Stay Safe on the Ice: A Reminder to Drive Carefully and Watch Out for Others

[lacychef]

This is a reminder to be careful when driving on ice; & watch out for the other guy too!
My dad took this picture....he came across this wreck just minutes after it happened on Saturday morning. A pickup truck lost control on I-70, went across the median, and then hit a semi going the other way; which lost control & went off the interstate & onto the 2-lane highway. The semi landed on top of the pickup & the man in the pickup died. His family needs some prayers! I can't imagine what would have happened if my dad wouldn't have been running a little late...
So, be careful if you get this weather. More is moving here; we're in a winter weather warning. Supposed to get ice tonight (so much for my show!), & more tomorrow. One weatherman said a "paralyzing ice storm". So I hope I have power to get my morning CS the next couple days!

 

[pampchefrhondab]

Oh my gosh, this is so sad! The older I get the more I hate winter! Now I have one child driving and another right behind her! It was bad enough worrying about my other family members!! I don't let my daughter drive when it's bad right now. She gets mad at me, but she just had two friends in accidents this week. It helped her to understand why I don't let her drive. She tells me she won't ever learn to drive in it, but we take her to parking lots and let her try it out. I also told her when she can pay all her own bills she can drive when she wants!

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

I drive offensively - I'm the "other guy" you have to watch out for.

 

[KellyTheChef]

Wow! I absolutely HATE driving in snow...and abhor driving in weather that has the chance for ice. My Mom, brother, and I were in a very bad accident (due to black ice) way back in 1986...then last January I went through a stopsign (black ice again...) and ran into someone in our NEW Sportage!

I am NOT looking forward to our kids driving...one is already 16 and another is 13. I still have a while to wait for our youngest...he's not even 3 yet!

Glad your Dad is safe!

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Driving in snow and driving on ice are two entirely different skill sets. I don't mind driving in snow (except for fighting the morons who don't know how to drive in it but insist on doing so) but I don't like driving on ice, either.The worst "driving in snow" experience I've had was in Branson, MO last Winter.

 

[lacychef]

I don't even want to think about my kids driving!

 

[raebates]

That's why our son's first car (in 2004) was a 1987 Oldsmobile 98. It was made of real steel. If he hit anything (and he did a couple of times), he was safe, and there wasn't even a dent. I have to admit that my mean streak comes out in inclement weather. I just shake my head as those 4WD vehicles speed around me. I then have a good chuckle when I see them in the ditch a few miles up the road. I always make sure no one is hurt. That wouldn't be funny. What I find funny is a bad driver coming to grips with reality: four wheel drive doesn't give you magical traction on ice.