The Official It's snowing outside and everyone is driving like Fang on crack.

[Cardinal Fang]

Uh....yeah so we got some snow.

[Kappa]

we got it in saint john NB yesterday... i cried a little

[yearoftherat]

Uh....yeah so we got some snow.


and its suppose to rain this afternoon..wtf...

[laksman91]

and its suppose to rain this afternoon..wtf...

A recipe for disaster I'd say

[Riftler]

It;s already pissing me off. I'm tired from shovelling and if its going to keep snowing and then rain a bit, I'm going to /wrist

[iconicrocket]

Slushy big time.

The accident reports should be trickling in soon.

[crystal8484]

I just wanna say that I LOVE SNOW DAYS like this...

why?

EVERYONE pussies out on the morning commute. I left my house at 7:50am from Mississauga and got to work WITH a stop at tim hortons all the way downtown at DVP/Lakeshore at 8:20am at my desk. *sigh* life is wonderful... So, THANK YOU everyone for being chickens and not wanting to drive in slushy snow. :winner

[kevcol74]

Time to test out the snow driving abilities of the Quest....

Oh the humility of what I can have fun with these days....:bang

[mazdaskit]

first time this morning driving my 3 in the snow lol and i think im gonna need snow tires soon

[jonjon72]

first time this morning driving my 3 in the snow lol and i think im gonna need snow tires soon


Yup, nothing like the first snow fall to make people think about snow tires. You won't regret the investment.

[CM3]

it is not longer snowing....its raining downtown...and i heard/saw thunder and lightning WTF!:loco

[mazdabetty]

it is not longer snowing....its raining downtown...and i heard/saw thunder and lightning WTF!:loco

Weirdddd!!!! The world is endingggg.....

Someone actually cut me off today on these roads... full on SLAMMED on the gas and made a left in front of me, JUST so he could get ONE car length ahead. No one was behind me, he had to risk both our lives cuz he just could not bear the thought of waiting 2.7 seconds and having to drive behind another car.

After all that commotion, he decides to drive 20kph in front of me... Seriously. I was already cruising at 43... jackass :complain

[aris]

People need to learn how to drive...4 lane roads yet the idiot beside you can't judge were his lane is and almost puts you in the curb..rrrrrrrrrrr or they drive right in the middle doing 10km and you can't pass them....rrrrrrrrrrr


now i rember why i hate winter:flaming

[froggy]

Weirdddd!!!! The world is endingggg.....

Someone actually cut me off today on these roads... full on SLAMMED on the gas and made a left in front of me, JUST so he could get ONE car length ahead. No one was behind me, he had to risk both our lives cuz he just could not bear the thought of waiting 2.7 seconds and having to drive behind another car.

After all that commotion, he decides to drive 20kph in front of me... Seriously. I was already cruising at 43... jackass :complain


People need to learn how to drive...4 lane roads yet the idiot beside you can't judge were his lane is and almost puts you in the curb..rrrrrrrrrrr or they drive right in the middle doing 10km and you can't pass them....rrrrrrrrrrr


now i rember why i hate winter:flaming

I feel like getting out of my car, jumping in there's and being like, "here! this is how you can drive in conditions like this! It's only a little bit of snow, you are not driving on oil covered marbles! you can go faster than 10 km/h on a street that's designed for 60km/h!!!! Oh wait you don't have snow tires??!!! *slaps them around some, drives them to the nearest tire store and makes them buy some*

end rant

[cwp_sedan]

This weather sucks! 1hr 45min to get to work which normally takes 25min!!! This is why I hate winter! I don't mind driving in the snow, it's just all of these Fangs on crack causing problems!! :chuckle

[mazdabetty]

I feel like getting out of my car, jumping in there's and being like, "here! this is how you can drive in conditions like this! It's only a little bit of snow, you are not driving on oil covered marbles! you can go faster than 10 km/h on a street that's designed for 60km/h!!!! Oh wait you don't have snow tires??!!! *slaps them around some, drives them to the nearest tire store and makes them buy some*

end rant

haha yah no kidding... there's driving slow enough to be safe on slippery roads, but then there's just ridiculously slow, which usually means fear in the driver... and driving close to a fearful driver is an accident waiting to happen. They don't really acknowledge who is around or behind them, they just look straight ahead and fend for themselves. Worst drivers EVER.

