours.
Nothing but glazed ice. Before the traffic ground to a standstill - there was two to four inches of ice on overpasses and elevated roadways. End quote
I love it when folks make stupid excuses for stupidity. Ah yes, they had some type of special condition we northern folk never see. Apparently they never heard of 'black ice". I've towed more then one trailer on it and never crashed. The only time I crashed on black ice was when I first started driving as a young un. Landed one time in Romeo Michigan on black ice with a cross wind and the slower I got the more I turned into the wind to use the thrust to keep me on the runway. It wasn't the landing that was difficult, it was the taxiing broad side to the wind and walking afterwards.
Funny thing is, one fellow rode his motorcycle to work that day in Atlanta and decided to head home when everyone else did. Lucky, he had a GoPro camera mounted so one could see the road condition as it went from bad to worse. Showed the stupidity of the cage drivers while he made it home safe, ON A BIKE! I'll admit, I'm not sure I would have tried it for fear of getting hit by the 4 wheelers sliding around me.
On edit... thot I'd add a link to one of several riders who made it home:
Bike ride home.
