Yeah welcome to another season of people driving like complete idiots....white knucklin the steering wheel driving 10-15 under when there's only a dusting to an inch on the roads. They cause the accidents. They act like they've never seen snow/ ice b4.
This is when my laid back personality is severely tested!
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Yeah, I'm not saying it's right, but the thing you'll find with those people are that they're probably driving around on near bald / super cheap discount tires that don't have any real tread pattern that was designed with snow/ice in mind.
Heck, we had a '19 X3 that came in with medium tread depth OE all seasons that slid into a curb - tech drove it and sure enough those tires were garbage anywhere off dry pavement.
Next time you're at a store, take a look at what tires and what condition are on the cars in the parking lot. That's what you're on the road with...
I'm with Monica - I'm also not a fan of the "invincible" Outta-my-way-I'm-so-cool-I-can-accelerate-to-100mph-trucks (though having quattro and snow tires I do enjoy blowing their doors off a stop lights...). I have to admit when I was younger, I
was that guy in the left unplowed lane going 20+mph faster than traffic (again, quattro+snow tires+many performance driving events, not to mention 2000+ pounds less mass to control compared to the big trucks), but I've grown out of it. Still guilty of taking full advantage of unpopulated industrial complex roads though...
Biggest thing that's helped me is just admitting defeat regarding making record time when being out on the road. "It's *condition xyz* out, it's gonna take as long as it's gonna take.* Then you can just focus on not getting rear ended (again...
) and be way less stressed out.
That's been my secret for tolerating my 75ish mile round trip commute. And podcasts. Listening to lots and lots of podcasts on the drive.
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