yup....another post about CA drivers.
One of the reasons why we moved to LA was because I wanted warm weather. I grew up in CO and always HATED the snow and cold. Also, the thought of driving in the snow would make me so nervous and stressed that I would become physically ill. Even after 10 years of driving in snow, I never got used to it. However, if you go slow, don't freak out and just hope and pray there isn't another car when you go sliding around a corner, you do ok. Maybe all this driving in snow has made Coloradans better drivers because when summer rolls around and it's raining, it doesn't seem to affect drivers at all. However, out here in the big LA, it never snows so when it rains, hold on to your hats because things are gonna get crazy!
As soon as the first drop of rain falls from the sky, people start flipping their cars and running over pedestrians. Maybe this hysteria is fueled by the media as a rain storm prompts several "STORM WATCH 2010!!" Let's just say that I've never seen so many people freak the frack out over rain! CA drivers suck on dry roads, so it's no surprise that a little rain screws people up. Here are a few examples I've seen on the news...all caused by rain.
-A car flipped upside down on an off ramp. And no else was involved in the accident. Now that takes talent.
-A 5 car pileup on the freeway.
-And last night, someone in hollywood ran over a pedestrian and then crashed into a light post. The pedestrian had to have her leg amputated. And quoted from the news, "speed, alcohol and drugs were not involved." It was just the rain.
I would hate to see what would happen if it actually snowed here. It would be like an apocalypse and the end of Los Angeles as we know it.
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