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On 28 Sep 2003 03:31:09 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:

That's like us in the winter. When we *do* get ice & snow. we are
ttotally paralyzed because the county doesn't own the right
equipment and we Okies just flat don't know how to drive in it.
Except for the proverbial "Hey ya'll, watch this." rednecks with
their 4-wheel drivess.
Hope your city get back to normal soon.

Whenever Nashville is hit by an ice storm, there always seems to be a
disproportiionate number of pickup trucks and SUVs among the vehicles
that end up in ditches. I suspect this is because the drivers are
finding out the hard way that, while 4-wheel drive makes it less
likely that you will lose traction while accelerating or going at a
steady rate of speed, it doesn't give you any particular advantage
while braking (since everyone has 4-wheel braking). The 4-wheel
drive vehicles tend to be driven faster on slippery surfaces than the
2-wheel drive vehicles, and thus are more likely to end up off the
road in a ditch.

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