.. that is so sad...  

DEicer, HA, we don't Have that stuff. Except during Real cold times, then they dump sand on overpasses.

Up here.....they use different forms of salt...by the truckload.  Folks expect that when they wake up in the morning, the roads will be clear of snow and ice.....they want to be able to drive all year on the same tires.

The salt is really corrosive.  Cars are getting better able to fight off the salt - not so with motorcycles and they corrode horribly if ridden year round.

Last year, this area had an ice storm, that literally shut down the top part of the state.
Even the emergency vehicles were sliding off the roads.
I was forced by the sheriffs department to turn around and take my wife back home.
I explained to them I was from a cold area and knew how to drive, plus, I have a 4 X 4 and KNOW how to use it. They didn't care....
So I pulled a state trooper out of a ditch on the way home... told him the story, he said thanks for the help, but he couldn't do anything about it as the state said NO to traffic at the time, and I needed to just go back home.

Kris01 wrote on 12/14/15 at 17:18:31:


I grew up in northern Ohio's snowbelt, and we got lots of snow in the winter.  When winter came you put on your studded snow tires.  Folks had lots of experience driving on snow, and generally were pretty good at it.  When you came to a hill you got a run for it, and then did your best to get up it.....if someone was already on the hill you waited at the bottom until they were done, and then you took your shot at it.

Now I live 300 miles south in northern KY.  Folks attempt to drive through the winter on the same "All Season" tires that may have little tread left on them, and when they come to a hill they all just pile up on it.....if you are waiting on the bottom for the road to clear so you can get a bit of a run - the folks behind you will just go around you and join the hillside mayhem.

We have a long and somewhat steep gravel drive - and when winter brings the slippery stuff I put the Blizzak snow tires on our cars.  A good set of snow tires will last 6 years if we only use them in the winter months, and they are a good investment as our foul weather often starts out as freezing rain, and then switches over to snow.

Surprisingly, the first 3 days of this week have been pretty darn nice.  It is cool after dark - but it has been up in the 60's in the daytime.  Unfortunately I have not been able to get home in time to do any riding (I have not yet taken the 2002 S40 out of service).

We are leaving on Saturday Dec 19th to visit family in Sarasota, FL, and we won't be back until the 29th.  I am fairly certain the warm weather will be gone by the time we return.

20's here all week. 4" of snow Tues. Ridin season is over.��