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Originally Posted by Eddie Bronze
Someone alluded to the speed being a factor and without a doubt, it is, but there are other issues, too. Yesterday, coming home from work, I nearly slid into a van travelling in front of me. I'd never seen anything like this before. The lady driving it (a courtesy van for Honda West) was approaching the intersection of southbound 85th St and Bow Trail SW. North-south traffic there have no stop light or stop sign. You have the right away no matter what you are doing. For some stupid reason (woman driver?) she decides to come to a complete stop and let the person turn left who is sitting at a stop sign. I started to brake probably 20 feet or more behind her, going maybe 20-25km/h when I started to brake. Thinking she was going to turn, and seeing no brake lights because they were covered in snow, I thought I had time but I hit black ice and lost it. Slid the entire distance, stopping maybe a foot or two short of rear-ending her. It's not just speed, it's dummies who plain and simple, don't know how to obey the rules of the road, regardless of condition. That could have been a bad situation on ideal roads.
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You make a vaild point. It's the unknown factor of what drivers will or won't do that makes winter driving so crazy. Anytime i'm sitting at an icy intersection waiting for the light to turn green I'm always watching the guy behind to make sure he going to stop in time. That and I leave some space open ahead of me in case I have to move forward to avoid a rear ender.