[SSmoked]

its pretty stupid it snows ande pretty much everbody forgets how to drive. however i just had some fun outside my house in the court lmao drifting FTW!!

[whiteomega]

its pretty stupid it snows ande pretty much everbody forgets how to drive. however i just had some fun outside my house in the court lmao drifting FTW!!

What? You mean the season weather cycle repeats itself and snow comes back every year?

Say it ain't so!



My morning comute was fine this morning..though highway 7 was a bit of a "2 lanes here, two and a half there" kind of thing.

[yearoftherat]

My commute was the same..but @ 5am in the mornin. People were making their own lanes on the 404 and 401 collectors. I think I got my car into 3rd gear once thru the whole commute.

[PCLoadLetter]

I left my house at 5am today for work and made it in for 6:30 including a stop at Tim's. This morning was my first time using winters and I couldn't believe the difference they make. No problems making my own tracks on the 403 :)

The drive home is going to be nice...

[Fobio]

hwy 7 was pure BS this morning going west in the Markham area...it'd have taken 45min to go from McCowan to the 404. Good thing I was going the other way this morning and went back west across the 407...and then of course some guy spins out in front of me...

He spun because when it got slippery, he lifted...and then hard braked and the car came around on him...good thing I left enough space and distance for me to slow down and see him slide off the road while my rectum and my heart started doing alternating jumping jacks...

tip: if it's slippery, slow down and control your car...don't panic and lift or slam on the brakes hoping the car will magically go where it's supposed to...cuz it won't...

The drive on the DVP however, was surprisingly light...

[Thrizzl3]

seen an accident on my way home this morning..subaru rear ended a ttc bus..

[kevcol74]

seen an accident on my way home this morning..subaru rear ended a ttc bus..

AWD, i can do anything....lol Not on no-seasons in a Suby!
I remember in 2003ish, first big snowfall, my trip from Burlington to London I saw 8 cars in the ditch, 6 were 4wd SUVs.....

[STeeLy]

seen an accident on my way home this morning..subaru rear ended a ttc bus..

Proof that AWD doesn't do shit if you have no idea what you're doing.

[Fobio]

Jim Kenzie once remarked that it's usually the SUV/AWD/4WD that gets into the first rounds of accidents cuz of their "heroic" believes that their car's ability can somehow redefine the laws of physics localized within their 4-wheels...

[kevcol74]

^ I hate Kenzie, he's an idiot..... but I agree with that statement! lol

[pacmann33]

Jim Kenzie once remarked that it's usually the SUV/AWD/4WD that gets into the first rounds of accidents cuz of their "heroic" believes that their car's ability can somehow redefine the laws of physics localized within their 4-wheels...

Yup, that combined with short wheelbase and high center of gravity....add the retardation anndd....TADA!!!! Explorer in ditch! :headbang

[Dreamliner]

I just wanna say that I LOVE SNOW DAYS like this...

why?

EVERYONE pussies out on the morning commute. I left my house at 7:50am from Mississauga and got to work WITH a stop at tim hortons all the way downtown at DVP/Lakeshore at 8:20am at my desk. *sigh* life is wonderful... So, THANK YOU everyone for being chickens and not wanting to drive in slushy snow. :winner

Either you drove like a maniac or you're clocks are messed up. I left Bayview/John at 5:55am and got to Derry/Torbram at 6:40am via 401->409-Airport Road. The 401W was moving at no more than 60-70km the whole way. I call shenanigans! :pop

[Hives]

The center piece of my front lip broke off on the 401 this morning. Its prolly in a ditch. FML.

I was driving in the fast lane, and then the snow got super high all of a sudden, and at 80km with the center hitting into caused it to get torn off. Sides of my lip are still intact, for now.

