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Originally Posted by zandron263
You got a good education Twisty we certainly get our fair share of the lake effect here. I would bet in your job you have driven in all weather conditions so you would be the guy I would take driving advice from.
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Here's a good tip... Roads slick? Don't know how fast to drive? You come up on a car driving slower so you decide to follow. Then another car does the same thing. Then another, another, etc. It really does happen exactly like that. You have miles of road with no traffic, then 20 cars go by in a group.
Never pace another vehicle on slick roads unless you're a football field away and no one is near you. If traffic starts piling up, slow down or speed up and get away from them, someone is going to screw up and take you with them in the process.
Next time it's bad and a lot of cars are in the ditch, watch how many times there are more than one vehicle in that area. First car brakes and spins, second car freaks out, brakes and spins right in the ditch with them. Sometimes it's 3 or 4 cars. (Trucks will do the same thing.)
It's almost always the brakes that spin you, car gets a little loose, driver freaks and goes to the fat pedal..... you just screwed the pooch. If you could hear me when the brake lights come on up front...... "GET OFF THE #$%^&*@#$ BRAKES!"
.... and... that's all I have to say about tha-at.