Why Can't Southerners Drive in the Snow? It's Science!

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[@lacrosseman311]

Come to Florida where we suck at driving but without the ice

[@lacrosseman311]

***** I've seen kids flip their cars here going 35 somehow, it's a wonderful life

[@jkeegan620]

that's everyware people just don't know how to drive period

[@danielp7810]

Commando Cat moral of the story... don’t ever move to Florida. I’m with you on that

[@jordanreynolds9043]

Do you imagine the Ice?

[@FrozenFeline]

And nobody can drive in the rain

[@n8rev156]

Tires make a difference as well. People in the north often install snow tires on their vehicle, while here in the south, it wouldn't make much sense due to the fact that it rarely snows.

[@Sharon-pb7so]

N8THEGR8 I don't know a single person who buys tires specifically for snow. We have all weather tires up north. If you live in the mountains then you get chains. You can't just drive on chains, they have to come off and on.

[@DanniTheMagicJunkDrawer]

Sharon Martin I do because I'm scared to death driving in the snow. I'm a real wimp

[@whistlinframer6812]

Sharon Martin I live in Ontario and everyone has winter tires or winter rated all terrains, people do use all seasons but they don’t for long because they end up sliding all over the place

[@benz4118]

@@whistlinframer6812 in Michigan it's all weather's

[@Sunflower8587]

I don't put snow tires on my car. I just have all season tires with an aggressive tread. I also don't have 4 wheel drive...only front wheel drive. I'll be creeping along on the road by SUVs and all wheel drive vehicles who are in the ditch. 4×4 drive and snow tires do squat for vehicles on ice. But a lot of people think 4x4 drive and all wheel drive makes them invincible. I also have the cheater manual shift on my car. It's an automatic, but I learned how to drive on a manual shift car. I will use the manual shift feature (there is no clutch pedal) in lower gears to give me better traction.

[@Ticky66MN]

We do experience that in MN too and I've noticed that the first snow of the season does make for some of the slipperiest roads. Still is fun to poke fun of you southerners.

[@TarHeelBrit]

I remember that storm and how it screwed up Glenwood. We lived in north Raleigh and made it home before the cr@p started falling and that's where we stayed as there's a hill to navigate out of the neighbourhood. Even with winter tyres we weren’t going anywhere! LOL. Good video, thanks man!

[@willcoopersmith]

We get same conditions in the fall and spring in MN. It's not the drivers, it's the infrastructure we have in place. Salt trucks are out for 24 hours before a storm like that hits and a lot more people have 4x4 and AWD here. I must admit that all the memes of that photo with the burning car are pretty hilarious. If we didn't have a fleet of salt trucks and plows it would be a total sh*t show here too. Awesome explanation of what's happening to the roads during a storm, thanks.

[@MotFPS]

Here in AK we tire swap during seasons and put on studded tires. Sometimes intersections are pure ice. Studded tires are like magic. After watching your video I would invest in some tire chains. Spending $200 on chains would be worth it even if you only use it 1 day out of the year.

[@Sharon-pb7so]

tommyboy180 I don't think studded tires are legal in most states.

[@robertjones1704]

You can't drive on roadways in the south with tire chains or studded tires. Are you really this far removed from the road laws on the mainland? Jesus.

[@carolynsimmons3087]

Studded tires and chains are illegal in texas,and a lot of southern states, I used to live in northern Wyoming, and believe me the ice storms here in texas are the worst to drive in. But luckily it doesn't last long. I just stay home.

[@bl8danjil]

Why not just swap to some decent dedicated winter tires?

[@carolynsimmons3087]

@@bl8danjil A winter tire just has different tread, that doesn't help on ice..

[@ericjohanson806]

+TWANGnBANG I was your UPS driver that year... When everyone was piling up going east on Glenwood, I was turning onto Westgate, thinking I would avoid pandemonium... only took me 4 hours to get back over to the hub on Atlantic. Then while all the primary & secondaries were clogged with stranded vehicles, I used my front wheel drive manual in 4th gear @10mph to cut through neighborhoods and get home in a measly 20 minutes, while many were running out of fuel and abandoning their vehicles. I still feel blessed my day turned out as well as it did.

[@TWANGnBANG]

Awesome!

[@drmaudio]

I've lived in Utah, Upstate NY, and NH, so I'm use to snow. But when living in the Seattle area (which has some of the same issues you do) snow storms shut things down and there were many cars in the ditches. It was just like you pointed out: the road turns to ice, it happens infrequently enough that they don't have the equipment to deal with it, and many drivers don't have chains or snow tires or the experience or practice. At least up there the passes get snow regularly so SOME drivers were prepared, but as someone that has done a great deal of cold weather driving, it was harder to deal with the conditions in Seattle, then the North East or the Rockies.

[@kainhall]

or, ya live in montana.....and driving on snow happens more than driving on pavement.... but really....it does the same stuff out here....we end up with the "ice tracks"... its just that to even get on the highway, you had to shovel the 6 foot drift in the driveway.....and everyone has a 4 wheel drive truck that they have been driving sence age 9

[@AFriendlyTheo]

Ya I was gonna say, we get the same warm ground phenomena n' all that jazz up north. We just have more experience and vehicles better suited for it because...you know....we live up here.