I was supposed to drive the RAV4 this morning, but my mom had to use it. So on the first day of winter, my imported lip is gone. What else lies ahead for me. Grrrrrr

[SL3VIN]

ppl seem to forget how to drive every single first snow fall of the year....

[crystal8484]

I'd like to brag that it took me 20 minutes to get home today. this NEVER happens so I wanna rub it in. 20 minutes!!! 20 MINUTES!!!!! TWENTY MINUTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all the way from the start of the DVP to Cawthra. 20!!!!!!!! minutes!!!!!!!!!! theheheheh

[crystal8484]

Either you drove like a maniac or you're clocks are messed up. I left Bayview/John at 5:55am and got to Derry/Torbram at 6:40am via 401->409-Airport Road. The 401W was moving at no more than 60-70km the whole way. I call shenanigans! :pop

huge negative!

I left my house at 7:50am and was at work at 8:20am at my desk, i was in the parking lot by 8:15. BRAAAAP I also know the lanes to switch into at what time to miss the slow downs. I'm that good. ;)

[froggy]

huge negative!

I left my house at 7:50am and was at work at 8:20am at my desk, i was in the parking lot by 8:15. BRAAAAP I also know the lanes to switch into at what time to miss the slow downs. I'm that good. ;)

if I ever decide to do rally racing you're my navigator! or driver whatever works lol

[DumpInfo]

Yup I agree alot of stupid ass people on the roads this morning and more to come. We ended up taking almost 2 hours to get to work which sucked donkey nuts.

From Whitby to QEW and Islington...

A long ass ride but I drenched a person shovelling his driveway today so it was kinda worth it :chuckle

[crystal8484]

warning: this rant will have many cuss words (probably every other word) so read with your own caution.

I just almost died today on the gardiner because some f**king erykah badu looking bitch decided she felt the need to f**king MERGE into my lane directly beside me. I'm driving along listening to the edge and all of a sudden I notice a piece of s**t cavalier pretty much in the same f**king lane as me!!!!!!!!!!! I brake and she barely. And I do mean barely.. we're talking within f**king INCHES of taking out the entire side of my car. I almost go into a huge fish tail but managed to recover but almost swiped the guard rail but thankfully it opened up into the on ramp from Jarvis so I skidded over for space. At this point I'm shaking. "DID THAT F**KING STUPID BITCH JUST F**KING SEE ME?!?!?!?!" Now my eyes had flames in them and I'm now green with rage. I see her cut off another car and take off up the centre lane. I of course follow her, roll up beside her honking to get her attention. I can see her eyes looking over, but SHE WILL NOT TURN HER HEAD. Jee.. maybe she's just retarded and can't turn her f**King UGLY ASS FACE in the first place considering she nearly killed me....

I regret not following her as she turned towards the DVP. F**K WORK at this point... but damnit, here I am already typing up this story more livid than I've ever been in my entire life. My brakes made the most horrible crunching sound and they're already on their last leg as it is. I swear to god I'll go postal today if anyone crosses me... OH EM GEE.

(*@&(@&$(*@$^(*^@$&&* STUPID F**KING BTICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flaming:flaming:flaming:flaming:flaming

//rant (maybe)

[mazdaskit]

dammm i would of followed her and been like WTF to her.. some ppl dont even look when they go into another lane just like im here so move over for me like where do some ppl get there licences

[Thrizzl3]

warning: this rant will have many cuss words (probably every other word) so read with your own caution.

I just almost died today on the gardiner because some f**king erykah badu looking bitch decided she felt the need to f**king MERGE into my lane directly beside me. I'm driving along listening to the edge and all of a sudden I notice a piece of s**t cavalier pretty much in the same f**king lane as me!!!!!!!!!!! I brake and she barely. And I do mean barely.. we're talking within f**king INCHES of taking out the entire side of my car. I almost go into a huge fish tail but managed to recover but almost swiped the guard rail but thankfully it opened up into the on ramp from Jarvis so I skidded over for space. At this point I'm shaking. "DID THAT F**KING STUPID BITCH JUST F**KING SEE ME?!?!?!?!" Now my eyes had flames in them and I'm now green with rage. I see her cut off another car and take off up the centre lane. I of course follow her, roll up beside her honking to get her attention. I can see her eyes looking over, but SHE WILL NOT TURN HER HEAD. Jee.. maybe she's just retarded and can't turn her f**King UGLY ASS FACE in the first place considering she nearly killed me....

