First thing I thought, Lock em up, that ought work eh? I was raised near Canada and moved to the south after the military. A bit of snow and it was a circus. They did three things well, Drove to fast, floor boarded it or stood on the brakes.
For me, driver's training in northern Michigan included driving on a skid pad. Then I went into the Air Force. I remember arriving at Cannon AFB in New Mexico in a half-inch of snow and big 4WD pickups skidding all over the roads and stuck in the ditches. I was driving a Ford Pinto (tiny, rear wheel drive), and the only thing even slightly troublesome was avoiding the skidding fools.
As for sticking a leg out of a moving vehicle - absolutely not. I see that, and I think of a girl in high school who dropped her foot overboard when riding a toboggan - and we all heard her thigh bone snap. That toboggan was under 800 pounds loaded, imagine what a 3,500 pound car might do. Good thing that guy changed his mind quickly.
I wouldn't have been doing _anything_ that driver in #5 video did, but I 'm not 100% sure I could have avoided a crash in #5. To recover from a skid, you have to get off the brakes and steer into the skid until your front wheels are rolling along the pavement again. Until you've accomplished that, you have very little influence on where your car is going or how fast. If you are skidding towards a parked car nearby, your chances of regaining control and _then_ being able to steer or brake enough to avoid the collision are rather poor. I probably would have looked and thought far enough ahead to slow down, stay farther from the parked cars, and clear them with a shallow turn that avoided skidding. But if I mis-estimated the road conditions until I was in the skid shown at the beginning of the video, the only difference is that I probably would have gone into a parked car straight-ahead and with the front wheels pointed into the skid.
#5: Drivers Ed 101 -- Steer into the freakin' skid!!!!! It's a hell of a lot more effective than loosing a leg!!!!
#8: Someone call Bubba Wallace and tell him that these evil white supremist movers are trying to lynch that poor fridge (or whatever the hell it is) with a noose!!!!!!!
#5 When hydraulic brakes aren't enough, apply the foot brake.
ReplyDeleteGood way to lose a leg!
DeleteFirst thing I thought, Lock em up, that ought work eh? I was raised near Canada and moved to the south after the military. A bit of snow and it was a circus. They did three things well, Drove to fast, floor boarded it or stood on the brakes.
DeleteFor me, driver's training in northern Michigan included driving on a skid pad. Then I went into the Air Force. I remember arriving at Cannon AFB in New Mexico in a half-inch of snow and big 4WD pickups skidding all over the roads and stuck in the ditches. I was driving a Ford Pinto (tiny, rear wheel drive), and the only thing even slightly troublesome was avoiding the skidding fools.
DeleteAs for sticking a leg out of a moving vehicle - absolutely not. I see that, and I think of a girl in high school who dropped her foot overboard when riding a toboggan - and we all heard her thigh bone snap. That toboggan was under 800 pounds loaded, imagine what a 3,500 pound car might do. Good thing that guy changed his mind quickly.
I wouldn't have been doing _anything_ that driver in #5 video did, but I 'm not 100% sure I could have avoided a crash in #5. To recover from a skid, you have to get off the brakes and steer into the skid until your front wheels are rolling along the pavement again. Until you've accomplished that, you have very little influence on where your car is going or how fast. If you are skidding towards a parked car nearby, your chances of regaining control and _then_ being able to steer or brake enough to avoid the collision are rather poor. I probably would have looked and thought far enough ahead to slow down, stay farther from the parked cars, and clear them with a shallow turn that avoided skidding. But if I mis-estimated the road conditions until I was in the skid shown at the beginning of the video, the only difference is that I probably would have gone into a parked car straight-ahead and with the front wheels pointed into the skid.
5. I don't miss that shit at all.
ReplyDelete- WDS
#5 Lesbian Subaru tag, winter version.
ReplyDeleteHA, SPOT ON! That's why I left the NC Mtns. and moved to the SC Lowcountry. Had my fill of those situations.
Delete#5 Fuckin LAV's.
ReplyDeletelesbian assault vehicle's. (Figures....)
Dock caving into the water. Best laugh I had all day. Thanks.
ReplyDelete#5: Drivers Ed 101 -- Steer into the freakin' skid!!!!! It's a hell of a lot more effective than loosing a leg!!!!
ReplyDelete#8: Someone call Bubba Wallace and tell him that these evil white supremist movers are trying to lynch that poor fridge (or whatever the hell it is) with a noose!!!!!!!
Just how loose can a leg get?
Delete--Tennessee Budd
How loose? Depends on the woman.
DeleteMany feel that BMW drivers are the worst assholes; I have determined that title now goes to those behind the wheel of Subarus.
ReplyDelete#10 Nailed the dismount
ReplyDeleteConsider additional features like venting zippers, bag for snowboardr for carrying essentials, and reinforced areas for bindings.
ReplyDelete#2: Somebody's been building back better.
ReplyDelete#4: "Honey, have you seen the truck?"
#5:Hey, it worked for Fred Flintstone.
#9: "Where's a cop when you nee...never mind."
#10: I'm thoroughly disappointed this prick got to walk away from that.