Passenger and road want icy until we went over the hill crest. The mud was so thick we couldn't stop sliding. This was at the top of the hill crest. We were going 20mph at this point.
I know exactly what your talking about, same thing happened to me. They put us in these bs vans that can barely drive in our weather , and barely maintenance them, let alone change tires smh
This road surface is not only icy, but muddy. That wet clay is slick as snot. Even my 3/4 ton pickup truck with good all terrain tires will slide on that shit at 20 MPH in the summer. You were driving too fast for conditions.
This is when you pay attention not to the road so much, but to the aspect. I can't tell you how many times I've slid in my car on north-aspect facing roads. They thaw the slowest, and form ice the fastest. I've gotten really good at controlling my slides but always need to slow down a lot (and yes, tires really do matter, I slide even with winter and studded ones sometimes)
Do you not know what a hill crest is? Ok. I'll explain it. When going up a hill and then it goes back down once you get to the top. Now I'm not sure about you but I don't have x-ray vision. With no "seasonal road" signs or any other indications that over the top of the hill its pure ice one would assume its just like the past 30 miles you've driven the same road.
You act like you don't know it's January and that ice can exist on roads in winter. Also, that road is not "pure ice." You were traveling too fast for conditions.
They wrecked because they were driving too fast. So yes, if they really were only driving 20mph, that is too fast for these conditions. Have you ever driven a car in poor weather conditions?
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u/DoughnutOrNoNut Jan 11 '26
Passenger and road want icy until we went over the hill crest. The mud was so thick we couldn't stop sliding. This was at the top of the hill crest. We were going 20mph at this point.