NSFW Low visibility + Icy roads
- Thread starter Zeph
- Start date
Ice and poor visibility has nothing to do with this. drive to the road & weather conditions!!
D
Deleted member 1
Guest
Don't out drive your conditions!
That might mean you can only go 20mph.
This was just fog near Houston a few years ago. 150 cars
View: https://youtu.be/WYYWG4lbOM0
That might mean you can only go 20mph.
This was just fog near Houston a few years ago. 150 cars
View: https://youtu.be/WYYWG4lbOM0
They were driving too fast -- maybe because the false security of their winter tires even.
There was a crash a few years ago on dartford or Sheppy crossing bridge in uk where 130 cars crashed into the back of each other due to fog.They were driving too fast -- maybe because the false security of their winter tires even.
I have a problem with tailgating but it’s damned if you do damned if you don’t as if you leave even a car lengths room between cars you will have some twat undertake you and slip in front of you. I hate that. When someone tries to undertake me I have to close the distance a bit and then I give the person the finger and motion with my hands “back of the line asshole”.......up to this point no one has had the balls to call me out on it but that’s most likely because I look like I’m going to kill them while doing it......because they are going to kill someone driving like that
I can remember when I was a kid, maybe 12 or so. My dad was driving and we ran into some Tule Fog in the Central Valley in California. My dad could barely see the end of his hood. He stopped, and I had to get out and walk with a flashlight and guide him off the road.
M
member 3289
Guest
What are winter tires exactly? Are they those tires with the chains around them?
M
member 3289
Guest
they have a horizontal patter that crosses the road instead of the more efficient with the road pattern of warmer states that are just dealing with water
siping is a bunch of small razor like cuts horizontally across the rubber on tire surface...this adds even more traction in snow and ice.
Studs are next level and are metal spikes that stick out up to 1/8 inch out of tire to make sure you are griping something for real snowy/icy climates.
I also read that the rubber is softer on winter tires so they grip the road better. Also that is supposed to be the reason why you should change back into your all seasons after winter because winter tires will wear faster on hot pavement.
I heard that lemmings don' actually do this but yes humans are generally pack animals .
I hear you. That' really the reality in rush hour traffic. If you leave 3 - 5 car spaces as you should then people will slip in front of you causing you to tap your brake a lot and people behind you getting mad that you are leaving that space so that people keep squeezing into the lane. I will rather move over than deal with that or risk getting into a chain reaction crash. However I have time to drive slower and people don't always have time .
They're made out of a softer compound that stays pliable at lower temperatures to grip the cold asphalt. They also have more sipes to divert snow into the treads of the tires, they're also typically designed to have narrower tread to help cut through the snow rather than sit on top of it. In terms that will seem more like English, it's like a mud tire scaled down for cars.
Good info
Not really sure how honking would help?
You can hear a horn from afar,whereas it looks like they can't see over 5 meters ahead..if they hear a horn closing in on them(=them closing in on it) any sensible person would at least be cautioned that something is coming up ahead
