I view it as more of a suggestion. Going with the flow of traffic is an important part of driving.

"Ah-vah" was an expression meaning "you're going to be in trouble" I remember well from growing up in Maine in the 70s and 80s. I don't remember hearing it much 90s to now, I actually asked my teen the other day if they'd heard that phrase and they didn't know it at all. Not sure it was related to French or any other language, just a saying.

This was back in I think 2011? 2012? Really bad snowstorm and I was living in Poland at the time. Dark, snowing like a motherfucker, roads weren't plowed yet at all.

Three ways I could get to where I lived. One was a gradual slow incline with a curve: Got halfway up and just could not get enough speed to keep climbing without ALSO making my tires spin. Back down I went, backwards.

The other was a very steep hill but a straightshot at the bottom. Tried to pick up speed, same goddamn thing happened.

So I had to go alllll the fuck away around, and ended up at the top of a hill, but at the bottom was a 90 degree turn. You guessed it, could not control my descent, and right into the ditch I went at the bottom.

AAA pulled me out, guy told me he just pulled someone off a tree at exactly the hill I was at before, where I slid backwards.

I didn't have bad tires or anything, it was just absurdly slick. Fuckin hated that whole goddamn night

I memba this!!!! We said it in early elementary school when another kid would get in trouble. I'm over 50.

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I was supposed to drive from Bangor to Belfast tonight in my civic with "all season tires", drove to the end of my street and immediately turned around cause it was so bad lol

(I work from home so I don't have to drive in the snow normally)

I think that happens when you apply too much pressure to the gas. That happened to me once (uphill over a bridge, yikes). To be fair, that was the year I got my license and in 17 years of driving, I have never done that again.

Very easy to lose traction going up on an incline. Don’t believe me go try it. Sounds like you don’t how to drive

Yep. Was just on the road and this is exactly the type of conditions people should be slowing the fuck down in.

I once got a couple of winter jackets in reflective safety yellow for $8 each at Mardens. I gave one to my dad and I wear one to snowblow the driveway.

It still stands as one of the greatest achievements of my life.

I just read on the state police site that if the DOT lowers the speed limit to 45 mph on the highway…it is law.

Slower is fine. The issue i have is when the roads are not bad and its snowing and they drive like 20 mph under the posted limit.

Please people, use the correct tires for the time of year or make sure u have good tires.

A coworker brags to me about how he speeds in the snow and doesn't gaf.

He's an idiot. He recently got himself injured at work, badly, for being an idiot using improper equipment for the task.

Because you're an adult and I'm giving you the points you can look up if you choose.

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It's very safe. Very efficient. Very good for the environment

I don’t believe that is the law. The 45 mph signs are an advisory afaik. They definitely aren’t enforceable.

A big part of the problem is that this is the first really slick storm we've seen this season. It takes a few before people remember how to drive on ice and snow.. And even then, the road is full of idiots.

Drive slow, assume the worst of other drivers, and buckle up!

I just dropped off my daughter for winter soccer practice, 3 wrecks on the way there, one was even up a hill, how do you lose control going up a hill? And end up kissing a tree

I think it's a weird spelling of ABBA

I feared for my life after getting out of work seriously. People are morons.

From what I have seen, people who drive like idiots in good conditions don’t really change how they drive when the road conditions are bad

Seriously. Most people’s brakes in snowy weather aren’t the best when roads are shit. Ice and snow are slick so there’s a need for extra time to brake. And also, if the highway has a speed limit of 45 on the highway during a storm, it’s not optional. It’s the law.

Saw one car, one SUV, and one truck on the side of the road on my 24-mile commute home tonight. Roads were absolute shit.

And geez people….consider stopping distance. For the love of all things, don’t tail!!

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I’m not sure why you would argue with people online when you have nothing to back up your claims.

This event is referenced in the Declaration of Independence as one of the grievances