[@jacobbrawley6792]

Here in southern oklahoma we had about an inch of snow and the roads were solid ice just 2 days ago and in 2 more days it will be reaching the 70's

[@TWANGnBANG]

My mom's side on the family is from Tipton.

[@jonnyboat2]

I'm from the Pittsburgh, PA area and have lived all over North Carolina including Wilmington, Raleigh, Charlotte and Lexington. They used farm tractors to plow the roads in Lexington because they didn't have road equipment. People were either too timid and drove at a crawl or they never slowed down like the snow meant nothing.

[@Biodoc100]

I was born, raised, and learned to drive in Connecticut (first snowstorm driving experience was 2 days after getting my license). 15 years later, moved to southwestern Virginia. Mountains aside, the roads are a hell of a lot worse down here! Way harder driving in the snow. However, I do get a sick sense of satisfaction as I am able to better navigate th roads than someone else with the same make/model of car...

[@Ron_Zone]

Right now , 100 miles south of Chicago , it's like a mildly frigid winter wasteland. There is nearly NO snow, but it's pretty cold, outside. I'm ready for impact at all times, I stay as far away from other automobiles as possible. Good times! 😎

[@weezerfan999]

I drive a 18 speed 18 wheeler Peterbilt and I couldn't agree more people really need to slow down. I will definitely be sharing this video to my friends and family. Knowledge is power! And can save lives. Also what were your gloves and camera you used? Extremely good quality video when you were outside by your truck. Thanks!

[@TWANGnBANG]

Camera is a Canon 70D. Gloves are PIG Alphas. Thanks for sharing!

[@GoblinKnightLeo]

To be fair, a lot of people here in Florida don't know how to drive in the rain. Which makes no sense, given how much rain we get. I always assume they're from out of state.

[@BlatantSockPuppet]

I live in the Canadian Deep South (the bacon belt) and I highly recommend you getting a set of what we call “salt rims” - wheels with discs of salt instead of rubber tires. It’s abrasive enough to provide friction to get you where you want to go and the salt slowly dissolves so the more people with salt rims drive over a stretch of road, the more ice-free it will be.

[@mattberden9326]

Great vid as always but if you look at northern Michigan weather you will see that the great lakes can make for some wild conditions.this week has been 40s in the day and 20s at night .STAY SAFE OUT THERE

[@husky701rider9]

In Utah. It rained all day today and is going to go well below freezing tonight and tomorrow. Just the other day it was -10 where I live and today it was 40. I understand the Ice under the snow unlike most people.

[@plastare]

Simple fix. get a set of good old fashion snow chains for your car and keep them in the trunk. they dont cost much and work wonders when needed. keep the speed low and you will get to your destination as long as the ice layer is thick enough for the chains to grip. Anyways, interesting video.

[@TWANGnBANG]

Chains are awesome. Most people would still be on the side of the road after they ripped their brake lines out installing them wrong because they only use them once every three years. :)

[@draronchoi]

Very informative! Stumbled on this because Seattle this week has been seeing the same thing. Science for the win. And I’m going to stay off the road as much as possible. Thanks for this!

[@LilYeshua]

As long as the air temp is above 28 degrees it won't freeze on a cold road.

[@davidbarts6144]

Exactly the same story (well, minus the banjo music) in much of the Pacific Northwest.

[@PrimephotoStudio]

Great topic for a video, really enjoy it.

[@donnygeorge9995]

That is so funny. Becuase in montana the ground freezes first before we get snow. The ground freezes and then it normally rains so we get ice first the when it gets cold enough to snow that snow is covering that sheet of ice which is even more insane to drive on, but fun as all hell! I just love watching get out of staters come for a winter here in western montana. They can be so funny on the roads.

[@jeffchase7284]

I'm in Wisconsin and we just got hit with the same storm that postponed the chiefs steelers game. And no problems here, I could ice skate down my street. People just need to slow down whether it's in the north or south. South people aren't use to it. I went to Atlanta once and they got a little ice and the whole city was shut practically shut down, I was told they have 6 plows for the whole city. My small town has at least 20 and it's a quarter of the size of Atlanta. South isn't prepared for winter storms

[@flysubcompact]

To all Northern folk who like to "poke fun" at us during snow events...I've spent most of fifty years in the South, except for the three year stint in northern Colorado. Those three winters were also during the the time I acquired my driving permit and license. I know how to drive on snow and icy conditions...in mountains, no less. In 2014, thousands were stranded on local interstates. We connected to some young fellow via FB. We did not know him, but he was facing a rather cold night in his tradesman's van (gas was spent trying to stay warm and he only had a light jacket). I decided to chance a trip. It was only a 6 mile round trip and I still don't know how I made it. Some call it "black ice", but I call these southern events "Teflon Snow". It is like nothing I ever experienced in the Rockies...unless chains were installed.

[@dfhowes]

I like how you take the stereotype (banjo) and own it! Funny AF.

