by El Zorro Viejo (aka; Jim)

Once again it is snowing here in Central Joisey. What astounds me is the number of people who get in cars and drive in this stuff...people who should go no where near an automobile even in good weather. In reality, it is not hard to drive in snow if you know what you're doing. Basically, you have to know what causes things to skid and what your particular car's limits are. You also have to know that when driving in snow you have to do everythings in slow motion and smoothly: No jackrabbit starts; no slamming on of brakes; no quick turns. If you do everything slowly (and to do this you have to leave a lot of room between you and the car in front of you), there should be no problems that can't be corrected. Now, correcting something that has gone awry (usually this means some sort of skid) means that you need to know what to do (i.e. steer into that skid) and you have to do it quickly. That is the only exception to the "do it slowly" rule.

Unfortunately, here in the about-to-be-subtropics, people seem to think that ownership of an SUV exempts them from the laws of both man and physics. Jerks! Well, I'm off to work. Hopefully it will be a slow afternoon.

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