Reply to Sketchy snow driving situation - what’s the right etiquette/safe?

Forum Index » Cars and Transportation

Reply to "Sketchy snow driving situation - what’s the right etiquette/safe?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I regularly drive 48/55 and that stretch from Moorefield up Mt. Storm is dicey if there's snow on the road (steep inclines, despite it being a 4 lane wonderfully built highway). I'd have been annoyed with the other drivers, OP, but I would have tried to time my trip to avoid snow on the road. Up top of Mt. Storm near Davis is more common to get snow covered roads, but the inclines are much less. If it's snowing enough to cover the roads in the valley below Mt Storm toward Moorefield, I'd wait. [/quote]

OP: this incident was past Mount Storm on the way back to DC. It was closer to Greenland.

I went through Google Street View and this was the exact place where the backup occurred - we were driving uphill on that stretch of highway.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/wvxLEyBk4gcmrcN6A

Nice wide road. But you have to remember that it was snowing, road lines were not visible, decreasing visibility (fog, thick clouds, low daylight). The blue sedan had drifted into the grassy median area where snow was deeper. The managed to get out via pushing and floor mats for traction, but then once back on the pavement they could get enough traction to continue up the hill to the peak. Uhaul and RAV-4 were blocking the other lane and most of the rightside emergency lane.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics