All the white horses are still in bed

[cyrano]

Apparently I should get my snow tires put on the car soon. The snowy front that trekked through Seattle and Idaho earlier this week is dumping frozen rain on us.

Comments

[reluctantgenius.livejournal.com]

A Tori Amos reference - woo hoo! And I suspect driving on ice, even with studs, is still an exercise in using very small control inputs.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

It doesn't happen often, mostly because I don't know very many Tori Amos references. (:
And yes, that's the secret that those guys with the burly 4x4 trucks have yet to learn--it doesn't matter how much better your traction is if your coefficient of friction is zero.

[reluctantgenius.livejournal.com]

The trick in Texas was to wait about a day after an ice storm for all of the yahoos in the 4x4s to end up in the ditch before you go out. Then you don't have to worry about them trying to blow by you at 70 while you're driving 35 on the freeway. I'd expect they have more snow/ice clearing equipment up thataway, however, so it might not be a problem.