It took me nearly 3 hours to get home today. It is only a 9 mile drive.
The temperature during the day dropped from 45 in the 20's. The storm that was initially rain changed into freezing rain then snow.
The first problem was getting the door of the car open. the driver door would not budge, but I finnaly got the passenger side of the Mark VIII open after 10 minutes.
There were 100's of accidents in the New York metropolitan area according to the radio. Most of the highways had traffic at a standstill due to spinouts and accidents.
When I saw that the highway was backed up all the way to the entrance ramp and the highway itself not moving, I took the local streets. It was not much better.
I saw lots of accidents. I saw cars slide off the crown of the road and then could not get going again, because they had no traction. I saw a Mazda Miata despirately trying to rev his engine trying to get moving again. He was just spinning his wheels. Lots of cars were stopped and abandoned, even with no visible damage. The most common car to be abandoned tonight was Lexus. I counted five of them.
You get bored when you are travelling an average of 3 miles per hour and are stopped most of the time.
My thanks to an uneventful trip goes to my Michelin Pilot Alpin snow tires. The traction control light hardly ever came on.
Alexander
Board of Directors
Lincolns of Distinction
The temperature during the day dropped from 45 in the 20's. The storm that was initially rain changed into freezing rain then snow.
The first problem was getting the door of the car open. the driver door would not budge, but I finnaly got the passenger side of the Mark VIII open after 10 minutes.
There were 100's of accidents in the New York metropolitan area according to the radio. Most of the highways had traffic at a standstill due to spinouts and accidents.
When I saw that the highway was backed up all the way to the entrance ramp and the highway itself not moving, I took the local streets. It was not much better.
I saw lots of accidents. I saw cars slide off the crown of the road and then could not get going again, because they had no traction. I saw a Mazda Miata despirately trying to rev his engine trying to get moving again. He was just spinning his wheels. Lots of cars were stopped and abandoned, even with no visible damage. The most common car to be abandoned tonight was Lexus. I counted five of them.
You get bored when you are travelling an average of 3 miles per hour and are stopped most of the time.
My thanks to an uneventful trip goes to my Michelin Pilot Alpin snow tires. The traction control light hardly ever came on.
Alexander
Board of Directors
Lincolns of Distinction
