Two drivers this morning had a minor bump collision, no damage, they casually pulled off the freeway up the on ramp about 300ft. It triggered a 20 minute traffic jam because people are morons. I really want a technology that can sense an accident and put censor bars over the crash so people can’t look. Have it do…

I moved out here from Chicago about 2 years ago and well the roads never really are that slick. Sure after rain fall you can feel they are little slippery but not more so than any other state with rain fall. I believe honestly its the lack of vehicle maintenance out here, and well SOCAL in general has the worst drives…

Yup! I managed to hydroplane on the 91 freeway (back when I was 17, driving an ‘86 Toyota MR2), just from a light tap on the brakes going downhill... spun a full 360 degrees before stopping. Thank god there wasn’t anyone within 1/4 mile of me when it happened.

I’ve had the complete opposite experience. Every set of Kumho Ecstas I’ve had have been utter and complete garbage, and my handling and ride improved when I switched to Continentals. lol

Continentals are horrid. They came standard on my wife’s car and it sucked compared to my Kumhos. I switched them out Kumho Ecstas and the handling improved dramatically.

One of the greatest things Michigan has is enforced minimum speed limits. Best concept ever.

Yeah, but you noticed in that video that most of those drivers were taking any sort of precaution at all. If the freeways are that bad, why are they speeding?!? Why was that one guy not following traffic speed at all and going 25mph?!? Both actions are incredibly dangerous. They weren’t making fun of people who…

I grew up in New England and now drive in southern New York. In my experience people slow down to the speed limit in heavy rain, and go from that to pulled over with flashers on if it turns into a real monsoon. This is 1000X better than Arizona, where the reaction to rain is “SHIT MUST DRIVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO GET…

People calling the Bay Area “Nor Cal” is like my biggest pet peeve, REAL Nor Cal get wayy icy,especially once you leave the valley and start getting up near Lassen and Mount Shasta. I would know.

Atlanta handles rain fairly well.... if the driver’s weren’t all “I’m most important” dicks.

But snow.... snow fucks this place like I want to fuck in the back of an Uber.... cause it immediately melts and re-freezes into ice.

I’m from Canada (southern Ontario, i.e. lots of snow from the great lakes), and I had an internship two years ago in the Bay Area from January through August. It rained a couple times over those 8 months and it never even crossed my mind that it was slipperier than expected. If you have bald tires, you’ll slide. If…

Meanwhile, in the PNW:

Absolutely. I moved out here from NYC and didn’t get it until I started fish-tailing, on the freeway, with good tires.. Slippery like ice the first few rains. But the drivers out here are still just terrible in general, passive aggressive, rarely ever see a turn signal. I miss hearing horns so I use mine on occasion,…

“The amount of people I see braking halfway through turns on a daily basis is confirmation enough of this. “

yea but this is NorCal

Yeah, That first rain after summer is a fucking doozy. I usually stay home that day until the roads wash clean and I can drive without fear of 15 year old Lexus ESs with completely bald tires.

I get it lol, I mean its an easy target to make fun of. But I also get it why they simply cannot handle it.

I laughed at people in California driving in the rain when I first moved there (I’m from Chicagoland), but then I actually drove on their freeways, and neither the cars, the roads, nor the drivers are prepared for that.

I don’t particularly find a car 3/4 of a second faster than a some decade old design that exciting. I also don’t find a car that is not particularly beautiful that enthralling either, even if its a decade old and fast.

GTR starts at $109k and is 10 years old but they developed it in the public while selling cars