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24 January 2004
Winter Driving Sucks  
I know.... I live in the Northeast. We get snow. We get a lot of snow. True, there are probably places that get more snow, but when it comes to snow, I think that I've got experience when it comes to dealing with it.

It's really sad though. There were people killed Thursday and Friday because of shitty driving conditions. It's like Drivers! Keep your freaking eyes open! If you can't really see well, slow the Flaming Denethor down! Two people were killed on Thursday being good samaratins. They were trying to make sure people in cars that had slid off the road were all right. Both people were hit and killed going back to their own cars. This was in two separate accidents in two separate areas.

Then on Friday there was a guy in an SUV towing a trailer. He lost control and the trailer stayed on the highway while the SUV and driver went over the overpass and ended up crashing on the street below. So you people in SUV's... they don't make you any safer in winter driving. Certainly, they can help you get started in the snow, but they can't help you when it comes to breaking. 4 wheel drive does not help you stop whatsoever, and you have to remember that. There are severe consequences when you drive too fast on shitty roads.

I mean, I was running some errands and going to a friend's house for movie night, and, well, I never got above second gear. The roads were that poor and driving was that slow. Well my driving was, because I like having control of my car. Unplowed hills were a bitch because it was hard to get a grip on the road so it was pure momentum. I promised Angus (my car) no going anywhere today. He doesn't want to be out in the show and shitty roads again.

There were people doing stupid things out on the road yesterday. Things that could get themselves and others killed. They were people who refused to move their cars to the proper side of the road when the parking changes at 6pm. You know, there's a reason for that--and it's to make room for the plows to get through as well as making sure that there are two lanes of traffic. And when the roads are shitty, it's a hell of a lot safer because traffic doesn't have to stop and start because that's when you're going to loose control.

I mean, last night, I was bringing someone home, and I could not make it up a hill. It wasn't a huge one. There were cars on both sides of the road waaay past when the 6pm change was supposed to occur. I had to stop for a car coming down the hill, and lost any momentum I had. Angus couldn't make it up. Reversing down a hill with cars all around is not a pleasant thing to do.

So yeah, I was so mentally uptight when I got home at 1:30 in the morning that even though I was exhausted, I could not sleep until 3:00 in the morning. Just because I was wound so tight from winter driving and all the stupid people on the road thinking that driving in Lake Effect is the same as driving on a clear Spring day!

So anyway, some of my garage is now cleared out, but it still won't make me park there in the winter. No way. Not when my driveway runs the entire length of my land. I'm not shoveling that. As it is, I should be shoveling out my driveway now... or at least today.

But not until after I work on MinionWear™. MinionVest™ needs to be created, and depending on how much trim is left will see if I can trim up MinionTop™. If not, I've got some other gold trim. I'm going to look so snazzy in MinionWear™.

Liz the Mischievous renovated @ 13:50