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Seaworthiness222 t1_izucf85 wrote

The roads are weirdly slippery tonight.

Even the dudes on facebook that are always trashing people that ask if the roads are bad, are like "It's fucking slippery out" and then referred to the many accidents they saw.

Seems like DPWs didn't pretreat much since it was only going to be a couple inches but some kind of Mass winter magic made some flurries into pretty slippery roads.

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wixetrock t1_izuluku wrote

I didn't see the warnings and 128 was an ice rink. You could tell there was no pre treatment, let alone much. Given that when I looked at the weather in the am and it was meh, and then a few hours laters, warning came up everywhere, i'm guessing we were all caught a little flat footed.

I think I passed 30+ cars on the side of the road and my car felt like it was slipping and sliding for most of the ride.

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gnaolin t1_izyz8py wrote

Welcome to post pandemic apocolypse

Capitalism fucked us hard, can’t afford to salt any more

Can’t afford to pay workers

Can’t afford to find workers

Can’t afford happy coworkers

Can’t afford benefits

Can’t afford sick days

Can’t afford flexibility

Can’t afford human dignity

Can’t afford a short commute

Can’t afford time at home

Can’t afford a family

Can’t afford healthcare

Can’t afford education

Can’t afford daycare

Can’t afford compassion

Can’t afford to help

Can’t afford to care

Can’t afford a happy society

Can’t afford a healthy society

Can’t afford a peaceful society

Hey at least the CEO can afford that second house (and more!)

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wixetrock t1_izz6rxr wrote

I think this was more caught unawares than being hit by capitalism. The healthcare comment though, yeah with you.

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gnaolin t1_izz74ia wrote

A functional society that didn’t solely use its citizens as bare bones commercial labor fodder would have foreseen this without even thinking :)

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wixetrock t1_izzbs88 wrote

I see you are also a person who has had it with the American oligarchy. While I’m most likely closer to social democracy than any other form of government; I’m pretty tired of living through the hellscape of idolizing billionaires at the detriment of we the people.

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NoMoLerking t1_izv2h6p wrote

So many accidents on 128. Crazy. Drove past 2 cars spun out and smushed together in the left lane. Go 100 yards and people are doing 60 and weaving in and out of traffic. Dude. What do you think happened to those last two guys?

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Mre1905 t1_izv0kzg wrote

Happens every year with the first snow no matter how little. The state forgets to treat the roads. It was an ice rink on 128 around 5 o'clock. People were going 20mph sliding all around the place.

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UltravioletClearance t1_izv9ctp wrote

I remember the absolute hell that was driving from Southborough to New Bedford during the first snow of the season in 2020. What was predicted as a dusting turned into 3 inches of snow, no roads were treated, and 495, 24, and 140 all had a solid sheet of ice on them. It took 3.5 hours to get home. Decided then and there I'm working remote for the rest of my life.

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ggtffhhhjhg t1_izw61be wrote

I had to pass an entrance to a shopping plaza on 125 going under 30 because I couldn’t break in time and the traction control was going on after I was fully stopped at lights. The conditions started getting bad in the northern part of Essex County around 6.

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RC1172 t1_izwwp3s wrote

Got rear ended last night on Rt 9 in Westborough. Rt 9 definitely hadn’t been treated at that point and it’d been snowing most of the afternoon

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melkipersr t1_izx15k9 wrote

It was awful. Either the roads were really bad, or folks were just extremely unprepared for winter driving (or both), but driving in from NYC yesterday was downright terrifying in stretches, and I have a very good snow car.

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PetroarZed t1_izx1b6c wrote

The texture on the snow was slick, at least when I went out to see the first snow, somewhere between sleet and snow. It wasn't clumpy and wet like sleet, but it wasn't delicate flakes either.

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nem086 t1_izx4mql wrote

93 South and Rte 3 were slow but no accidents though everyone was going slow. Did see one on the curve turn on Comm Ave to Storrow and the fire truck was slipping on the road.

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Frenchdu t1_izww5pa wrote

Yeah I had a hard time with the roads last night. I think it’s just that we haven’t been used to it for a while. Slow down and switch to neutral if you slip. Good luck!

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Seaworthiness222 t1_izy1y7c wrote

Don't do neutral!

You lose braking power due to the loss of vacuum. And your transmission helps slow you down. Depending on your brakes alone is no good.

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petertheo89 t1_izybtk7 wrote

I would only switch to neutral if you have an older vehicle that doesn't have ABS. It's just one more thing to think about when you start sliding, and it won't help you

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