Why is it that whenever it snows, people forget how to drive?

[CubsFan1982]

Seriously, I passed five accidents on my way home from class this afternoon. It's like whenever it begins to snow, even just a little, everyone forgets everything they ever learned in driver's ed. Sheesh!

[ewagner]

1. Unbelieveable isn't it?

Even up north here in Wisconsin, there are always a few who need retraining....which usually comes in form of a trip to the ditch.....

[xray s]

2. actually those people never knew how to drive in the first place

the snow just makes it obvious.

[CubsFan1982]

3. I think you might be right.

And if you ever drove around my area, it would be PAINFULLY obvious.

[Redstone]

4. Have they stopped using snow tires where you live?

Here in Connecticut, very few people use snow tires anymore, believing that if a tire says "all season" it's a winter tire, or is marked "M+S" it's actually designed to be used in mud and snow.*

Neither of which is actually the case.

* A tire can be labeled "M+S" purely because more than 25% of its tread area consists of grooves. these grooves DO NOT have to be in a pattern conducive to driving in snow. Nor does the tire have to have a winter compound that doesn't get hard as a rock at low temperature.

Redstone