[@texnorthman]

Cool video :) I think most people who live in snowy areas know that the most dangerous driving conditions come when the temperatures are hovering around freezing. I would add though that even the road at the end there would have been perfectly passable on studded winter tires, or even studless dedicated winter tires. Lots of the trouble comes from southerners (be that southern US, southern Europe or anywhere else with only a few snowy days a year) venturing out on tires that are not suitable for the conditions. If you are running all seasons, don't go out driving on sheet ice roads ;)

[@zacharygeiwitz]

chains man, trusted em my whole life from North Pole, Alaska to supposedly balmy Atlanta, Ga

[@Tina06019]

It makes sense for Southern states to declare a state of emergency for 2 inches of snow - you don’t have the snow plows and sanding trucks that we do in New England. And why should you, just for a few days a years?

[@markcopland3641]

I’ve lived about everywhere but I work in a town in Tennessee where they do 1 mile an hour on snow covered roads but the insanity is they stop at green lights just in case, they get mad when I pass them at normal steady speed , they get upset as I am because you can plainly see there isn’t much on the road and I want you to get out of your the way so the car behind me won’t hit me

[@brendanstanford5612]

Grew up in the Utah mountains but I'm in Virginia now. It is very common for western highland drivers to find a snowy parking and do donuts or cookies. It is fun and it lets you safely learn the physics of what happens when driving in snow and how to turn into a slide. I think it should be mandatory training for drivers. Even here in VA during this last storm with the ice roads I was loving it Tokyo drifting. You just need to understand your momentum to be safe. So next time it snows, go find a big empty parking lot and have some fun and gain some knowledge!

[@donnyj53]

I'm from Erie, Pa, (snow capital) and thanks for the education. I know we have more experience but then again our road are prepped with sand and salt. I suppose if I ever move south I'll keep all this in mind. Thanks for educating use northerners.

[@jacrispy8802]

Our first snow always melts before it sticks here in md. It’s a lot of just driver inexperience. Same reason so many teens crash in snow up here and up north

[@jacrispy8802]

We also have plenty of salt and plow trucks, so we normally get the snow dealt with really quickly.

[@AJxxxxxxxx]

Here in anchorage I see a huge number of car crashes every winter so we can’t make fun of anyone

[@lomayagi]

Thanks for the Southern science lesson! Vid was a nice break from the norm. PS Nice P.I.G. gloves.

[@TWANGnBANG]

They're great gloves.

[@WavelengthReview]

Here in eastern Quebec we literally get 3 feet of snow every month. We all ended up with snowmobile and atv on the road which is fun 😁. I guess by the way you explain compression and heat up, are you an engineer by any chances?

[@SamanthaP48]

All snow gets packed down it’s part of snow and temps going up & down. 😑 Even if the fluctuation isn’t quite as far just a change of 10\12° makes a complete difference. Extreme degree change doesn’t really make that much of a difference. Could also possibly be not being able to deploy plows quick enough as well. -**As soon as it hits like 26/27° I know the roads are about to start freezing over.

[@hrosemd]

I knew I heard some coal region in your voice. Exeter says hello.

[@pauljs75]

What also makes it laughable is that a lot of the south is as flat as a pancake, and they still can't figure it out. (Problems are understandable when you're at or near the mountains though.) You can still ever so slowly chug through or coast along as long as you're on flat land. The best thing to do is learn to drive on momentum and pace yourself by slowing down so it's less likely you have to stop. (Stopping is bad, because starting again presents the biggest problem.) One other trick is to learn that sometimes you have to go faster than you'd like to get through a rut or deeper slush, this strategy is best applied in a straight line though - some people go too slow and get stuck. What gets scary is when you get those conditions in the Pacific Northwest. They get that system off the ocean with normally mild above freezing weather, but then on occasion they get sleet and ice slicks too. But now imagine that situation on roads at a slope where they have stairs instead of a sidewalk. And with the exception of those people that go to the mountains to ski, most drivers there are terribly inexperienced. It's ridiculous!

[@TWANGnBANG]

Geography fail. 😬

[@tjs031159]

Yes I agree with the 'geography fail' comment. Only the Deep South (Miss. delta) and Florida are 'flat as a pancake'. Where we are in Wake Co. it's quite hilly and the terrain is what makes the roads so treacherous in spots. Native midwesterner here and the roads I grew up on in Chicagoland are a piece of cake compared to Wake County NC.

[@SanLewy]

You should see us here on the California Coast! ;)

[@angiemitchell2748]

I'm from the south we don't have a foot of snow that's why we can't drive as good in the snow.it snows once in 3 years where I'm from in Tennessee.

[@lusmaumoos2338]

I will never in the place that snow like that.

[@isaacweinheimer2573]

The science of what he says is true but in the early winter season and later season it can also happen in the north so that still makes Northern drivers chads!!

[@joblogs3538]

Thanks, well explained, and entertained. Love the tactical beard vid 😂

[@kylevanwinkle2081]

we don't need snow tires except for 2 days every 3 years so those two days equate to 98% of people having the wrong tires. not to mention we rarely see ice on the road down here on the Gulf Coast. so we have little to no experience with driving on ice. we also don't have the infrastructure to deal with the ice. so we don't salt the roads. at best we get sand on bridges. a day we have a lot of bridges with water under them in Louisiana. when those bridges freeze they freeze fast and those bridges are shut down.

[@markinprovidence]

The northern states also have sunshine that hits the road, hills, slush, ice, rain, and sleet. 😂 that’s why we de-ice our roads.

