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- WRXtranceformed - 01-21-2007
Fucking VDOT is so worthless, bunch of fucking lazy rednecks. 15 and 50 had hardly been touched at all by 6:30pm, not even any salt put down. Fortunately 7 was fine, but I averaged about 20mph the entire drive home because:
a) I'm still driving on bald ass high performance summer tires :lol:
b) VDOT hadn't even touched most of the roads
c) Half of what I was driving on was a mix of black ice and slush.
Stupid fuckers.
- .RJ - 01-21-2007
WRXtranceformed Wrote:Fucking VDOT is so worthless, bunch of fucking lazy rednecks.
So VDOT is worthless because you didnt know the weather report and stay prepared for conditions?
- Apoc - 01-21-2007
That brings up a good point. While out shopping today I heard a few people say "Wow, this really came out of nowhere!" I understand if people don't look at the weather every day but it's been in the report since midweek.
I think for once the media didn't freak everyone out about it and as a result quite a few people didn't even know.
- WRXtranceformed - 01-21-2007
I knew it was going to flurry and accumulate, so transversely I would expect that VDOT would have known it too. There was not an ounce of fucking salt down on the roads and nothing had been plowed on two major arterial highways I drove on. When I hit route 7, it was fantastic and was exactly what I was expecting to drive home in... I was rolling at like 50-55 no problem.
What's unbelievable to me is that the roads that sucked were adjacent to the fucking VDOT LOCAL FIELD HEADQUARTERS! You and I pay those dicks to do their fucking job, they don't do shit all year except for civic projects and trash cleanup... when it snows, you'd think the supervisors would get their crews on it asap.
My mom and uncle also drove home on 81 and that was a complete nightmare. My uncle said he saw some of the worst accidents he's ever seen and the roads were pretty much a disaster.
Maybe it's too much to ask local government entities to actually do their jobs. I should know better, I dealt with them on a daily basis for over a year and a half... with most of those people it's like pulling teeth to get them to remember their own names.
- Apoc - 01-21-2007
They just built a shitload of overpasses on 28 that really alleviated traffic flows. I can live without salt for a few hours.
- WRXtranceformed - 01-21-2007
Yeah and they finally finished 66 near Manassas =P
- Evan - 01-21-2007
yeah VDOT was MIA for this one. Which is strange, because usually they are prepped and ready to go, lay down salt before it snows, and the second snow accumulates the plows roll.
- white_2kgt - 01-21-2007
well, I finally got to try out the plow. ended up with a little over 1" @7:30 when I headed out. Once I got the plow set to the right height it was no sweat. For anyone who's seen my driveway I had it and the parking pad at the back done in 1/2hr. Didn't even spin much, can't wait to see what this thing will do with a little more snow! no pics as it was dark as shit.
- BLAIR - 01-21-2007
Hunter Wrote:NH is making me really good at snow driving though, considering anytime I drive anywhere I have to do it in the snow. It's like living at camp drifto.
shit.. NH hasnt gotten ANYTHING.. wait for a REAL new england winter
- Kaan - 01-21-2007
I dont think the plows are going to roll until the "icy" shit that is falling from the sky from time to time stops.
thank god i'm in my moms 4x4... it made life easy! all the benz drivers in oakton were stuck on fox mill lol.
- Andy - 01-21-2007
This is Walter's first experience with snow and what does he immediately do?
![[Image: walter.jpg]](http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/files/982335_km1af/walter.jpg)
- Mike - 01-21-2007
Evan Wrote:yeah VDOT was MIA for this one. Which is strange, because usually they are prepped and ready to go, lay down salt before it snows, and the second snow accumulates the plows roll.
my only guesses are a) i don't think the predictions were in line with how the roads were affected and b) it is a sunday.
- WRXtranceformed - 01-21-2007
Mike Wrote:and c) the NFL championship games are onEvan Wrote:yeah VDOT was MIA for this one. Which is strange, because usually they are prepped and ready to go, lay down salt before it snows, and the second snow accumulates the plows roll.
my only guesses are a) i don't think the predictions were in line with how the roads were affected and b) it is a sunday.
- Mike - 01-21-2007
that too, but i'm not so sure people could be like "oh hell nah, i'm not coming in, games are on!"
- WRXtranceformed - 01-21-2007
Mike Wrote:that too, but i'm not so sure people could be like "oh hell nah, i'm not coming in, games are on!"You would hope to God not, but it honestly wouldn't surprise me.
- Mike - 01-21-2007
i lie, i could probably pull that
- Hunter - 01-21-2007
BLAIR Wrote:Hunter Wrote:NH is making me really good at snow driving though, considering anytime I drive anywhere I have to do it in the snow. It's like living at camp drifto.
shit.. NH hasnt gotten ANYTHING.. wait for a REAL new england winter
It had been nothing until the last two weeks, but since then we've had 5 different snow storms roll through and the average daily high temp has been about 15 (one day the high was 0). I'm starting to realize that winter here is waaaay colder than home.
- PDenbigh - 01-21-2007
white_2kgt Wrote:well, I finally got to try out the plow. ended up with a little over 1" @7:30 when I headed out. Once I got the plow set to the right height it was no sweat. For anyone who's seen my driveway I had it and the parking pad at the back done in 1/2hr. Didn't even spin much, can't wait to see what this thing will do with a little more snow! no pics as it was dark as shit.
Woo Hoo!
Need to put a V8 on that thing!
- .RJ - 01-21-2007
Hunter Wrote:I'm starting to realize that winter here is waaaay colder than home.
I spent a summer in the same town, and it was definately in the 40's at night in the summertime... the girl I was dating insisted on sleeping with the f'ing windows open too.
- Apoc - 01-21-2007
Useless Fact: People in Vermont make fun of people from NH... kinda like VA does with MD.