MNBugeater
Well-Known Member
I know there have been several "You know what I hate...", "Stupid drivers...", etc posts...but this morning has me steaming.
Disclaimer..I think I am an above average experienced bad weather driver.I grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota and have lived my entire driving life in crappy winter weathered areas of the U.S. Black Hills, Minneapolis, and going on 10 years in Northern Minnesota.
This morning coming to work... light dusting of snow last night, minor snow pack, minor ice at some intersections. I am sitting at a "T" intersection facing south. Traffic passing in front of me East & West.
Car approaching from the East wanting to turn North onto the road I am currently stopped at. About 50+ feet away, i can see the car sliding...and I think to myself that car isn't going to make the turn. But the idiot driver thinks they can.. I can tell the car has Anti Lock Brakes cause its sliding yet the car starts turning in a controlled manner.
But instead of just sliding through the intersection, which any reasonable person would do, the driver turns the wheel as if they THINK they can make the turn while sliding.
If you were standing anywhere observing this, you would Swear on a Stack that the driver was deliberately turning to hit me broadside. And all i could do was watch this as if it were in slow motion. Luckily there was no one behind me...I slammed into reverse and backed up and turned into the ditch. Once the other vehicle came to a stop (in the ditch also), I put it in 4 wheel and drove away. There is no way that sedan got out without assistance.
If the car didn't have ABS it would have glided right through the intersection safely instead of giving the driver false hope that they could make that turn.
Having all the safety features in the world on a car doesn't make it inherently more safe if the drivers 1) Don't know how to handle the vehicle or 2) Feel so invincible or convinced the car does the work that they are more dangerous.
Thanks for listening.
P.S. If it were a woman driver, I would have pulled her out of the ditch with the tow strap and hook I keep in my vehicle.
Disclaimer..I think I am an above average experienced bad weather driver.I grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota and have lived my entire driving life in crappy winter weathered areas of the U.S. Black Hills, Minneapolis, and going on 10 years in Northern Minnesota.
This morning coming to work... light dusting of snow last night, minor snow pack, minor ice at some intersections. I am sitting at a "T" intersection facing south. Traffic passing in front of me East & West.
Car approaching from the East wanting to turn North onto the road I am currently stopped at. About 50+ feet away, i can see the car sliding...and I think to myself that car isn't going to make the turn. But the idiot driver thinks they can.. I can tell the car has Anti Lock Brakes cause its sliding yet the car starts turning in a controlled manner.
But instead of just sliding through the intersection, which any reasonable person would do, the driver turns the wheel as if they THINK they can make the turn while sliding.
If you were standing anywhere observing this, you would Swear on a Stack that the driver was deliberately turning to hit me broadside. And all i could do was watch this as if it were in slow motion. Luckily there was no one behind me...I slammed into reverse and backed up and turned into the ditch. Once the other vehicle came to a stop (in the ditch also), I put it in 4 wheel and drove away. There is no way that sedan got out without assistance.
If the car didn't have ABS it would have glided right through the intersection safely instead of giving the driver false hope that they could make that turn.
Having all the safety features in the world on a car doesn't make it inherently more safe if the drivers 1) Don't know how to handle the vehicle or 2) Feel so invincible or convinced the car does the work that they are more dangerous.
Thanks for listening.
P.S. If it were a woman driver, I would have pulled her out of the ditch with the tow strap and hook I keep in my vehicle.