"Evacuate everyone South of that line."

[CasterTroy]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kHzrWIL0bo

The transition to Benny Hill was perfectly timed!


On a related note....the drivers up your way are complete dick-holes and several would be instances of "Shooting in an occupied vehicle" here in the south. I see why you have instituted the "Russian camera mentality" on both car and motorcycle. God bless your blood pressure!

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Trip

From living in Alaska and my experiences in Tennessee, the people in the north can't either. People who were most often in the snow bank in Alaska were the badass pro drivers from the north with their badass ready to go 4WD SUVs and trucks all ready to jump any size snow drift. It was point of laughter up there. Typical overconfidence of skill and conditions.

It's the same thing I saw this week. People with mini vans, small cars, small trucks taking in conditions that they weren't use to in stride and slowing down to compensate for the bad conditions they had no experience in handling. Then you got the morons with their super awesome 4WD SUVs ready to just go hauling ass through the ice and making sure everyone gets the fuck out of their way only to wind up sliding into a ditch.

I stuck on the interstate for an hour in Chattanooga after leaving work early because they didn't treat the interstate and by the time they decided to do something, no one could make it up the ridge cut without getting stuck. Plows finally came through and shut it down so they could plow lanes up it. Most everyone was handling it well and giving plenty of room in the bad conditions we don't normally see in this area.

This time has a lot to do with complete lack of preparation. I had no idea it was even suppose to snow that day and conditions were fine by the time most of us went to work, no one had any idea it would actually stick to the roads and get to a level of it actually being packed snow on the interstate. The meterologists missed it completely. By the time they realized this, it was too late to stop the chaos that ensued.

I actually prefer running on snow, to trying to stay in track bare areas of the road. Most people don't seem to understand that traction is better on snow, packed or otherwise, than it is on slush that alternates with ice.

I'm remembering back to one of my trips down to Charlotte. I started out during one of the heaviest snows we'd had in years and I was driving a rear wheel drive Dodge Dakota, with my bike in the back, on all season radials. As I headed toward the border at Niagara Falls I passed dozens of cars, and a few transport trucks, in the ditch. The only times that my speed dropped below 50 MPH was when I was stuck behind someone who was white knuckling it in the fast lane and for the border crossings.

And I'm only an average driver, at best. There are just so many people who are way below the curve.

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

The transition to Benny Hill was perfectly timed!

On a related note....the drivers up your way are complete dick-holes and several would be instances of "Shooting in an occupied vehicle" here in the south. I see why you have instituted the "Russian camera mentality" on both car and motorcycle. God bless your blood pressure!

Thanks

I'd have beaten someone to death by now or taken one of my swords to some idiot long ago, if I hadn't spent a good ten years getting my once explosive temper under control. The twenty year old me would be leaving behind a trail of corpses.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I actually prefer running on snow, to trying to stay in track bare areas of the road. Most people don't seem to understand that traction is better on snow, packed or otherwise, than it is on slush that alternates with ice.

I'm remembering back to one of my trips down to Charlotte. I started out during one of the heaviest snows we'd had in years and I was driving a rear wheel drive Dodge Dakota, with my bike in the back, on all season radials. As I headed toward the border at Niagara Falls I passed dozens of cars, and a few transport trucks, in the ditch. The only times that my speed dropped below 50 MPH was when I was stuck behind someone who was white knuckling it in the fast lane and for the border crossings.

And I'm only an average driver, at best. There are just so many people who are way below the curve.

The problem with the ridge cut was people were driving all over it. It was mainly ice lightly covered in snow. The plow trucks dumped a bunch of sand down. Trucks were getting stuck going up it.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

When I'm in Atlanta, I'm always fascinated by the amount of cars driving around on bald tires.
New cars, old cars, expensive cars, it makes no difference.
Down to the steel belt seems to be the general guideline for tire usage down there.

Same thing down here... People run their tires until they pop...

[Gas Man]

Yeah if I had a few issues like that, I'd probably camera up... what unit do you have?

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Yeah if I had a few issues like that, I'd probably camera up... what unit do you have?

I wanted to go with something that I could use on both bike and car, so I bought myself a couple of Replay XD1080 cameras. There are better solutions if you just want something for the car; cameras that turn on automatically when you turn on the ignition, and that automatically loop record.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

I wanted to go with something that I could use on both bike and car, so I bought myself a couple of Replay XD1080 cameras. There are better solutions if you just want something for the car; cameras that turn on automatically when you turn on the ignition, and that automatically loop record.

And that's what I would go with... IDK maybe... I would consider getting something a bit more portable so it could be taken from car to car.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

And that's what I would go with... IDK maybe... I would consider getting something a bit more portable so it could be taken from car to car.

You might want to look at the Sony Action Cam. The long and narrow format is more conducive to use on a motorcycle than I think something like a GoPro is, and they have a bunch of accessories available. I saw them at the CSBK nationals, last year, and was fairly impressed.

http://store.sony.com/action-cam/cat...tid-Action-Cam