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On 8 Jan 2004 at 23:13, Parker-Durost wrote: > It only snowed 6" Tuesday, but they have canceled school again for Friday. > Luckily, most folks are inexperienced and scared to drive, so I have the > roads to myself. We have all the plows here that you could wish for, but tight money the past few years means that they try to minimize snow plowing, which is a major part of our annual city budget. You're probably better off with a lot of frightened drivers. Around here it always takes at least one snowstorm to remind people that they have to change their driving habits. Last sunday evening the ditches were full of SUVs and drivers who just didn't understand that they should have slowed down. People don't understand that a 4-wheel drive vehicle may go better in the snow, but it won't stop any better than any other car. Being able to drive faster in snow just gets a lot more fools into trouble. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org