[@joelcrmt]

Cool explanation Cameron, as you know we get ice too i think the biggest key is knowing to stay off the roads when they are bad en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_1998_North_American_ice_storm

[@TWANGnBANG]

Yes, but as I showed, they go from absolutely fine and dandy to frozen over with ice very rapidly. When this happens during a work day is when we have the big problems. Overnight or during a weekend, not so much. Thanks for watching!

[@joelcrmt]

yep and you said in the video to that you were lucky this time and it happened at night and based on how empty the roadway was on the 8th most people know to stay home! I am sure you will take some heat for this video as people on youtube are nuts sometimes but I liked the content very much! thanks as always

[@RonFerlman]

here in Michigan on I96 about a month ago we had a 40 car pile up. it was caused by a driver going too fast for white out and icy conditions. 3 people died because of that persons refusal to drive smart. every one always says well this state or that state has the worst drivers.. no, I think some drivers in general are ill equipped to deal with snow and ice.

[@Mr.Highway]

soo funnny... Donner pass area got around 7' of snow.. 2 days later,roads open,business as usual ... I love driving in snow... time to put the chains on boys and girls... yeee... haaa...

[@KD0LRG]

Modern day Mr. Science :)

[@sdqdfyl]

Come to Seattle. Some drivers can't even handle the rain....... My subarus with snow tires eat snow/ice all day. Just don't try to be Ken block. LoL

[@shawnnelson6146]

They dont run snow and ice tires? Black ice belt states scare me. At night the blacktop roads might get a patch of dew or light rain to freeze in a patch then allong comes morning rush hour and they hit that black ice going >60mph. Southern demolition derby ensues.

[@nyaalathotep]

Winter in the south is a nono

[@aerofd]

Oops sorry snow tires don't work on ice (they make you over confident and you slide even better). You need studs or chains. And neither make sense when you could only use them one or two days a year.

[@TWANGnBANG]

Exactly. :)

[@calebyao.]

I remember it snowing when i lived in raleigh lol it was scary

[@hectorbmatos1017]

Kool video!!!

[@jasonh4534]

I still find it amusing that stores get cleared out for a snow storm... Like they expect to be snowed in for weeks, and possibly without power. Its going to be cleared up in a couple or three days, at least well enough to get out and about again... You won't starve in that time. I have yet to see any amount of snow kill power, and only a major ice storm... when was that, 93?... That killed power for outlying areas for about a week. The blizzard that blew through a couple years later did nothing to power. I remember visiting friends with gas heat and stoves during the ice storm... I stayed warm and fed pretty well. The rest of the family, and a couple friends of my mother who came before the storm as they had no emergency heating... They all huddled around a kerosene wick heater set up in the living room... It was basically turned into a blanket tent to hold heat... My mother actually cooked on that heater like an stove. She managed to bake cornbread on it, for the pinto beans she made one day, that was some kind of wizardry.

[@TWANGnBANG]

Stores generally only have two to three days of inventory, so when everyone prepares to be iced in for just two or three days, that empties a store. Also, icy roads mean that stores sometimes don't get replenished for a day or two after people can start getting around. If you DON'T shop before a storm, you're an idiot.

[@jasonh4534]

I'm from the south... I never shopped before a (normal) snow storm. I understand fully the mechanics of why snow in the south causes issues with driving and why everything shuts down... Its people stocking up on stuff they will never actually need that I find funny. Bread, milk, cereal, and lunch meat... The "They don't need power to prepare" staples. I had a few days of non perishables on hand just in case, and a generator and camp stove. Not once did I need to prep, or break into my supplies. I got by on what I had in the kitchen with no issues. I went through "Snowmageddon 2015"... It was more like a sit at home mini vacation. They were trying to get me to go into work by day two. I was out three days, mostly because I could, and a coworker who lived out farther in the county was out the same. Most storms are small, and the snow lasts a few days at most. I never hurt for anything before, during, or after. Now, big storms are another story, but they are rare, and you have warning. Back when I was younger, the blizzard and ice storm that kept things shut down for a week each. I think I experienced 3 or 4 events in my life that really shut things down. The craziness that was SM2015, was more down to people insisting on going to work, and then staying there until the last possible moment.

[@TWANGnBANG]

You must be single. ;)

[@jasonh4534]

I got a lady. No kids... :-P

[@therealfranklin]

I've lived in nominally Northern areas my whole life: the first snow storm of a season always has tons of terrible drivers smashing into each other and flying off the road. The idiots can't remember how to drive in snow, as they haven't done it in the last week or so. Y'all down South only get a couple of those storms a year, at most, so it's like a new season every time. Up here, the really terrible drivers are put out after the first storm and then it's practically smooth sailing until everything melts in April or May. Or a couple of years ago when our furnace was still coming on in June, but never mind that.

[@skibum1610]

what's your hometown in PA? I'm from Northeastern PA

[@TWANGnBANG]

Pottsville born and raised.

[@kittyprince3459]

when it heats up can you do a video on how to use a red dot

[@Petertutinski]

Twang Bang and Weathermang

[@dbelex]

Sand & Salt thats what we do in the N.E.

