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Re: Americans Can't Drive in the Rain?



sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) wrote:

> You guys have accidents when it rains?  Umm, gee, what's so hard about
>driving in the rain?

Just plain "Lake of practice".

> Of course, I also wish people would learn that in the winter, bridges are
>very dangerous in that ice has a tendency to build up on them more easily
>than the regular roads.

Oh, yes! In USA, every bridge has a sign says "Warning. Bridge ice before road"
- even in places like Georgia where the sign is useful just once a year.
I think it is a pretty good approach. Just curious - don't know what
Canada does. At least they didn't mandate some weird equipment like DRL. :-)

> Of course I hear in Texas if they get a half inch of snow they have to
>close the entire state down.

Just the cities affected. It probably never happen that the whole Texas
is covered with snow, not to mention half inch.

>
>Steve
>If it snowed in Los Angeles would we have to declare the county a natural
>disaster area?

Actually worse, it is declared just with water. Imaging what will happen those
water are all snow.

We have such problem in Georgia, too. A 4 inch snow closed the whole Atlanta for
three days. But it is cheaper than trying to get out and have lots of accidents.



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