I regret not following her as she turned towards the DVP. F**K WORK at this point... but damnit, here I am already typing up this story more livid than I've ever been in my entire life. My brakes made the most horrible crunching sound and they're already on their last leg as it is. I swear to god I'll go postal today if anyone crosses me... OH EM GEE.

(*@&(@&$(*@$^(*^@$&&* STUPID F**KING BTICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flaming:flaming:flaming:flaming:flaming

//rant (maybe)

:O

the retard is an amateur at driving...should have told her to go back to driving school:loco

[Walrus]

ok so my car is now back at stock height..but before i settle down i was in for a big surprise..the cold weather caused to roads to freeze up meaning if you tap the brakes the car won't slow down in time..guess what there was a car infront of me doing 20km/h and suddenly stops at a yellow light even though they were at the line..i had to swerve out of the way to avoid an accident..i also ran a red light at the same time. good thing there were no cops around.


the retard is an amateur at driving...should have told her to go back to driving school:loco

:chuckle

[JohnyGT]

off the topic, but i noticed salad fingers signature of m.betty...

I used to watch that when i was in univ... :blah

sorry for jacking the thread ppl :chuckle

[kevcol74]

Kitchener to Tomen/401.... 3 hours and 45 minutes, I left my bloody house at 6:30AM!!!!! Got in at 10:15..... WTF????
Sad thing is, all the accidents reported, were Westbound!!! People need to mind their own business and drive!! And stop driving 40 in the passing lane!

//end rant

[crystal8484]

Kitchener to Tomen/401.... 3 hours and 45 minutes, I left my bloody house at 6:30AM!!!!! Got in at 10:15..... WTF????
Sad thing is, all the accidents reported, were Westbound!!! People need to mind their own business and drive!! And stop driving 40 in the passing lane!

//end rant


http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban1428l.jpg

[kevcol74]

^ Nice!! You nailed it! lol And helped me relieve some of the tension I built up for the last 4 hours.... Oy, i need a massage about now!

[PCLoadLetter]

It took me 2 hours this morning to get from Winston Churchill / 403 to the 401.

My work is pretty much beside Canada's Wonderland. I turned around at the 401 and called in sick. :chuckle

[kevcol74]

^ If I didn't have a meeting with a client today, i would have done the same!

[mazdabetty]

off the topic, but i noticed salad fingers signature of m.betty...

ahhaha yahhhh salad fingers is awesome!!! :chuckle



It took me 2 hours this morning to get from Winston Churchill / 403 to the 401.

My work is pretty much beside Canada's Wonderland. I turned around at the 401 and called in sick. :chuckle

WEIRD..... as I as reading this post the printer behind me was beeping for a really long time, and someone finally walked up to it and said "PC Load Letter??" AHHAHAHHA weird coincidence... I don't know if it actually said that on the printer or if they were referencing Office Space but it sounded like they read it off the printer hahahahha....

And to Crystal, that SUCKSSSS girl... I would have been tempted to follow too... but with the way she was driving you probably woulda been run off the road anyway... best to let nature take it's course and let those kind of people get what's coming to them eventually lol

[stealthman12]

It took me 2 hours this morning to get from Winston Churchill / 403 to the 401.

My work is pretty much beside Canada's Wonderland. I turned around at the 401 and called in sick. :chuckle

hahah...i was in the same boat as you...Erin Mills/403 to Mavis/403 took 40 min, then i just gave up and took local to the 401.

[blankets3]

Jim Kenzie once remarked that it's usually the SUV/AWD/4WD that gets into the first rounds of accidents cuz of their "heroic" believes that their car's ability can somehow redefine the laws of physics localized within their 4-wheels...

wait... u mean... thats not how it works....


o no o no! o no!

