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On Dec 14, 9:36 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
Koehler) wrote:
> In article <hJ-dnZKb6ZcJKHrTnZ2dnUVZ_gOdn... at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net> writes:
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> > The worst part of the snow season is that NJ drivers have little or no
> > experience of driving in ice and snow!  I got my drivers training in
> > Western Massachusetts with seven to ten inches of snow on the ground.
> > I know how to drive in snow, slush, and ice.
>
>    Not half as bad as the DC area.  When it comes to driving in snow,
>    everybody down here is a southerner.  It's not unusual to be passed
>    by someone in a pickup jacked up to the heavens running full speed
>    down the highway with on big wheels.  You're glad they passed you
>    because you know they can't stop.
>
>    When I was in NJ, the turnpike authority sent its plow drivers to
>    Iowa to learn how to plow snow.  As a result, you could not only drive
>    from one exit to another, you could actually get off and on.
>
>    Many times I drove up highway 18 through East Brunswick, only to have
>    all the jughandles and cross streets blocked by banks of snow put
>    there by the snowplows.

There is far more room to move snow to on the Turnpike than on Rt. 18.
I know those roads. Oh, and Rt. 18 isn't as much a horror as it was a
decade or two ago. Still easy to miss your exit!

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