Woohoo can't wait for all the idiots with 4x4 that think they can drive 60 miles an hour... [Bang]
Stay safe everyone. Oh yeah, the meteorologists once again screwed up the snow total.
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Woohoo can't wait for all the idiots with 4x4 that think they can drive 60 miles an hour... [Bang]
Stay safe everyone. Oh yeah, the meteorologists once again screwed up the snow total.
My 17 year old daughter just bought her first car a few weeks ago and is still learning to drive. I don't think I have been this worried for her in a long time. I know what time she get's off work tonight and I told her to call when she leaves work. On a good day it's only 15 minutes away so I will be up a little late tonight making sure she arrives home safe.
You seeing more or less then they predicted?Quote:
Originally Posted by 02ducky
Messed it up? How do you figure? I heard up to 16 inches yesterday. Now saying 2-4. Nailed it.
Less in the Denver metro area for us.
I guess I should just say it... California/Texas and whoever hasn't been in Colorado for there first snow storm, so down,give some space and leave early from work if you to. No, your expensive 4x4 is not that great and you will still cause an accident, or piss off a lot of the native Coloradans who can actually drive in this area.
What are you talking about, I can totally DRIVE 60mph, but I can't always stop from that speed. [LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by 02ducky
My x5 is a beast in the snow with summer tires. I can drive like I normally do and have no issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by 02ducky
At least that is what the guy at the dealer told me.
This was me last year, but my 10+ guns and (R) voting record got me through it safe and sound :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 02ducky
This storm WITH snow, won't be nearly as bad as the last one we had with hardly any snow. I already went out and shoveled, and could have done it with an air compressor. This snow has no moisture in it. I don't anticipate much ice at all tomorrow.
got a little here. not enough to cancel school though
Not to bad here in Loveland, starting to build up a little. Windshield cracked all the way across on the ride home right now, sucks big time.
1" possibly 1.5 - 2" tops. Hope the roads aren't to shitty in the am. SW had some decent pricing on monocular range finders.
We got an inch or so up here and it's about 10 degrees. Please..... The Weather Channel app predicted "up to 25 inches". Easiest job in the world, being a weather guy.
If a little rain brings traffic to a crawl these days this is going to be worse like it has been getting worse every year. People are going to start acting like idiots; stay aware and stay safe everyone.
Hey I'm from California but I'm one of the few who know how to drive in snow.Quote:
Originally Posted by 02ducky
So, it's snowing at my house?
Wish I was there to see it instead of working in Nebraska.
Stay safe everyone.
Hahaha yepQuote:
Originally Posted by BuffCyclist
Drive it like you stole it or someone else is paying for it! Good news is I get to drive a 2 wheel drive van 20 miles on narrow county roads to work, it was slick last night on my way home already because of the wind blowing.Quote:
Originally Posted by 02ducky
Pfffffffttttt ... I keep telling everyone who makes excuses that I grew up in Hawaii so there's no damned excuse for not learning how to drive and brake in snow and ice. As John Wayne said, life is tough, it's tougher if you're stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madeinhb
Just drove from Thornton to Stapleton already idiots out slightly slick but not too bad the subi loves the snow
I have to drive to centennial this morning via 470. Bleh.
All joking aside I made it into work with my x5 with summer tires this morning and no real issues. May need some snow or at least a decent all season later this winter though.
I have to head up to DIA later, what's it like up there?
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Having driven for a couple of decades in N.Illinois, Wisconsin and S.D. I can say with some assurance. Native Coloradans drive for sheit in the snow. :)
10"s in the Banana Belt.
Just fine. 20 mph under speed limit on average.Quote:
Originally Posted by sellersm
SUVs drive fast in the snow? I failed to see that this morning. Went from over by Evergreen High to I-70; 1/2 the way I was stuck behind some lady in her Suburban that couldn't move faster than 15MPH. Then I-70 was a total shitshow. I have a bone to pick with Jeffco Road and Bridge- for the first time I can remember my road wasn't even touched. They never skip my road, even when it's a 3' blizzard. I'm guessing someone called in sick or something.
For God's sakes everyone, drive safe- the idiots are all en mass out there.
Non stop all morning. All three lanes held up with three, shoulder to shoulder, 15mph rollers with traffic lined up for miles. Hello? If you aren't comfortable above a crawl because your car sucks or your skills suck, keep it in the right lane! I invested in a 4x4 outfitted for the snow and have spent a lifetime practicing driving in the snow. I will not be driving the speed limit, but I can do better than a turtle. AND... if traffic is backed up behind me, I MOVE OVER!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin13
I blame it all on the guy who invented the Internet.
Its all about skill when driving in snow. And most people who live in Colorado have none. I can be in my truck in two wheel drive and see people clearly in four wheel drive spinning out and all over the road. I hardly use four wheel drive.
And there is such a thing as going too slow. If people go too slow they piss others off then those people try and pass them and go to fast and then mess up. People need to know what the appropriate speed is, not to fast and not to slow. I think this causes more accidents than people realize, going to slow and making others mad.
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Practically nothing here in the Springs. A little dusting in some ares and that's about it. Most of the bases called for a delayed start last night for no reason. Argh!
Maybe 3/4 of an inch in Aurora this morning. I'm off today, so I drove my wife to work. 5 mile commute took 35 minutes due to idiots. Real snow is going to suck.
Snowing pretty hard here in Littleton... Not sure.. 3-4 maybe? I have a 4 wheel drive truck but being from Michigan I also know my limits... And the people that cause the most accidents are the slow drivers and the ones that panic and hit their brakes! You don't slam on your breaks with snow... Morons I tell ya... Saw zero accidents from i25 and arapahoe to 470 and Kipling where the last snow I saw 2.... So there was an improvement this morning
Yep, that happened this morning on I-70 EB from Evergreen to Lakewood. Only one well plowed lane (left) and then people traveling using up both the slow lanes, so really only two usable lanes. But the problem with the Suburban lady this morning was on SH-73 and 74 where it's only one lane each direction... She couldn't figure out that there was a line of at least 20 cars behind her that were forced to do her absolutely insane slow speed. There's a difference between going a safe speed, and being chickenshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by clodhopper
How do you go Westbound from Evergreen to Lakewood?
If anyone could do itQuote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.man
Earth is round me friend :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mtn.man
CDOT to experiment with new snow removal equipment:
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Took me an hour to drive from Iliff and 225 to Lincoln and dransfeldt, it was all the idiots trying to exit from the left lane on Parker to arapahoe, but that's everyday so who am I kidding