I really hate stupid and impatient people in winter storm driving

[tmjohnson]

I know where you are coming from. I drive an average of 4800 miles per month. People like that used to make me mad as hell. Anymore I just laugh and like you said you expect to see them crashed somewhere up the road.
Stupidest thing I saw was of La Veta pass. Guy in a big 4 WD truck going up the pass hit a deer. Totally obliterated the deer, just a total red mist in front of the truck, body parts everywhere. The guy didn't even slow down.

[HoneyBadger]

I always get frustrated by the people who drive excessively slow when we get a little dusting of snow. 20mph in a 55 zone is probably not appropriate when we got .5 inch of snow...

Then again, I grew up in a state that actually gets real snow.. and it's wet and heavy and slippery and actually more dangerous to drive in because of the road conditions, not because of stupid drivers on the road.

[sellersm]

It IS bad out there, though tonight. Very slippery underneath the snow. Took 1.5+ hours to pick up my daughter from youth group tonight!! Any road with a 'hill (or bump)' in it was like a parking lot. Overturned car on Austin Bluffs 'hill' shut down that road for quite a while.

I'm from the snow belt of NY state, so I know how to drive in this mess, it's the other crazies that scare me...

[HoneyBadger]

It IS bad out there, though tonight. Very slippery underneath the snow. Took 1.5+ hours to pick up my daughter from youth group tonight!! Any road with a 'hill (or bump)' in it was like a parking lot. Overturned car on Austin Bluffs 'hill' shut down that road for quite a while.

I'm from the snow belt of NY state, so I know how to drive in this mess, it's the other crazies that scare me...

Exactly my point! I have no doubt that it actually is bad tonight... this is the closest thing to a REAL snowstorm Colorado has seen in 3 years! ...Which is why Coloradans don't know how to drive in it! ...Not to mention the huge number of military folks around Colorado Springs that have never seen snow before...

[Aloha_Shooter]

Exactly my point! I have no doubt that it actually is bad tonight... this is the closest thing to a REAL snowstorm Colorado has seen in 3 years! ...Which is why Coloradans don't know how to drive in it! ...Not to mention the huge number of military folks around Colorado Springs that have never seen snow before...

No damned excuse. I grew up in Hawaii driving a RWD station wagon on loose sand so a little snow doesn't bother me. In retrospect, I agree it's how you drive rather than what you drive but the dumbarse blowing past me in his 2WD pickup when he's fishtailing across 2 lanes was just aggravating. Yeah, it was annoying to be doing 0-5 mph but just what did he think when he saw a line 1/2 mile long up the hill? I hope he got to cool his jets for a good long while after he finally admitted to himself that he wasn't getting up the hill with his lack of traction.

[HoneyBadger]

No damned excuse. I grew up in Hawaii driving a RWD station wagon on loose sand so a little snow doesn't bother me. In retrospect, I agree it's how you drive rather than what you drive but the dumbarse blowing past me in his 2WD pickup when he's fishtailing across 2 lanes was just aggravating. Yeah, it was annoying to be doing 0-5 mph but just what did he think when he saw a line 1/2 mile long up the hill? I hope he got to cool his jets for a good long while after he finally admitted to himself that he wasn't getting up the hill with his lack of traction.

A little humility is healthy and can go a long ways!

[spittoon]

call in sick or get a bigger truck and drive in the ditch or shoulder

[Melvin]

[theGinsue]

I live up at the top of the Austin Bluffs hill near Stetson Hills Rd (Sundown subdivision). Been here 17 years and learned more than 15 years ago to avoid that hill once it gets slick; there's always wrecks and wiped out cars blocking any traffic from moving. Sad thing is that most every route to my home has a significant hill to contend with.

[sellersm]

I live up at the top of the Austin Bluffs hill near Stetson Hills Rd (Sundown subdivision). Been here 17 years and learned more than 15 years ago to avoid that hill once it gets slick; there's always wrecks and wiped out cars blocking any traffic from moving. Sad thing is that most every route to my home has a significant hill to contend with.

^Yep! I live near the top of the woodmen hill, between Austin Bluffs & Rangewood. No way to get to my house without going UP some hill somewhere... Last night was interesting, thank God He put a snowplow in front of us going up Briargate blvd!! Woodmen was a parking lot...