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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on January 14, 2007, 08:37:44 PM
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With a new wave of winter storm heading our way, we decided to close our store early and let everyone go home before the worst of it hit. As I'm driving home I start to run into light freezing rain. The temp is already below freezing and has been for several hours so the stuff freezes as soon as it hits the road.
I've had lots of experience driving under these conditions, so I slow down and try to maintain a constant speed with as little throttle as possible. The road is almost vacant, but I did pass a couple vehicles sitting crossways in the ditch. As I pass thru the last little town before I'm home, a brand new Chevy pickup falls in behind me.
Obviously, I have no clue as to how important the driver of the Chevy is. They are much more important than me and do not need to be detained by someone with lesser intelligence and driving ability not to mention older, less expensive vehicle.
They flash their high beams trying to get me to pull over on the shoulder and let them by. It does'nt work. They decide that the way to make me move is to pull right up on my bumper and ride the high beams because I'm obviously too fracking stupid to see that they are important and I am in their way. It still does'nt work.
I decide to speed up a tad (from 40 to 45) and put some cushion between me and the mighty Chevy. They stay glued 10 feet from my bumper. I start to feel my traction disappear, but rather than get off the gas and hit the brake, I lean out the throttle just a tad and let the RPM's catch up with the wheels keeping the truck moving straight and steady.
It was then a flash caught my eye. I look in the mirror and see the Chevy starting to break loose and go sideways. It seems that no matter how much your vehicle costs and no matter how important a person you are, the laws of physics remain constant. I keep watching as the Chevy driver hits the brakes hard causing them to reverse their spin, then hit the gas and reverse the spin again and go into a series of 360's. I counted 4 of them before they left the road and went into the ditch.
I was laughing so hard I almost went off the road myself, but kept it under control until I reached my driveway.
Today's lesson, no matter how much you spent on your vehicle, no matter how much of a big shot you believe you are, physics rules.:aok
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:D
dipwad gets what's comin? : priceless.
:lol
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Hehehe I love watching people do that in my rearview.. What's better is when you offer to pull them out of the ditch with your 4X4 for $10 after they go in it trying to get around you.:aok
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Why didn't you turn around and help me push my truck out of the ditch??
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Perfect.
:aok
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Just more proof that the average person is a complete idiot.
Glad you leaned on your experience RPM, I find myself doing the exact same thing when it's raining buckets here and people don't think that rain affects traction.
Idiots.
:aok
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I saw more SUV drivers in the ditch with our icey roads and snow over the last 4 days than any other type of vehicle. Seems the Soccer moms didn't get the memo that SUV's are very heavy, and 4WD doesn't make you invulnerable from spin outs.
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but i thought with 4wd an ABS an SRS an traction control i didn't have to know how to drive on ice? i'm going to sue the mfg of such a unsafe vehicle.:rolleyes:
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Chevybigshotpathosadism :mad:
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I had something like that happen to me a few years ago. I was living in Maryland at the time, and the snow hit hard and sudden, and some bellybutton behind me, on a windy road, was tailgaiting me all the way. He ended up rear-ending me at a stop light.
Turned out his wife was in labor.
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:Oit is very cold
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:furious no dip!?!
well its been nice and warm here the last few days but its gonna get cold here soon:mad:
and there are idiots here that crash on sunny days:rofl
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About 10 Years ago I had a simular incident... kid in a late '80's Firebird on snow covered roads was in a hurry. The car in front of me just made it from a bottom of a hill and made it to the top... my turn to traverse the hill...
Well this kid decided I was of lower intelligence than his few many Years on Earth and passed me... in doing so he honked and politely offered me the Hawaiian Good Luck Sign... I watched in laughter as I seen his car gain the BIG MO and at the bottom of the hill he occupied the left side ditch a cloud of pure white snow erupted...
As I traversed the bottom of the hill and started my climb up I honked the horn to acknowledge his Superior Preformance...my hero.
He had hills behind him and in front of him... a soon to be a tough hike...Should I have pulled over to assist him?
No way and stop the Cycle of Life? Some things are beyond my ability to change...
Hope he learned something.
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Mac
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This just heard on the local NBC affiliate reporter:
"Front wheel drive cars handle the rough road conditions better because the engine is above the source of power."
:rolleyes:
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Tailgating is so bad in my area I have gotten to the point of wanting to move...
After moving over to let him pass I followed one guy till he and his mate pulled over and we had a "discussion" on the subject of his tailgating, (turned out he was too stupid to realise that he was in an 80 zone and not a 100)
I have spoken to the local sargent (whilst being booked for speeding :) ) and he said that there is nothing they can do..
It dont bother me that much cause on my bike I will just shoot around the guy infront and let them deal with the tailgater.
But when they do it to my wife and kids or to me when I am with them in the car it gives me the chits.
I have been thinking about mounting a small sprayer (like what they use to wash the window in a car) and filling it with paint stripper but Then I will just get in the chit...
Oh well I guess I just gotta wait till Kama gets em for me...