[@jacobayt]

I'm from Texas and the ice gets so bad chains don't help. I used to live in South Dakota too so I know cold. My wife works for an electric company and gets calls from most of the northern states and y'all's power grids get destroyed over the cold and mild weather, even a little heat knocks y'all's power out. The heat is too much for y'all

[@CurdsFromDaCulvers420]

Because us southerners aren’t used to snow and have most likely never been in -10 tempature

[@elektro3000]

S...snow? Ice? Ice is that stuff you put in drinks to keep them cold in the Florida sun, right?

[@TWANGnBANG]

I'll be there to visit the mouse very soon. 👍🏻

[@elektro3000]

You have my condolences.

[@TWANGnBANG]

elektro3000 No need. We're Disney addicts. It will be our seventh trip.

[@jordanregada6681]

Basicly everything you explained in this video happens here in Toronto

[@TWANGnBANG]

With some pretty bad results, too: www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-video-shows-massive-pileup-on-ontario-s-highway-401-1.3232670

[@jordanregada6681]

+TWANGnBANG exactly so it didn't just happen down south too

[@jordanregada6681]

+TWANGnBANG as well as that was a little further away from the city there for the salt trucks and snowplows weren't able to make it there in time as that was not long after the road was cold enough for the snow to stick,

[@TWANGnBANG]

Jordan Regada So, you don't know how to drive in the snow, either. ;)

[@jordanregada6681]

+TWANGnBANG well I have to admit some people are just idiots when they drive but I can't drive yet I'm only 15 but I do know that the cars that couldn't slow down in time didn't have winter tires. Also it's not everyone who says the south doesn't know how to drive I honestly have never heard people talking bad about the south in the snow here in Canada, we are all nice😂😂

[@richardbouchette5588]

wait did you live near Schuylkill county since you said coal country PA.

[@TWANGnBANG]

Pottsville born and raised.

[@richardbouchette5588]

TWANGnBANG that's neat I'm in pine grove

[@garrettcunningham9671]

Don’t be offended you can drive in the snow. It’s something that you have to learn. But this dude is saying you’re snow storms are worse than ours.... FOH

[@apextroll]

But you can't have places like Atlanta shut down for 4 days because the cost of the loss of economic activity is greater than a few salt trucks keeping I-75 and other main arteries open to flow.

[@TWANGnBANG]

"A few..." NC had 1600 vehicles working to clear roads with our last storm over 80,000 miles of roads, and it still wasn't enough to do much good the first two days.

[@apextroll]

I guess I have to experience it to know. I live in Canada and I drive through snow and ice with regular all-season tires. I've driven on ice with sand on it where the salt doesn't activate below minus 13 degrees F and through snow 8 inches deep on the highway..Snow banks 12 feet high...2 foot snow drifts...Ice fog where no amount of defrost and windshield wiper fluid will do and have never had an accident(wiped out a few times but never hit anything) and have been driving for 30 years. Momentum is your friend and your enemy.. :-) There is an art to winter driving and spin recovery.

[@TWANGnBANG]

We don't have problems the few times we get more snow and/or it's a lot colder. The colder it gets, the easier it is to drive on snow or ice. This is what so many fail to realize.

[@apextroll]

Usually on the first day of snow covered roads it is scary because you forgot how to drive in it..Once you get your "snow legs" you become less fearful. It's only in the spring that you have to be more concerned because they run out of salt and sand for the season..Then the tow trucks just wait for it. The problem for you is that a storm event is infrequent enough for people not to learn winter driving techniques and there are too many who aren't skilled at it, it making it worse..I'm expecting an ice storm event tomorrow..Wish me luck.. :-)

[@littleman44mag]

because it doesnt snow down here lol

[@Fyrwulf]

Sorry, dude, but that's just crap. I've spent half my life in northern climates and I can tell you flat out that roads ice. Hell, when I lived in Rhode Island there was one particular blizzard which dumped 3 feet overnight and despite a heroic effort the plow and salt crews couldn't keep up. Well, the snow was very wet and ended up packing down into a solid sheet of ice despite the temp never getting anywhere near 32 degrees. The fact is, Southerners are just bad drivers who are bad because it's perfectly acceptable for their parents to be their teachers on their learner's permit. There's also a serious lack of seasonal weather to gain valuable experience and correct those "watch this!" inclinations. The net result is 3,000 fatalities on Texas highways per year. Btw, I live in Texas now and these people scare the crap out of me at the best of times. If in order to keep their driver's license Texans had to take the driving test I did to get learner's permit, 99% would fail. People around here exist in a perpetual state of rectal-cranial inversion when they get behind the wheel.

[@SimplePleasuresMTB]

what gloves are those? thank you

[@TWANGnBANG]

PIG Alpha.

[@SimplePleasuresMTB]

TWANGnBANG why thank you! I will check them out. love what your doing, very professional, pleasure to watch videos.

[@tristanjennings8733]

You guys got nothing I live in Northern California and we have over 5 feet of snow underneath which is about half an inch to an inch of solid ice

[@tristanjennings8733]

It creates ice anywhere there's a storm not just the south. The south freaks out because lack of driving skills and experience of snow

[@TWANGnBANG]

Well, then your tires aren't anywhere near the ice then, are they? :)

[@tristanjennings8733]

TWANGnBANG actually it is considering the roads don't have 4 feet because they been driven on and plowed so yes it's about an inch of ice

[@snteevveetns]

Just like CA drivers in the rain... Don't know how to drive... Stay safe.