[MistaChin]

LOL @ the "Erykah Badu looking bitch" comment

[froggy]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban1428l.jpg


warning: this rant will have many cuss words (probably every other word) so read with your own caution.

I just almost died today on the gardiner because some f**king erykah badu looking bitch decided she felt the need to f**king MERGE into my lane directly beside me. I'm driving along listening to the edge and all of a sudden I notice a piece of s**t cavalier pretty much in the same f**king lane as me!!!!!!!!!!! I brake and she barely. And I do mean barely.. we're talking within f**king INCHES of taking out the entire side of my car. I almost go into a huge fish tail but managed to recover but almost swiped the guard rail but thankfully it opened up into the on ramp from Jarvis so I skidded over for space. At this point I'm shaking. "DID THAT F**KING STUPID BITCH JUST F**KING SEE ME?!?!?!?!" Now my eyes had flames in them and I'm now green with rage. I see her cut off another car and take off up the centre lane. I of course follow her, roll up beside her honking to get her attention. I can see her eyes looking over, but SHE WILL NOT TURN HER HEAD. Jee.. maybe she's just retarded and can't turn her f**King UGLY ASS FACE in the first place considering she nearly killed me....

I regret not following her as she turned towards the DVP. F**K WORK at this point... but damnit, here I am already typing up this story more livid than I've ever been in my entire life. My brakes made the most horrible crunching sound and they're already on their last leg as it is. I swear to god I'll go postal today if anyone crosses me... OH EM GEE.

(*@&(@&$(*@$^(*^@$&&* STUPID F**KING BTICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flaming:flaming:flaming:flaming:flaming

//rant (maybe)

This is why I think there should be a winter driving component to every license. somewhere in the graduated licensing system it has to be put in place. And for those older drivers there should be a test that you have to do before you can renew your license again. I know it sounds like a lot but i think you would see a dramatic reduction in winter accidents. Or if you take your drivers test in winter to start out with then you'd be ok already. British Columbia used to something similar but with manual transmissions. If you took your test in a manual transmission car you could drive any car you wanted, but if you took your test with an automatic you'd have to retest with a manual before you could drive one.

[Fobio]

This is why I think there should be a winter driving component to every license. somewhere in the graduated licensing system it has to be put in place. And for those older drivers there should be a test that you have to do before you can renew your license again. I know it sounds like a lot but i think you would see a dramatic reduction in winter accidents. Or if you take your drivers test in winter to start out with then you'd be ok already. British Columbia used to something similar but with manual transmissions. If you took your test in a manual transmission car you could drive any car you wanted, but if you took your test with an automatic you'd have to retest with a manual before you could drive one.

I took my driving exam in a snow storm in 1994. It took use almost 2hrs to get from Richmond Hill to the exam centre near the airport. I got perfect on the exam except for stopping for too long (wtf?!) at an intersection. We did uphill/downhill stops (turn wheel in towards curb) along with parallel parking. The other guy who took the exam with my instructor failed miserably...lol...

I still remember...January 20, 1994...I think it was one of the worst snowstorms of the decade...

[laksman91]

This is why I think there should be a winter driving component to every license. somewhere in the graduated licensing system it has to be put in place. And for those older drivers there should be a test that you have to do before you can renew your license again. I know it sounds like a lot but i think you would see a dramatic reduction in winter accidents. Or if you take your drivers test in winter to start out with then you'd be ok already. British Columbia used to something similar but with manual transmissions. If you took your test in a manual transmission car you could drive any car you wanted, but if you took your test with an automatic you'd have to retest with a manual before you could drive one.

