and the plows ~~don't bother~~ can't catch up
this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2024
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I don't mind the roads so much. We plow the roads to have a snowbank on the ditch edges to act as bumpers to keep idiots and fools from careening off the road into a tree. As a retired medic, it made it easier to get people out of their cars and with less serious injuries.
What really pisses me off is the inability of people to park correctly in a parking lot. When the lines get covered in snow pack, everyone loses their minds and just start to randomly park anywhere and in any direction. I've seen clown park across two parking spots. And it stays that way for a least 6 months out of the year.
Surely this is no issue at all, because everyone will reduce their speed, increase safety distances, drive more carefully and when in doubt, yield to others, right?
Gestures at a car that did barrel rolls at a 4-way stop with a speed limit of 50km/h with 1 inch of snow on the ground.
Yeah. Sure thing.
Definitelt happens for first snow here in Estonia if it comes down unexpected.
2 days later we're back to being assholes.
This makes me think, what happens in countries like the Netherlands that use "shark teeth" markings on the street mostly in addition but partially instead of yield signs... either chaos or everybody is driving more carefully (unlikely)
When there's snow in the Netherlands, everyone just stops and waits for it to melt.
"I'm pretty sure I'm still on the road."
still feels like road, can't be that off
Start seeing polar bears and igloos, you get blocked by a herd of caribou.
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Nothing like successfully geoguessing a meme about winter driving instead of working. OP is actually correct about it being in Canada
Highway 401 eastbound, just west of Kennedy Road
I still don't understand how you people do it, but just in case you weren't aware yet:
https://feddit.org/c/geoguesser_iel
In India, the lines are just Grafitti and don't really mean anything.
It usually denotes the minimum number of lanes you should be driving in.
There's nothing like counting 7 lanes in a road you know is 4.
or wondering if the light up ahead is a vehicle ... or the gates of heaven because you already died in that fiery 12 car pile up on the highway a minute ago.
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as someone from Florida (USA) who has only ever seen snow once on a winter trip, literally every few months I learn something horrific about snow that makes it seem a little bit worse
Last months was that the salt that melts snow can essentially melt cars metal over enough time
Then it was that there's invisible 'black ice'
Now paint lines literally don't exist?! How do you exist over there? I'm literally dieing in like 50°F weather (10°C)
snow land is better than swamp land. try it out and stay a lifetime
When it gets cold enough outside, it kind of hurts to breath because the cold air kind of stings the inside of your lungs.
Those are the best days to go outside when you can feel the brittleness of the air.
I loves me some crunchy air
Now paint lines literally don't exist?! How do you exist over there?
Like this
and this
We get down to -50C (-58f) here, on a cold snap. Working outdoors sucks in that.
Even my pawns in Rimworld don't work outdoors during a cold snap. And i harvest them for organs and stuff.
what the fuck?????
Brrr.
A lot of shit breaks when it's that cold
The coldest in my memory was -42C, I remember getting into my boat of a Cadillac and the soft leather seats being as hard as concrete.
Even during the summer the lines are usually faded away so even on good nights you can barely see them. And because of plows no reflectors like down south.
We gots sunken reflectors in BC. Some escape the scrape.
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Here in Alberta the Hiways have ribs in the centre and ether side. You can drive in your lane by "feel" even when covered in snow.
Ribbed for your tire's pleasure?
The "lanes" are the sets of tire tracks from the car in front of you that you try to stay in so your car doesn't suddenly fishtail.
Remarkably accurate. Lanes become suggestions but tire tracks are mandatory.
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I prefer the spinoff, "Whose parking spot is it anyway?"
That's easy. It's always the BMW's spot. Even when it clearly isn't.
Lunchtime when it melts it just looks like they showed up to work drunk
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Oh, you mean drifting powder?
(I unironically love driving on snow or even ice - hate it that lives are in danger because of it, we can have better infrastructure)
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Lanes are a social construct
It's the biggest religion on the planet. Everyone believes the lines protect them. As long as everyone believes that, it works. But when you need help the most, it does nothing to protect you. It's just lines on some pavement, the people are the ones with all the power.
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Now that I think about it, so are roads
Rouds have material manifestations. The ground is different so driving there makes a difference. But historically, streets were the empty space between houses until the car industry lobbied to get the pedestrians out of the way.
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You stop for a pee break on the side of the highway, walk ten feet away from your car and now you can't find it
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Be safe out there. Not here, I've yet to see snow in Ontario, but I think Alberta's getting it hard.
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Just use the guard rails as bumpers. You'll be fine as long as you're not going too fast.
Then arrive to work on time
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