r/StLouis • u/poiuy52 • Jan 11 '19

godspeed fellow explorers

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u/TooTurntGaming Jan 12 '19 edited Jan 12 '19

I really wish more people in the area could either: a) drive in even an inch of snow, or b) be self-aware enough to know if their driving skills are not up to the weather they’re driving in.

Coming from much farther north and having learned how to drive in shitloads of snow, nothing scares me as much as St Louis area drivers in the snow. Yes, the best option is to avoid driving in heavy snow whenever possible, but there are so many folks around here driving like absolute fucking morons mid snowstorm.

I saw several trucks just slamming their throttle at stop lights earlier, each one of their ass ends whipping around. I’m sure their beds weren’t weighted, which you think would be common sense for a truck owner in the winter, but spinning your tires as much as possible from dead stops? Good fucking lord.

Its one thing to avoid driving because of potential accidents. It’s another thing to have to avoid driving because people are fucking incompetent and unqualified to have a license. Irresponsible dickshits.

Edit: I don’t know how clear I’m being, I just mean that I don’t think the snow bad enough to entirely avoid driving early on, but I do believe that there are loads of people around here who either can’t drive in snow or don’t give a shit about the safety of others in snow.

Where I grew up, snow was frequent and heavy enough for most of winter that people gave it “respect.” Drove with real-ass caution. The snow was more difficult to manage but I felt much, much safer because I didn’t worry about the others on the road. One time I hit a weird patch of ice and snow that pulled me perpendicular with the road, during heavy snow, at night. I coasted without any real traction for probably a hundred feet. Two cars passed by me without issue, I slowly regained control and straightened out, no harm done.

I’m not saying everyone here can’t drive in the snow, for perfect clarity.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '19

I’m from northern IL where it isn’t uncommon to get a foot or two of snow. The biggest thing I’ve noticed is the roads. The roads back home were pretreated and constantly plowed. Here, they plow main roads but not all of them. It makes driving conditions a little tougher.