Another question on winter traction
On the way to Mammoth during the 1980's I stopped to chain up on the way up Sherman Pass.. A jeep Cherokee speed past us. A 1/4 of a mile past us the Jeep took a near 90 degree left hand turn. crossed...
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Sinterior wrote:
Where I live, 95%+ of the vehicles in the ditch after Winters first snow, are 4X4's or AWD's
My thoughts? Driver over confidence and lack of proper Winter tires.
Many of the modern vehicles are much better than what we had 25, 30, 40 years ago. But many more vehicles and drivers out there now.
I note there are a lot of bad drivers, who make things worse for them and others, by distracting themselves when driving by using cell phone, eating, trying to find classic hits on the radio, etc.
I've been driving since the 1960's and find that in the past decade or so, sometimes it's like 'driving' in a video game out there.
I find in city driving, I usually don't have the radio on....too busy driving around the.....as Bugs Bunny used to say...'the maroons'.;)
