Why do people act retarded when it snows?

SHEER PANIC!!!!!!!!

They all seem to act like they've never seen it before, then they forget how to drive safely while they're racing to the supermarket to stock up on shit paper and junk food.

Morons

 

It's funny how it's always the other guy when it snows that's the moron

 

We had a few snowflakes whirling around in the air last week and there was already a panic. When there's frost on the windshields of the school buses, then class is cancelled that day.
And actual snow on the ground? Things really get wild.
Nine months later, lots of extra babies are born!
I guess something good comes from snow after all!

 

For the same reason people freak out and forget how to drive when it rains, haven't figured it out yet though.

 

I did a very unscientific survey during our first snow here.

25% were petrified of driving
25% drove according to conditions
50% didn't realize it snowed.

 

I'd freak the fuck out if it were snowing, but that's only because I've never seen it in my life

 

I like to drop my plow down (angled) for just a second while travelling 80kph ...its fun to see the other drivers reactions lol

 

that made me laugh

 

I've done that, it's fun.

 

i was passing fools like crazy nuts today in the rain. ppl had their flashers on and i didn't even have my wipers on.

 

they're not acting...

 

I am intellectually incapable of answering the op's question, as it is presently snowing

 

It's amazing to me how many people just fail to understand simple physics. Every time we get the first significant snowfall of the year where I live - a bunch of dumbasses wind up in the ditch. When you get an inch or more, there's a good chance that it's going to get slick. When it's slick you can't fucking drive as fast as you normally drive. The second you lose traction, you're no longer in control of your vehicle, you're at the mercy of inertia. That's it. Yeah there's a chance you can steer out of slide, but you're shitting yourself if you think you're really in control of your vehicle at that moment.

Another thing that absolutely drives me crazy is the people that think that just because they're cruisin down a snow or ice covered road and their tires aren't spinning, they apparently think that they can stop or even slow down like they were driving on dry pavement. Every time it freakin' snows and I drive the appropriate speed - invariably, I get some asshole who thinks I should be driving faster. So they get right on my ass and literally less than a car length behind me, blinding me with their fucking truck lights (it's usually a pickup or a SUV) and they just stay there, mile after mile, because they're too scared to pass, because the damn roads are slick. WTF? The thought apparently never crosses their mind that I might have to stop suddenly, that a deer might run out (which happens to me at least 2 or 3 times a week). No they just stay behind me and ride my ass. There have been times when I just wanted slam on my fucking brakes, put us both in the ditch and then beat the shit of them. I just cannot understand this kind of behavior. You cannot safely drive or exceed the speed limit when your tires are not making contact with the pavement - it's that simple. Slow the fuck down.

 

I was ready this year..i put my snow tires on in sept

it didnt snow until christmas eve

 

I just drive really slow when it snows.. not as much for safety reasons but for douchebag reasons to irritate the people behind me

 

The temperature drop not only freezes the water making snow, it freezes rational brain function. Thus zombies.

~FIN~

 

Precisely. But true so very often.

 

yea man people are retarded to begin with, the snow just agitates that attribute

 

if they weren't "retarded" they wouldn't be driving cars, and no one else would have to.
cities and cars are not a good combination.
snow and cars are not a good combination.
cities and snow are not a good combination.
so i don't see how all three together could be expected to be.

 

Your lucky. snow sucks. Why did my ancestors move here? I'll never understand.