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HellBoundWhiskeyBent t1_j66covg wrote

To be honest those interchanges are a shitshow without the crashes. Add in the weather and over confident drivers, its a recipe for disaster

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Repubs_suck t1_j69aepr wrote

No kidding! While they were reconstructing it, the entry merge lanes should have been a lot longer. On a dry day, trying to get on between bumper to bumper semis is awful if you are match ing traffic speed, and then there’s the stoplight traffic trying to get on in a long string cars. 1/2 mile more might not be enough.

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erix84 t1_j66opf2 wrote

These are the same people that make fun of people in southern states that don't know how to handle an inch of snow.

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HellBoundWhiskeyBent t1_j66pvg9 wrote

In all fairness I live in ATL and that shitshow in 2014(?) was a disaster. And it wasnt so much they couldnt handle the snow. There was no salt or brine trucks. The whole city turned to ice. And the yuppies driving teslas or anything not 4wheel drive were screwed from the jump. But im a truck driver who learned to drive in the snow, behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler.

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asdaaaaaaaa t1_j68k9fz wrote

I think there just needs to be better education on driving during shit weather. I cannot tell you how many pickups I see stuck that can handle the snow, if the owners would throw a bit of weight in it or some chains/snow tires. I shouldn't be doing better than pickups in my shitty, cheap 4 door with manual windows and locks.

Modern cars are incredibly capable (up to a point, as you said) provided owners actually know what to do, how to drive, and how to prepare/handle poor weather from the start. As you said, people who've never learned or dealt with extremely poor conditions can be way too overconfident. I'd rather more people stay home/not drive in bad weather than a bunch of people going out who have no clue how to handle it.

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FeedWatcher t1_j68w6ae wrote

I was sitting on a Delta jet at Hartsfield one time while snow was swirling around the runway. The pilot apologized for the wait for takeoff and "joked" that the ground crew were busy reading the instruction manual for the de-icing equipment since they hadn't used it lately.

As a frequent flyer at the time, I didn't think that was funny. At all.

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Randy_Magnum29 t1_j6c1c5i wrote

Southern states can’t even handle clean roads. When I lived in Louisville, KY, there’d be a 10 car pileup on the fucking interstate on a sunny, 70° Saturday afternoon.

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schleem3000 t1_j66r7s5 wrote

can confirm, crashed here today

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MadtownChilly t1_j689mtc wrote

Rock County roads are always terrible. There was a big wreck on the northbound side that I narrowly avoided being stuck in a few years ago in almost the same location

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Gashcat t1_j66yeg6 wrote

Doesn't seem right that Illinois borders Wisconsin.

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thunderclone1 t1_j69qibz wrote

Lemme redraw that line real quick. I'm sure my fellow sconnies would rather border indiana.

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