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<blockquote data-quote="Whither" data-source="post: 4656337" data-attributes="member: 76643"><p>Last winter, my first at UPS, went out in the blind in a bricked out 1000. Wintry mix all day. Might've had 80 deliveries done by 5pm. Once the sun went down road conditions deteriorated. Next stop was 5 or 6 of those 35lb McKesson pkgs, some kind of liquid for dialysis or cancer treatment, next best thing to reams of paper, so I wanted to park as close as possible. Turns out the stop was midway up a hill on a one-way street. But, the street didn't seem to be icy and the hill wasn't steep. Pulled inches from the curb, turned my wheels, set the well-adjusted hand brake and put it in park.</p><p></p><p>As soon as I took my foot off the foot brake and rose out of the seat, the pkg car began to slide downhill. Ope ... I had parked on black ice! There was a car parked about 2 car lengths behind me, and several cars on the opposite side. This was the beginning of a harrowing 5 minutes in which I wound up having to correct several skids with the car in reverse, sliding down the hill with little to no traction, and the ever-present threat of striking parked cars on either side. Finally made it to the top of the hill without touching anything besides the curb. Of course there was a stop sign. I ignored it after clearing the intersection, found a level parking spot and EC'd the damned pkgs. </p><p></p><p>I've been down the same block in nice weather a few times since, and I can see why I didn't think the hill was dangerous ... but good lord that taught me to use extreme caution in wintry conditions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whither, post: 4656337, member: 76643"] Last winter, my first at UPS, went out in the blind in a bricked out 1000. Wintry mix all day. Might've had 80 deliveries done by 5pm. Once the sun went down road conditions deteriorated. Next stop was 5 or 6 of those 35lb McKesson pkgs, some kind of liquid for dialysis or cancer treatment, next best thing to reams of paper, so I wanted to park as close as possible. Turns out the stop was midway up a hill on a one-way street. But, the street didn't seem to be icy and the hill wasn't steep. Pulled inches from the curb, turned my wheels, set the well-adjusted hand brake and put it in park. As soon as I took my foot off the foot brake and rose out of the seat, the pkg car began to slide downhill. Ope ... I had parked on black ice! There was a car parked about 2 car lengths behind me, and several cars on the opposite side. This was the beginning of a harrowing 5 minutes in which I wound up having to correct several skids with the car in reverse, sliding down the hill with little to no traction, and the ever-present threat of striking parked cars on either side. Finally made it to the top of the hill without touching anything besides the curb. Of course there was a stop sign. I ignored it after clearing the intersection, found a level parking spot and EC'd the damned pkgs. I've been down the same block in nice weather a few times since, and I can see why I didn't think the hill was dangerous ... but good lord that taught me to use extreme caution in wintry conditions. [/QUOTE]
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