That I think would be very hard to implement. Simply due to
cost, look at those f*cks at DriveTest, still on strike

[crystal8484]

LOL @ the "Erykah Badu looking bitch" comment

an almost EXACT description of the bad driver.
http://media.canada.com/0784bb05-ab0e-4bd2-aec9-4ccd77e2817b/badu.jpg

[froggy]

That I think would be very hard to implement. Simply due to
cost, look at those f*cks at DriveTest, still on strike

it would be and especially with our cluless provincial government almost impossible. I still think that it would be of great benifit in the long run. You might not be able to do it retroactively, but it would be a lot easier to implement as part of graduated licensing. either as a test component or as a course that you have to take

[x_o_k_x]

Jim Kenzie once remarked that it's usually the SUV/AWD/4WD that gets into the first rounds of accidents cuz of their "heroic" believes that their car's ability can somehow redefine the laws of physics localized within their 4-wheels...

soo true, seen plenty of SUV going faster then normal. Even faster then the max speed sign. As well as WRX Subarus, they think they own the roads. I cant blame Subarus, they are pretty much same weight as other sedans/coups, but AWD. But SUVs cant handle like subarus can.

But I have also witnessed, people driving less then 20km/h, almost rolling. Like seriously, spend extra few bucks and get winters.

[PCLoadLetter]

WEIRD..... as I as reading this post the printer behind me was beeping for a really long time, and someone finally walked up to it and said "PC Load Letter??" AHHAHAHHA weird coincidence... I don't know if it actually said that on the printer or if they were referencing Office Space but it sounded like they read it off the printer hahahahha....

And to Crystal, that SUCKSSSS girl... I would have been tempted to follow too... but with the way she was driving you probably woulda been run off the road anyway... best to let nature take it's course and let those kind of people get what's coming to them eventually lol
Haha then my choice in username was worth it just for that moment.

[crono06]

I also see a lot of ppl with luxo cars driving like idiots too. They think that just because they drive a premium car, it will protect them from the elements and their stupidity xD

Like, "zomg, my electronic-self-stabilizing-traction-control-system will make my driving safer"

[aris]

This is why I think there should be a winter driving component to every license. somewhere in the graduated licensing system it has to be put in place. And for those older drivers there should be a test that you have to do before you can renew your license again. I know it sounds like a lot but i think you would see a dramatic reduction in winter accidents. Or if you take your drivers test in winter to start out with then you'd be ok already. British Columbia used to something similar but with manual transmissions. If you took your test in a manual transmission car you could drive any car you wanted, but if you took your test with an automatic you'd have to retest with a manual before you could drive one.

I got my G2 in febuary in a snow storm and i got my G i year later in febuary and their was snow on the gorund

[optiklenz13]

soo true, seen plenty of SUV going faster then normal. Even faster then the max speed sign. As well as WRX Subarus, they think they own the roads. I cant blame Subarus, they are pretty much same weight as other sedans/coups, but AWD. But SUVs cant handle like subarus can.

But I have also witnessed, people driving less then 20km/h, almost rolling. Like seriously, spend extra few bucks and get winters.

I agree with you, the subies are excited, i know first hand because four of my friends drives them.

AWD can help you go, but it won't help you stop..

[xxSlidewaysxx]

i left work at 5:15 am this morning and there was nothing on the QEW at 3rd line. Listen to 680 news, for the traffic, and they come back with "It's tretcherous out there". Then I get around Royal Windsor and bam snow. I says to myself, no biggy snows are on lets go, doin 80. First car, fast lane=40KMH. Waited, *baked a cake*, nothing.........Passed that guy. Down the 403 the plows are out, back to 40.......They get off at Hurontario, Cavalier in front of me GUNS it and slip, slide into the concrete, for what.....dumby. Going around the bend upto the 410 and one Explorer and *giggle* a fooken limo in the ditch, haha limo. Not even north of the 401 yet, another Explorer in the ditch and an Astro van facing backwards. I think the van spun avoiding the Explorer. 5 cars in what 5 KM.......Not one with snow tires........WTF:loco

[Fobio]

I think the van spun avoiding the Explorer. 5 cars in what 5 KM.......Not one with snow tires........WTF:loco

no no...they just pulled over to count all the $$$ they saved...lol...

/sarcasm

[gibbons3]

i put my snow tires on the day before it snowed, wow did i time that right :chuckle

[froggy]

I got my G2 in febuary in a snow storm and i got my G i year later in febuary and their was snow on the gorund

you'd be ok then