tell you what, to the people that say you can drive a car if it's sliding, tell me how to successfully do that when you hit a nice patch of black ice while you're sliding...
If icy conditions exist you should drive appropriately. Again its defensive driving, its 10-2, its Always be aware. This is Drivers ED 101.
Guess what, if you know its sub freezing outside, and youre driving, you should be aware of those conditions, you shouldnty drive like its 85 and sunny. its really that simple. If you hit black ice and wreck, its YOUR FAULT for driving TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS or failing to be aware of the road conditions that exist.
I was driving my fathers G37 about 2 years ago when we had that ice storm, and i was going 45mph on a back road, prob about 20 miles too fast because i was in a hurry. I hita patch of ice on a corner and slipped out and came 3 feet from a telephone pole and wrecking my dads brand new $45000 car. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MY FAULT for driving way too fast. I backed up, turned around and went straight back home and parked that bitch because I wasnt going to risk screwing up again.
But i suspect none of that is "cool" to do anymore. its much easier to go "LOL I wrecked my car OH WELL ACCIDENTS HAPPEN" *insert pics on a forum for sympathy.
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