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reinhart_menken OP t1_j55xher wrote

Reply to comment by edave22 in Out of stater driving in Vermont by reinhart_menken

Yep, I mean it was kind of light snow that iced up probably, and it was a thin road - think backcountry up the mountain or going to State parks, except fortunately this going past wide open farmland. I was already driving as far out my lane as possible when this car came fast on a turn, and I was just trying to adjust to have a little more room and a little further out. Slid out a little, fortunately was able to recover while driving and go on my way.

Sounds like I'll be getting some snow tires.

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edave22 t1_j55y1gd wrote

You won’t regret it. It’s snowing right now with a couple inches already accrued (southern vt. Probably more up north). I listen to the police scanner while I work and every 10 minutes is a call about a car with an out of state license plate sliding off the road and into a ditch. Better to play it safe and not have to worry about it during your vacation.

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reinhart_menken OP t1_j561z1h wrote

Oh I used to do that when I lived in NYC (I'm a VA transplant) and the siren blared during work. Do you use an actual physical scanner or an app? I used Broadcastify, but I don't think it had all the channels.

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edave22 t1_j5jls4s wrote

I bought a Home Patrol 2. Its about $500 but they pick up unencrypted police channels. A lot of PDs in the USA use encrypted channels so it won’t work everywhere but luckily most of the police departments in Vermont haven’t gone that way yet.

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