>it requires quick acceleration & directional changes followed by a possible need to slowdown abruptly.

Looks like this is on the highway, where that isn't the case as much

😂

> “Do as the locals do”, even if you don’t understand it.

It's not like snowy roads are some phenomena unique to Vermont. Doubly so when the picture just looks like it's of a highway

Exactly! ALL cars have 4WBraking. It’s all in the tires!

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And All Season Tires!

Maybe the road conditions? Driving is a team sport

It's so you know not to drive at all when it's snowing out. Go nowhere, stay inside. Outdoors is too dangerous

There’s a reason you regularly see SUVs with out of state plates in the ditches that line our roads. “Do as the locals do”, even if you don’t understand it.

“But I have 4wd!”

Jokes on you. We already drive at or below the speed limit.

You must be new here...

RE Rush, side rant :

I know you locals probably need to get to work but in late Septembers, on the back gravel roads, I'm going to drive at or below the limit. Adjust your commute time as needed.

Better to do the line than the crash

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From the "global warming is a bunch of liberal bullshit" crowd

I was like, troll. Or someone who needs social interaction.

> The risk isn’t worth saving a few seconds on your commute.

try telling that to some of the new vermonters that believe our roads are like Mass or NJ. They care not for anyones' safety. Essentially, you're in their way.

I'm not in a hurry, especially with conditions like that. If you can't let go of the frustration of being stuck behind traffic that's moving slower than you'd like, how can you deal with the real frustrations in life?

passing is how you end up with your car in the bank. it requires quick acceleration & directional changes followed by a possible need to slowdown abruptly. ALL of these are no nos driving in snow.

in short Vermonters do the line because they know how to drive in Vermont.

its frozen water, i'd still call it hydro.

Is this really a question?

We're in Vermont. Whats the rush?

In a hurry to crash?

I stay exclusively in the snowy lane. It’s much more interesting and easier to pass with fewer cars.

Just because it is snow and ice, doesn't mean you can't hydroplane. Maybe the word is wrong, but the concept is the same.

The tread of the tires are filling with snow and slush faster than the tread can displace it creating a plane in which you no longer have traction from that tire or tires. Thus, that is how it is easy.

How can I easily hydroplane on snow and ice?

There, fixed it.