[@john.brown.]

People cant drive in the snow everywhere.

[@Darkfairy1979]

I dont understand how you see this as a difference from new England? The same happens here as what you described down south! This has nothing to do with why they suck as drivers!!

[@Calvin5040]

LMAO!!!! What do you mean it doesn't happen in the north? The exact same thing happens in the north. EVERY WINTER

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

@Ill lLlLl not true I live in Texas it happens a lot during the winter seasons and the reason being is because they get more snow in other states while we get more ice have high humidity here so when it becomes winter it just gets wet and freezes another layer over another layer to the point where you don't have traction they have a little bit of traction on the roads so it's like trying to drive on Ice lake

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

That's because all the other states that get snow and get snow we getting more ice so the same thing happens all the time and it just gets wet and refreezes over in Weyers it's like trying to drive on Lake of ice

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

Snow tires would help if there are illegal in Texas because it can destroy the roads that's the way the roads are made here

[@hemisuperzee1287]

@@higurashianduminekoconnect1702 Snow tires are just softer rubber with slits in them called "sipping", they do no damage to the road and work very well. "Blizzak" is a very popular model and works on dry thawed roads too. They melt / shed on warm dry roads with heavier cars after 70F. Studded tires are different and wear the road, but are dangerous with no ice. Im in the coldest state in the lower and experienced -40 F in 1996, that's not counting windchill. We get "back ice" when its below zero.

[@SamanthaP48]

@Ill lLlLl - All roads heat up a few degrees warmer than the surrounding area. All. 😑

[@ThePulseG]

I live in Atlantic Canada. When there's a lot of snow, it gets extremely thick and there is so much of it, walking on sidewalks is like walking through trenches. It's also extremely rainy, so sometimes there can be a lot of snow in the middle of melting, that mixes with freezing rain in February. Even worse, the black ice or when the temperature is below 30.

[@johnganshow5536]

When I lived in alaska, I would put my truck in 4wd in october, and take it out in april. All season radial tires work well on snow and ice. You just can't do anything sudden, starts, stops, turns. People in the south aren't prepared or used to that kind of driving. Also many have cars that are rear wheel drive, which are the worst going up icy hills, or on corners...

[@brandoncalin8183]

John Ganshow I agree 100%. I live in Texas and in the mountains California before that. I saw a lot of snow in California and drove in it for years. Texas on the other hand, I have only experienced snow 3 times in 8 years. I try not to get out in it if I can help it, but sometimes it can't be helped and you have to. my suv is rwd but it helps to have A/T tires and some patients and the knowledge I gained in California on what not to do in snow and ice conditions.

[@GunNtonic]

Say what you want about the south, but nobody retires and moves up north. ~My kitchen towel.

[@TWANGnBANG]

We do get a lot of "half backers" here, which are northerners who retired to Florida and couldn't stand the summers, so they moved halfway back north as a compromise. :)

[@nicksmith4808]

Your right who would want to live up hear, it's fucking -2 out right now. No one wants to clean 2 foot of snow up when their 70

[@desertfox4273]

inkey2 batteries have warranties, drip oil on top of it before it expires and say it leaked 😉

[@user-os8sq3uh4n]

Vermont is one of the oldest population states.

[@dfhowes]

Mmm, NObody retires and moves North? Maybe, maybe not. I've seen more than a couple of times where South Dakota (where I live) is in the top 10 of states to retire - IF, and this is a very big IF, you can put up with the brutal winters. Housing, taxes and just the general cost of living is low - oh and a low crime rate. That's good for a limited income retiree. And keep in mind that the weather West of the Missouri River (which divides the state in ½) is generally milder. They may get more snow more often but the temps are not usually as cold as East River where I live. We jokingly call West River "The Banana Belt".

[@baddoggoodog]

It works the same everywhere. I'm in Ohio and it works the same way here. People here can't drive in it either. How soon they forget.

[@Carl_McMelvin]

99.9% of people are dumber than rocks.

[@Mrgunsngear]

we love banjo music!!!

[@TWANGnBANG]

Yes, we do.

[@xseaofgreen420x]

Mrgunsngear Channel banjo players come from the deep woods. Doesn't matter if it's in the north or south haha. You go far enough into Maine you can here it emitting from the trees.

[@flysubcompact]

I consider Mainers as being transposed Southerners. They should've jumped in a followed the Cajuns when they got ran off from up there.

[@Glocktard]

Mrgunsngear Channel his drawings had to be the best

[@natelloyd6312]

Yea BUB! Bring out the o”d slide guitar! Lol

[@arnoldanderson1501]

Totally agree with you, I teach emergency vehicle driving to 13 fire departments up in Canada. Any time temperature hovers around 32 degrees it's the most slippery, because black ice forms and your explanation is bang on.

[@webster7710]

If it makes you Southerners feel any better, Canadians can't drive in the snow either. But we'd never admit that to Americans.

[@jeffreyaustin603]

webster7710 Like the 401 in GTA?

