I'm used to snow and ice being based in the midwest.
What gives me the willies is driving down south in an ice storm.
Back in '04 there was a winter storm going north from Dallas. I was traveling on I-35 into Oklahoma and the storm left between an 1/8 and a 1/4 inch of ice on the pavement. I've never seen so many vehicles of all types in the ditch--vehicles that I could see going into the ditch--or just bouncing off each other, restraining walls, going down steep inclines, etc. It was rather unbelievable.
After deciding to call it a day by mid-afternoon, I was plumb tuckered-out (I was haulin' an empty van trailer). Slept really good during that 10-hour break!
Just recalled another time years ago traveling south on I-94 just past the Flyin' J truckstop near Milwaukee, WI. It was March or so and things were starting to warm up. However some morning fog froze on a bridge and left some ice on a 100-yard stretch. At the time I was driving a 2-axle delivery truck. I was in the right lane (3-lane interstate) and a semi was in the middle lane right beside me. We all saw the glare of the ice on the road as we approached the bridge. Well the 4-wheelers just kept going and one of them decided it was a smart (!) thing to hit the brakes. He (or she) proceeded to do a 360 about 50-yards in front of us. That caused another 4-wheeler to jam on the brakes (!) as well. They both ended up in the left lane and the semi and I just glided right by them--still neck-and-neck.
I remember looking at the driver next to me and he looked at me. I think we both were "asking" one-another: "Did you wet your pants too?!" :lol:
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ops: I should of seen that coming!
