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Tennif Shoe · Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:22 pm

ofblong wrote:lol well it is a sheet of ice out right now.... heck I was doing 75mph (5mph slower than normal cause I wasnt using cruise control) all the way home tonight and it was black ice throughout most of the highway. I passed some people like they were standing still. So in essance its not necesserily the speed at which you drive which causes you to go into ditch's but instead can you handle the speed to which you are driving...

black ice and you where running 75 mph!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you have a death wish???????????????

#22 Unread post by **Wrider** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 12:43 am

Tennif Shoe wrote:
ofblong wrote:lol well it is a sheet of ice out right now.... heck I was doing 75mph (5mph slower than normal cause I wasnt using cruise control) all the way home tonight and it was black ice throughout most of the highway. I passed some people like they were standing still. So in essance its not necesserily the speed at which you drive which causes you to go into ditch's but instead can you handle the speed to which you are driving...
black ice and you where running 75 mph!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you have a death wish???????????????

He said he was running 5 mph slower than usual!!! Give the poor guy a break!

But no in all actuality I agree with Ofblong. I've done 75 on a road fraught with black ice before too, but I knew I had to steer, brake, and accelerate slowly. Yes I have lost control on black ice, only once was I not able to pull out of it, but I was also running really slow because there was literally an inch of ice on the road with a smooth top.

ofblong · #23 Unread post by **ofblong** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:53 am

Tennif Shoe wrote:
ofblong wrote:lol well it is a sheet of ice out right now.... heck I was doing 75mph (5mph slower than normal cause I wasnt using cruise control) all the way home tonight and it was black ice throughout most of the highway. I passed some people like they were standing still. So in essance its not necesserily the speed at which you drive which causes you to go into ditch's but instead can you handle the speed to which you are driving...
black ice and you where running 75 mph!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you have a death wish???????????????

no its called I know my limits. "Hey look a car 1 mile up the road I better start slowing down BEFORE I get to it". Not that hard to figure out. Matter of fact i had someone in a 4 wheel drive truck pass me. Also instead of whipping over into the fast lane and back I drive SLOWLY over to the fast lane and back. its when people whip between lanes that they start going into spins.

Mr. Invisible · Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:56 pm

When you get your bike back, check for udders cause they are milking the heck out of that job. Mooooo!

follow · #25 Unread post by **follow** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:00 pm

Snow has finally started to melt in my neighborhood, took the bike out last week but needed help with getting back up the street due to all the ice, had to use the sidewalk......sometimes you gotta do watcha gotta do.