Quote Originally Posted by Frank McGrath View Post
. . . I just happened to have the emergency services radio on and was listening to a unusually active channel. Accidents, overturned SUV's, cars on fire, Sand trucks in demand. I looked at my wife and said there can't be more than a quarter inch of snow on the ground, lets go. , , ,there was an accident involving several cars at the end of the ramp I would normally travel. . . We watched as a four wheel drive pickup spun tires all the way up a hill. . . . Less than a half inch of snow pretty much shut down the whole county. The state police had instituted the emergency snow plan, which in Maryland, closes main roads to travel if you dont have snow tires of chains. Chains!, for a half in of snow. . . .
Well, you see, Maryland drivers in general just don't see any need to learn to drive in snow. Or maybe they really believe that they already know. And they have the conceit to sneer at Mid-westerners.

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