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Gofer

Gofer

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The commute to work was bearable this summer, 45 minutes each way most of it highway. But with winter here the roads are a little slick in places and there seems to be a large number of drivers who seemingly forgot how to drive. Yesterday it took me over an hour do to people doing half the posted limit even where the lanes were clear. Now today a snowfall advisery was issued with a foot of snow due in the next 24 hours. Time to move south to a place where they with think I have an electric car because of the plug hanging out the front. :-P

Bruce
 
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Come to Georgia when we get snow. You will drivers do things you never thought would happen. Those that move her from up north seem to forget everything they ever knew about driving in bad weather. In your area I'm sure folks are a bit squirrely the first snow of the season but soon recall how to drive in bad weather.
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Some drivers improve but it seems as though every major dump they forget again. I am not looking forward to he drive tomorrow ... cough ... cought ... I might be sick tomorrow. Maybeits time to stay at home and turn full time.... if only I could afford to.

I have driven on 3 different continents and many countrys and you guys are right when you say bad drivers are universal.

Bruce
 
turncrazy43 said:
Come to Georgia when we get snow. You will drivers do things you never thought would happen. Those that move her from up north seem to forget everything they ever knew about driving in bad weather. In your area I'm sure folks are a bit squirrely the first snow of the season but soon recall how to drive in bad weather.
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I remember arriving at Ft Gordon GA back in the fall of 1973, and one of the first questions out of their mouths was "You're a northern boy, do you know how to drive in the snow?" and put me on a special list. I then found out the yer prior that was a 4 inch snowstorm around Atlanta and state was paralyzed for days...
 
I heard that stupid drivers came from different parts of the country. Now I think it's stupid people from all over that's in a hurry or too good to wait in line like the rest of us.
 
turncrazy43 said:
Come to Georgia when we get snow. You will drivers do things you never thought would happen. Those that move her from up north seem to forget everything they ever knew about driving in bad weather. In your area I'm sure folks are a bit squirrely the first snow of the season but soon recall how to drive in bad weather.
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Last time I was in Georgia in the winter,I saw a car driving on it's roof. Funniest part was watching it throw beer bottles and young men out the windows as it spun. The young men seemed to think it was pretty funny too.
 
Snow? What's that? :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
Sorry, but I had to. I grew up in the midwest, but that's one thing great about Miami. NO SNOW!
 
Gofer said:
The commute to work was bearable this summer, 45 minutes each way most of it highway. But with winter here the roads are a little slick in places and there seems to be a large number of drivers who seemingly forgot how to drive. Yesterday it took me over an hour do to people doing half the posted limit even where the lanes were clear. Now today a snowfall advisery was issued with a foot of snow due in the next 24 hours. Time to move south to a place where they with think I have an electric car because of the plug hanging out the front. :-P


Bruce
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20+ years of daily commute in NE PA and southern NY - 50 miles each way.
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I just had new snow tires put on my car yesterday. Now we won't have any this year. :rolleyes:
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Guaranteed it: Got the snow blower out, serviced and parked on the back porch. :biggrin:
 
We once woke up to half an inch of snow in Phoenix and they closed the schools because the bus drivers didn't know how to drive in it. Irony was by the time school actually started, the snow had all melted.
 
Gofer said:
The commute to work was bearable this summer, 45 minutes each way most of it highway. But with winter here the roads are a little slick in places and there seems to be a large number of drivers who seemingly forgot how to drive. Yesterday it took me over an hour do to people doing half the posted limit even where the lanes were clear. Now today a snowfall advisery was issued with a foot of snow due in the next 24 hours. Time to move south to a place where they with think I have an electric car because of the plug hanging out the front. :-P

Bruce
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I once loved driving, the longest the distance the better, I don't have any experience with snow driving but I have/had lots of experience with heavy rain, wind and very heavy fog.

Since in Australia, I drove enough for 2 life times and I lost all enjoyment of driving or being in a car/on the road. Yes, stupid drivers are everywhere and you can get caught any time, anywhere with one of them and suffer the consequences.

When you told me about the distance that you had to drive twice a day, I had a cold chill up my back, thinking if was me now and have to do that, I simply wouldn't but, our life situations are very different so, I can very well understand what makes you do it however, I remember well to have asked you, how long before you would get a little tired of it and apparently, didn't take that long...!

I can't suggest you moving north, south, east or west as I don't know Canada that well, apart from the fact that, is cold pretty much anywhere so, and with the knowledge that you have been in Australia before, if snow, cold is starting to get to you, Australia could be a good alternative but one that won't be taken likely so, I don't have a perfect answer or suggestion for you my friend, I just don't...!:frown:

Changes "sometimes" are a God scent, never a guarantee, it needs courage/guts and support from the family to take such step, one thing I know, if you are not happy there anymore, is time to move...!

That's all I have to help you, at this moment my friend...!:smile:

Good luck,
Cheers
George
 
I think most of us would prefer to less driving as we get older or at least drive shorter distances. The drive is a manageable one but when you mix the standard issue idiots and bad road conditions it drives me nuts every now and then.

As for moving I doubt it will happen for a decade or more, if it ever does. I will probably stay in Canada even if most of the country seems to get 8 months of winter every year. About the only place in the country that has mild winters is the lower part of BC by Vancouver. They do get snow but it usually melts before you need to shovel it.

Bruce
 
Here is PA you have two types of drivers on the road that you have to look out for. The first one is there could be 2 feet of snow on the ground, and they are driving like it is a summer day. They wondered why they crashed. The other driver is just as dangerous and maybe even more. One flake could fall, and they are driving 1 mile and hour. Use to love snow not anymore.
 
ashaw said:
Here is PA you have two types of drivers on the road that you have to look out for. The first one is there could be 2 feet of snow on the ground, and they are driving like it is a summer day. They wondered why they crashed. The other driver is just as dangerous and maybe even more. One flake could fall, and they are driving 1 mile and hour. Use to love snow not anymore.
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One of the many reasons I moved from Philly to southern North Carolina. Snow is evil especially with all the dolts on the road who think they know how to drive under inclement conditions.
 
Bruce, when I was working I would leave home earlier to get to work ahead of the clowns on the road. Edmonton is also blessed with quite a few NEW CANADIANS who had never seen snow until they got here and somehow managed to get a driver's license. Instead of having coffee or whatever at home I would get that when I got to work or start working at 7. That sure saved allot of frustration on my part. I also had the benefit of being able to do some of my work from home so when the weather was like its been the last week I usually left work early and finished what I had to do at home. I know that is not possible for some people who have fixed hours of work.

Just relax and listen to a good CD while you are driving.
 
When I was working in Houston, on a good day I could get to work in about 20 minutes(about 20 miles) - once I got on the freeway -- it's just that it took me 30-40 minutes to traverse the 5 or 6 miles to get to the freeway... so I took the back roads and got there in 45-50 minutes... only remember snow in Houston once, I was working closer to home then... I made it to work with no problems other than my windshield iced over (no heater in the car) -- one of the supervisors at work lived less than 5 miles away and wouldn't leave his driveway.

Now that I'm retired in TN, if we have snow, I just stay home... no where I need to be, so no reason to get out.
 
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