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Just more proof that the average person is a complete idiot.
Glad you leaned on your experience RPM, I find myself doing the exact same thing when it's raining buckets here and people don't think that rain affects traction.
Idiots.
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If it wasn't for all the "average" people on what would you base your superiority?
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Originally posted by mussie
I have been thinking about mounting a small sprayer (like what they use to wash the window in a car) and filling it with paint stripper but Then I will just get in the chit...
I've had similar thoughts, except mine involved mounting the paintball gun that I haven't used in years under my rear bumper... ;)
seriously though, my Jeep may not be much to look at, but I know how to drive it. I loooove seeing these big, expensive SUV's who think they're glued to the road find out the hard way that 4WD doesn't help you stop faster.
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Today's lesson, no matter how much you spent on your vehicle, no matter how much of a big shot you believe you are, physics rules."
unless your the plow operator...
its all fun and games until some moron trucker holds up traffic for 3 hours...
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Originally posted by vorticon
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Today's lesson, no matter how much you spent on your vehicle, no matter how much of a big shot you believe you are, physics rules."
unless your the plow operator...
its all fun and games until some moron trucker holds up traffic for 3 hours...
another reason I love my jeep, I'll just go around it... :)
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Speaking of driving on ice, my area doesn’t have privilege of snowing or being below zero and therefore I cannot practice those skills. Is there a driving simulator that does adequate job of teaching those finite techniques?
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Just more proof that the average person is a complete idiot.
Glad you leaned on your experience RPM, I find myself doing the exact same thing when it's raining buckets here and people don't think that rain affects traction.
Idiots.
:aok
Geesh.. it doesn't rain buckets here... barrels yes.. buckets noooo
You've been sitting on top of the ferris wheel on the boardwalk too long :lol
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Just because the guy was tailgating you, doesn't mean he feels he's the superior man than you.
It just means that you should try to move out the way when it is safe.
I myself slow down in bad weather. If someone wants to go faster than me, and I'm in the way, I usually just move out the way when it is safe.
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Whenever someone tailgates me, I slow down... a lot.
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If tailgated, I slow down to match the gap between his and my vehicle where the gap will be a safe distance in case of a panic stop.
Changing lanes is not an option sometimes. If the roads are hazardous, I will not attempt a lane change.
In the D/FW area, it is usually pretty dangerous to try and change lanes due to all the tailgating that goes on.
It's a bit funny. Tail gaters want you out of the way, but you cannot move due to the tail gaters. Hehe.
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Maybe I should have described the road a bit better. 2 lane blacktop with shoulders. They could have passed me at anytime but wanted me to pull over and get out of the way instead. Sorry, I'm staying in the lane where the last bit of traction is. You want to pass, be my guest and change lanes.
I probably saved their life. If I had moved out of the way they would have been running 65 or more when they hit the ice instead of 40-45.
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Originally posted by john9001
but i thought with 4wd an ABS an SRS an traction control i didn't have to know how to drive on ice? i'm going to sue the mfg of such a unsafe vehicle.:rolleyes:
Originally Stated by George Carlin
Some of these people think that by buying a safe car, it excuses them from the responsibility of having to learn how to drive the ****ing thing
:)
-BB(B)
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I had a similar experience this morning trying to get to work. I am employed out in Grapevine, quite a jaunt from my little Lake Worth home, and the reports this morning were not looking good. I called my boss to let her know about the situation.
"Oh, I live out there in Saginaw and I made it at 8. The roads are fine and it's business as usual out here."
Guess that means I'm goin' to work. Ok, no sweat, right? Roads shouldn't be too bad and the sand they laid out should be enough to get me there in one piece. So I set out, ice still covering the passenger windows of my little Cavalier. I tried the windsheild wipers and found them coated with ice. My washer nozzels (which are on the wiper arms) are also frozen. Hopefully I won't need them.
Getting on the highway was a chore, and I knew it was going to be an interesting ride. The onramp to 820 was still coated with thin ice and I had to maintain control of the back of the car just as much as the front. After slip-sliding up the ramp, I settle into the grooves worn into the sand on the highway. Other drivers are zipping by me on my left, but I'm settled at about fifty-five and maintaining good control. Sand is getting thrown up by other vehicles and a thin layer of wet sand start coating my windshield. With no effective wipers and no washer fluid, I deal with it as best I can. People are riding my tail but there's nowhere to go. Changing lanes would forfiet any control I had. I can visibly see ice coating the lane dividers.
As I pass under my first overpass, I can feel the driver's side front wheel break loose and start spinning. I let off the throttle and downshift into fourth as the car starts to veer in the direction of traction. Namely, the shoulder. Using gentle inputs on the wheel and throttle I manage to retain a little control but the drivers behind me took the opportunity to blow past me horns blazing. With nowhere left to go, I put the car on the should and closed the throttle entirely. The car eventually slid to a gentle stop.
I'm young and dumb, and ice driving ain't for me. Called in to work anyway and limped the car back home. :(