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Originally Posted by Seahawk
The problem in NoVa is two-fold: No one knows how to drive in snow, everyone thinks they know how to drive in snow.
It is bumper cars at times. I have never seen anything like it.
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We lived just off the Mt Vernon Parkway all the way down by Mt Vernon. The Parkway has a 45mph limit on that end but a large number of drivers get close to double that and the average is about 65 mph. In the last couple of years we lived there several drivers and passengers lost their lives on that road.
I've lived in very snowy areas, Northern NY and Bavaria. Snow driving is not that hard but you gotta have some sense of what you are doing and your best bet is snow tires, regardless. They are superior in snow and rain. I even had snows on my car in NOVA, still in my garage now if anyone is interested...
When I lived in Northern NY very near Canada border, I would always see young Soldiers with southern license plates off in a ditch during the daily snow every winter. Most of them had summer tires but thought they could get by.