[@akiviasrobinson4006]

We get ice on the roads it dont be snow

[@davidcampbell1899]

WHAT! Canadians cant driver in the snow! HOG WASH!!!! maybe sone dicky licker from Vancouver or Toronto cant drive in the snow, but the boys from Montreal are experts COLLICE!!!!!

[@kcully1]

As a Yankee (WI, MN, CO) living in the South (GA), loved your video. We need a part 2 as well for some important points: 1. Even after a "thaw" with our tall trees, there will be patches of ice in shade areas days after most of the road is dry and warm. 2. No road is straight in the south. Compared to the glacier scrapped flat lands of the north, the Appalachian mountains and older age of the roads (pig and cattle trails turned to highways?) lead to curvy and hilly roads. 3. The south doesn't go to the expense of "crowning" roads. A crowned road is a road that peaks in the middle so that when there is snow/ice melt that the water runs off the road before refreezing. Our roads are built to contour with the terrain so water refreezes and isn't encouraged to run to the sides. Crowning roads is expensive engineering task that normally isn't warranted in the south. Again, great video. Thank you for creating great content.

[@W1ldSm1le]

"no road is straight in the south" you havent been to new england have you mate?

[@jupiterho11ow]

@@W1ldSm1le Or just the northeast in general. Upstate NY roads snake all over the place.

[@mikellwehrer]

An interesting take, but you all still drive like 107-year old blind people even when it truly is only a light dusting of powder and no ice.

[@TWANGnBANG]

No such thing here. The only time we don't get ice on the roads from snow is when we get a LOT of snow at one time. That's the thing some have trouble wrapping their head around- it's the light snows that screw us most.

[@mikellwehrer]

I get what you're saying, and it's definitely true. But it's also true that when you guys come up here in the winter, you struggle a lot.

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

A problem with that theory is we don't get powder at all it's always ice snow

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

@@mikellwehrer it couldn't be because we're just not used to the environment of the song and not because of the Ice Age issue couldn't I've seen people come here places like that and get in accident because they slid on ice with their car in any different environment were both going to be struggling you and me and everyone is included in that

[@C-M-E]

I've lived everywhere from Louisiana to Nebraska and back (currently Texas). Having seen said drivers, no one can drive on ice (kinda the point, yeah?) but Southerners are precarious even on wet roads, so snow brings its own special brand of hell. It doesn't help that prior to having the Snowmaggedon during the Superbowl 2011, the DFW area had two snowplows to share with barely a handful equipped for salt/sand mix. Yeah, I've driven in everything but when the Interstates are the main roads as there are no or few connecting roads between cities (blame explosive growth and poor road management prediction), seeing an Interstate covered in 4 inches of potholed ice was an eyeopener, and it stayed that way for a full week!

[@adbc1f72]

CMDR Boom It sounds like NC especially Charlotte and Raleigh yet everyone continued to move there adding to the problem yet talking about how much they hate it. Go figure

[@pendagar449]

Comment section summary: North: "lol north winter is worse" South: "nuh uh!" North: "yah huh" South: "nuh uh!"

[@fjamato]

You realize you gave those poor b@stards driving by heart attacks when you measured the road temp? They probably thought "oh no, a cop with his radar/laser speed gun...I'm so busted!!!" Lol!!!

[@paultro8457]

I'm sorry but all that happens in the north too. Haha New England weather is notorious for changing ALL the time. Rain and warm one minute, ice and snow the next. We get a lot of ice storms followed by snow storms. Not talking down to southerners but it's simply inexperience because we deal with snow and ice much more. Not saying that we're better, just more experienced.

[@Godflesh88v2]

Yep, well said

[@robertjones1704]

You have snow removal equipment... And you drive in snow more than thirty days out of the year, each year. What is so difficult about understanding this? It's like the Hurricane Sandy hype, for us... Hurricane Sandy was an extremely weak storm, but the media hyped it like never before. Still... Yanks were "overwhelmed" cus they just don't experience hurricanes. So you ask a northerner if Sandy was bad, to a southerner, it sounds like it's all exaggerated -- cus it is!

[@fubisroc9673]

Actually...being more experienced DOES make you better. That's pretty much the entire philosophy behind "Practice Makes Perfect"!!! I've lived in Michigan my whole life with the exception of one year spent in North Carolina. While there, I drove a 2WD Dodge Dakota. It snowed about 4-5 inches one time and lasted for about 2 days. I had NO problem getting around in the Dakota during those two days because there was NOBODY ELSE ON THE ROADS!!! Of course, it was rather superfluous to go out anyway, since pretty much EVERYWHERE was CLOSED!! It was still fun to get out & about in the snow though...it reminded me of home!!! BTW - 'sliding' does NOT mean you're out of control...that's 'locking them up and spinning'!!! :-) Controlled slides are FUN, and practicing them while there's nobody else on the road around you is the best way to make sure you're prepared for when you ACCIDENTALLY lose traction! Why? 'Cause "Practice Makes Perfect"!!

[@billjones3382]

Yes it does happen in the North too and when it does (early and late season storms) you have the same traffic problems. Look at the news reports from New York 11-15-2018. Also the tires marketed in the South are engineered for warmer road surfaces than those marketed in the North and the vehicle preferences are different due to the different climate. The real problem in Raleigh is the ignorance about this of northerners who have relocated there. In the backup you see in this video well over half of the cars are driven by people who relocated from the North.

