FOG BLOG RIDICULOG: THIS WEEK...DRIVERS NOT ADJUSTING TO WINTRY WEATHER, TIME TO SLOW DOWN!

MANY OF US HAVE ALL SEASON RADIALS OR WINTER TIRES ON OUR CARS BUT WHEN WE HAVE WEATHER LIKE TONIGHT WITH SNOW THEN MIX TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TO RAIN OVER SOME ICY ROADS, THIS CAN MAKE EVEN THE BEST WINTER TIRES ALMOST UNABLE TO PREVENT THE SLIDE HITTING THOSE ICY SECTIONS. NOTE THE PHOTO WHICH TOOK PLACE IN UTAH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN MARCH OF 2018. UTAH LIKE MANY AREAS NORTH AND HERE IN CANADA, YOU CAN SLIDE EASILY WHEN YOU DON'T SLOW DOWN AND MATCH THE ROAD CONDITONS AT THE GIVEN TIME. THE OFFICER , A STATE TROOPER SURVIVED AND HAS RECOVERED FROM CONTUSIONS, BROKEN BONES AND A CONCUSSION. THIS PHOTO OR SCREEN GRAB CAME FROM A VIDEO , YOU SHOULD SEE IT. THE DRIVER WAS CLEARLY GOING ABOUT 50 MPH OR 80 KM/H, WAY TO FAST TO KEEP CONTROL OF A CAR ON SLICK ROADS AS IN THIS PHOTO. THE TROOPER WAS CLIPPED AND CAME DOWN ON THE WHITE CAR. GOOD THING HE IS OK NOW AND ACTUALLY FORGAVE THE DRIVER. DON'T KNOW OF THE DRIVER'S LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS! LATELY WITH THE FEW SNOW EVENTS I'VE HAD SOME DRIVERS SPEED PAST ME AND THINK ....HOPE YOU CAN KEEP CONTROL OF YOUR CAR. HERE IN SAINT JOHN MANY AREAS LIKE FUNDY HEIGHTS ARE HILLY AND YOU NEED TO ADJUST YOUR DRIVING TO WHAT WILL BE SLIPPERY CONDITONS. LET'S ALL HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS . ALL IT TAKES IS ALL OF US SLOWING DOWN AND ARRIVING SAFE TO DO SO!!