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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 3893856" data-attributes="member: 42691"><p>In fact, my avatar pic is from the worst snow storm I have ever driven in. That picture was <em>after the snow storm,</em> driving back in daylight. The wind was still howling though, which is why the picture makes it look like the visibility looks close to zero. It actually wasn't as bad as the picture indicates. But at night, during the storm, it was horrible; absolute, white-out conditions. </p><p></p><p>A truck had jack-knifed on the highway, ahead of me, so I sat on the interstate for over 3 hours. Once I got going, the conditions were awful. I had no one in front of me, and the visibility was maybe 20 feet ahead of my front bumper. I could've stopped, but I just went 20 MPH because that Sterling never, and I mean never, lost traction. Although no one was in front of me, I had a huge line of trucks and cars in my mirrors. It kind of drove me nuts, having people on my ass, but after wondering why no one would pass me, it dawned on me, they just wanted someone's taillights to see. I think I drove for 40 or 50 miles in third or fourth gear. </p><p></p><p>When it was all said and done, they had to come and pick a bunch of us up, because we ran out of drive hours. I ended up working over 18 hours that day, and there was one guy who worked even more...22 hours, if I remember right. </p><p></p><p>Yeah, that Sterling was no hard charger, but that dude OWNED the snow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 3893856, member: 42691"] In fact, my avatar pic is from the worst snow storm I have ever driven in. That picture was [I]after the snow storm,[/I] driving back in daylight. The wind was still howling though, which is why the picture makes it look like the visibility looks close to zero. It actually wasn't as bad as the picture indicates. But at night, during the storm, it was horrible; absolute, white-out conditions. A truck had jack-knifed on the highway, ahead of me, so I sat on the interstate for over 3 hours. Once I got going, the conditions were awful. I had no one in front of me, and the visibility was maybe 20 feet ahead of my front bumper. I could've stopped, but I just went 20 MPH because that Sterling never, and I mean never, lost traction. Although no one was in front of me, I had a huge line of trucks and cars in my mirrors. It kind of drove me nuts, having people on my ass, but after wondering why no one would pass me, it dawned on me, they just wanted someone's taillights to see. I think I drove for 40 or 50 miles in third or fourth gear. When it was all said and done, they had to come and pick a bunch of us up, because we ran out of drive hours. I ended up working over 18 hours that day, and there was one guy who worked even more...22 hours, if I remember right. Yeah, that Sterling was no hard charger, but that dude OWNED the snow. [/QUOTE]
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