I live in Vermont. You don't need to tell about black ice, lol.

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Mar 25, 2023
12:59:59pm

ryebrye All-American

I live in Vermont. You don't need to tell about black ice, lol.

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ryebrye

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Worst black ice I've ever driven on, last night at 9 pm, on 900 East from BYU Music Building up to the MTC/Provo temple

Yllage Vidiot Humbly Awesome

3/25/23 12:02pm

Snow tires make a world of difference on ice. In Utah, sadly, barely anybody

ryebrye

3/25/23 12:13pm

Our tires were snow tires. Didn't help. Nobody had control.

3/25/23 12:16pm

You add the incline (I was northbound) to the mix as well. It didn't look like southbound/downhill was a great blessing

3/25/23 12:18pm

If you think snow tires protect you from black ice, then you have not driven on

The Old Y

3/25/23 12:55pm

Studded tires are the only answer in a situation like that.

Schultz is back

3/25/23 12:58pm

I live in Vermont. You don't need to tell about black ice, lol.

ryebrye

3/25/23 12:59pm

Apparently we do. they are SNOW tires, not ICE tires. All tires slide on ice.

RossoNeri

3/25/23 1:31pm

They have sipes cut into them that are specifically for ice.

ryebrye

3/25/23 5:12pm

Black ice doesn't care about snow tires.

John Doe

3/25/23 1:24pm

My parents were in the middle of that. Crazy and scary driving conditions.

Cougar TD

3/25/23 12:18pm

That must have been right after we went through. I'm regretting not pulling off the road somehow and trying to help on

3/25/23 12:20pm

It was terrible, glad you were safe. Just a bad night.

Cougar TD

3/25/23 12:24pm

Lol. Starsky and Hutch.

Dr MoBYU

3/25/23 12:29pm

Driving south on I-15 from Salt Lake - multiple accidents involving multiple vehicles all the way from the

Cougarpride

3/25/23 12:41pm

You are right that the thing we had going for us on surface streets was (generally) the lack of significant speed.

3/25/23 12:44pm

Utahns are completely oblivious and unprepared for black ice. They don't

777

3/25/23 1:45pm

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