tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post4158381218652898042..comments2023-12-25T12:36:39.860-08:00Comments on The Clue Meter: sighDranghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-49558570521765382822012-01-14T02:12:03.498-08:002012-01-14T02:12:03.498-08:001) We have a lot of Californian imports, they gen...1) We have a lot of Californian imports, they generally don't think of "snow" as something you drive in, never learned. <br />2) Snow in amounts to be a concern is something that only happens every 4 or 5 years around here, even those who learned forget.<br />3) Part of the problem is that, as I've said before, the weather is not uniform across, say, a three or four county area, like it was, say, growing up in Michigan. Here, you'll go from snow, to snow-on-ice, to packed snow-on-ice, to clear, to black (unseen) ice, within a mile or two. Plus so much of the urban area here is on hills or ridges. <br />So it's not simply a matter of "not knowing how to drive in snow". (Although, having grown up in Michigan, they do piss me off. Mrs. Drang grew up here, but when she got her license, her father took her to the local--closed--shopping mall parking lot and had her practice.)Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3930683319071532737.post-48368431527453405492012-01-13T09:12:39.217-08:002012-01-13T09:12:39.217-08:00The morons who can't drive in the snow are the...The morons who can't drive in the snow are the reason why I take all the backroads home from work. Why parents don't teach their kids to drive in the snow is the question of the day. My parents taught me to drive in the snow and parallel park in empty commuter lots so I wouldn't be a burden to society on the roadway someday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.com