[@Sunflower8587]

@@robertjones1704It's true that we do have snow equipment in the north. However, sometimes the meteorologists get it wrong; and we get surprised too. Therefore, the snow removal equipment doesn't get out right away; so we need to travel on untreated roads. I had to do that one year when we got a freak ice/snow storm on tax day...and I worked for tax accountants. Yeah...I HAD to go to work. No calling in THAT day. So I called them to say that I was coming, but I'd be late. My commute is 45-60 minutes on a normal day...on very hilly and windy roads. I swear I sledded down one big hill that has an S turn in it...but I made it to work without going into the ditch. Whew. So it is possible to drive in those conditions as long as you take it slow, don't panic, make slow movements of the steering wheel and brakes. Also, there is the art of the rolling stop. Most cops won't pull you over if you do go through a red light if you're going to slide through the intersection anyway (if you do try to stop). Just keep going in that case or you will just cause an accident if you do try to stop. As far as going up a hill, most cars, even automatics, have lower gears they can be put in. Shift down to a lower gear and don't floor it if your wheels start to spin. It will just make the already icy road even more slick. If you can get into snow that is on the road, use it to gain traction. I'm not saying that roads can't be impossible to drive on if it's icy enough. However, it is possible too.

[@ded1645]

DOT has a lot to do with your issues also. Lack of ability to deal with conditions. Can't react after its down.

[@willrobinson9575]

With todays weather technology im sure they knew a week in advance that it was going to snow.

[@MauriceLeviejr]

Will Robinson have to chuckle every time it snows in the south and cities just shut down. We call it Monday and just plow it away. But that's wisconsin

[@willrobinson9575]

Maurice Levie If they were to get a couple of weeks of snow , a good percentage of them would perish from starvation.

[@kainhall]

shit, in montana we just sprinkle a bit of gravel at the intersections and call it good.....

[@secondswell]

+Will Robinson There is no reason to invest in snow equipment when there is only snow for 2 days a year I'm in NC on the coast and we haven't got snow in years so when those 2 or 3 days come we have no plows just ice roads 2 days later it's 70 or 80 out again.

[@AR-fd1kt]

Here in Madison, Wisconsin we have an awesome team of snowplow drivers that are out hours before snow falls salting the roads. And once the snow starts falling, they work 24/7 until it stops snowing to make sure every street in the city is cleared of snow.

[@ben9820]

Yeah, anybody making fun of Raleigh might not have much experience either man We get that here in Chicago too, where the temperature for weeks might bob around 32 and dumbf--ks who should know better sit there and slam on their brakes, and end up hitting something. Granted, I've never seen flaming cars hahaha but this phenomena happens everywhere, maybe just less often in Northern winters. Like, why would southern drivers know how to deal with snow if they've never dealt with snow?

[@Lilnasty-jo3dc]

Silicon Cake 😂 exactly!!

[@theeasternfront6436]

Silicon Cake Just remember kids, where you car is sliding on ice because the tires are locked up just push the brake peddle harder!

[@GoldplatedIronfist]

this video doesn't have much to do with twangin or bangin and I'm still watching

[@mess0965]

GoldplatedIronfist there was a banjo.

[@GUNTOTER1]

Don't feel bad up here in Wisconsin people still drive like shit every winter even after living here most of their lives Lol

[@gunfumaster1024]

The further south you get the stupider the people drive, with the exception of Texas. The further north you go, the better the drivers with exception of New York.

[@kylevanwinkle2081]

GunFuMaster the exception of Texas? lol they can't drive in the rain let alone ice. let's take an 80mph road and add heavy rain. in 10miles you will see 3 or 4 cars off the road. I work all along the Gulf Coast and Texas has been the worst when it comes to traffic. navigating Houston at night is a nightmare.

[@Thebrinkofchaos1]

You can say the same about education.

[@NateTheBrewer]

Get what you are saying but in the north (at least in pa) the same exact process you described happens here... Above freezing pavement, rain or snow, then snow, then cold, all the while cars plow over it. It just happens faster, and when the snow dumps there's 2 feet (you should be detecting the jealousy at this point over your porch but I'll take unsweetened tea). Driven from Boston to pa in 2 blizzards now and seen the same thing happen the whole way down both times too.

[@robertjones1704]

Why is it so hard for northerners to understand that the south doesn't have snow removal equipment? You have snow removal equipment, damnit. Don't act like the plows and salt don't make a difference.

[@childhoodtimemachine8795]

@@robertjones1704 Southerners seem to think that every road is plowed and salted in time for all of us to drive on them. Not the case at all. There are many side streets that we have to drive on that look like the roads that many of you struggle on.

[@SubprimePorcupine]

@@childhoodtimemachine8795 Heck I do that stuff w/o snow tires. Although driving in the stuff for 20+ years you learn a thing or 2.

[@bulldog71ss33]

Arizona - "Wtf is snow?"

[@isaacweinheimer2573]

North Dakota- wtf is sun damage

[@jacen72]

I am from Ontario Canada.. nothing beats experience and snow tires!