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Originally Posted by Parnassia
Even more special is getting stuck in such a way that their impressive-looking winch on the FRONT (which is often farther into the trouble BTW) won't help...they need their butt rescued from behind! Where is that handy tree when you need it? Just 1 yard farther away than your winch cable can reach.
Just watched a bad rollover the other day. 2 lane highway with wet slush over ice. If you could keep your tires in the cleared ruts you were OK. It was not a good day to be aggressive. An older crew cab 4x4 blew past me on the left and I remember backing way off to get away from him. Of course, probably in 2 wheel drive, no weight in the bed (do they EVER have any weight over the drive axle?). I could see him in the distance ahead of me. It was slippery enough that my Subaru was complaining. He was going much too fast. Sure enough, about a mile farther on I saw him catch a front tire in the slush on the edge of a rut, spin across both lanes, flip, and roll 2-3 times down the shoulder. Finally came to rest in deep snow on the cab roof, wheels in the air. I couldn't safely pull over to check on him but as I drove past I watched him crawl out the driver's side window. Obviously not badly hurt, but the truck was toast. Bet he felt very macho.
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OMG, I've witnessed so many similar situations when living in WA especially, but TN, too. In WA, people have a macho attitude that they will deal with it, and they're cool, and they don't want to be seen as a weather wimp.
In TN, though, at least in the Nashville area, people will just leave their vehicles in the middle of the road and walk away! Not kidding! They realize they shouldn't be driving. Simply put it in park, and call for a ride leaving their vehicle in the middle of the dang road.
So, if you're slowly driving down said road, you will encounter random abandoned vehicles in the middle of the road, that hopefully you can navigate around, in horrible conditions, without crashing into anyone.
Here in CA, we have rain crises. After a prolonged period of zero rain, oil will accumulate on the roads and highways. Then, when it rains, people don't slow down, and if they have to brake quickly, they are dealing with a bunch of oil on water and can't get any traction. It's our version of bad road conditions.
Anyway, yeah, lots of ignorant or arrogant people out there on the roads. Best to be prepared.
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