[Spridgets] long drive in post snowfall roads

Robert Duquette robertduquette at sympatico.ca
Fri Jan 4 10:00:51 MST 2008


The Ford ute was on a straight stretch.  I figure s/he pulled out to pass 
and kept on pulling. :)
The GMC was just after an on-ramp.
The fwd car was in a straight stretch and s/he was straight into the bank 
and quite well into it as if s/he had a good enough run at it.

>From: Lester <oldsaabguy at comcast.net>
>
>That usually happens on the inside of a turn where the rear end breaks
>loose..  and it works on rally roads just as well..  ;-)
>
>Lester
>
>On Jan 3, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Robert Duquette wrote:
>
> > I went for a 600 mile drive yesterday, the morning after a 5 inch
> > snowfall.
> > First vehicle seen in the ditch was a Ford ute.  Went in
> > frontwards.  The
> > second was a GMC ute.  It went in the normal way ... backwards.  The
> > third
> > was somewhat odd.  An older GM front wheel drive car seemed to have
> > hit the
> > snowbank at a ninety degree angle.


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