102 Auto Accidents today and Counting here in Austin

[svhorns]

Its getting pretty crazy

[slorch]

sounds like Lubbock without ice...:D ;)

[cyfallsgoalie31]

sounds like Lubbock without ice...:D ;)
i guess you forgot the beer was on ice :D

[wide-e-wide]

102? Damn...that's a lot dude.
I've been out of the house 4 times today and I have seen a total of maybe 30 cars. It's a ghost-town around here.

[RocketTRN]

I think i caused one here in san antonio earlier...the speed limit is 50 and i was doing 55. Then this car behind me lost it on a patch of ice that made the rear end of my truck get loose but i controlled it...so i guess mayb it's my fault the other car was doing 55 and couldn't control it... only tapped another car in the side though so it's okay :D

[farmerfan]

I dont know how many have happend up here in DFW but I was told by my neighbor that he must have witnessed at least 20 between Georgetown and Denton last night. I have not gone anywhere. Stayed put and behaved myself. I forgot how much I missed watching some old movies from the childhood.

[slorch]

I think i caused one here in san antonio earlier...the speed limit is 50 and i was doing 55. Then this car behind me lost it on a patch of ice that made the rear end of my truck get loose but i controlled it...so i guess mayb it's my fault the other car was doing 55 and couldn't control it... only tapped another car in the side though so it's okay :D

drafting in wintry conditions...:eek:

Let me guess, your spotter said you had room?:D

[DragonBand06]

School cancelled tomorrow here due to inclement weather conditions...

[RocketTRN]

drafting in wintry conditions...:eek:

Let me guess, your spotter said you had room?:D

It was pretty cool actually i got to see somebody spin in my rearview mirror and while they were spinning they hit another car in the side and they started spinning...i laughed all the way home

[farmerfan]

It was pretty cool actually i got to see somebody spin in my rearview mirror and while they were spinning they hit another car in the side and they started spinning...i laughed all the way home

Man If you have actually hit a patch of ice and started spinning before you wouldnt be laughing too hard. Last Feb when I was coming home from Ft Worth, it was around 7:30 am and no one was on the road thank God. I hit a patch of ice and did a total 180. Scared the absolute dog **** out of me and like I said I am so thankfull that no oncoming traffic was anywhere near.

[cyfallsgoalie31]

It was pretty cool actually i got to see somebody spin in my rearview mirror and while they were spinning they hit another car in the side and they started spinning...i laughed all the way home
i take it you will not be losing sleep over this?

[RocketTRN]

Man If you have actually hit a patch of ice and started spinning before you wouldnt be laughing too hard. Last Feb when I was coming home from Ft Worth, it was around 7:30 am and no one was on the road thank God. I hit a patch of ice and did a total 180. Scared the absolute dog **** out of me and like I said I am so thankfull that no oncoming traffic was anywhere near.

I did hit a patch of ice today and spun about 70 degrees but i saved it from going around all the way. Yesterday I gave my truck a little bit too much gas around a corner in the rain and almost ended up in the ditch on the right side of the road, then the left, then i almost spun and luckily there was no oncoming traffic...

[RocketTRN]

i take it you will not be losing sleep over this?

nope it was just a fender bender. if it had been serious or if i hit anything i would tho

[farmerfan]

I did hit a patch of ice today and spun about 70 degrees but i saved it from going around all the way. Yesterday I gave my truck a little bit too much gas around a corner in the rain and almost ended up in the ditch on the right side of the road, then the left, then i almost spun and luckily there was no oncoming traffic...

Well it scared the absolute crap out of me when I did it. I was using catuion and driving very slowly, like I said, it was a sunday and roads were isolated or else being on busy interstate between Ft Worth and Denton it could have gotten bad. In this type of weather accidents happen and I hate to see it happen to anyone, they can became fatal very quickly and that is even the little fender benders.

[RocketTRN]

Well it scared the absolute crap out of me when I did it. I was using catuion and driving very slowly, like I said, it was a sunday and roads were isolated or else being on busy interstate between Ft Worth and Denton it could have gotten bad. In this type of weather accidents happen and I hate to see it happen to anyone, they can became fatal very quickly and that is even the little fender benders.

yeah i know but that's why i made sure everyone was ok before i laughed. The part I really laughed about is that i'm a 17 year old driving a regular cab long bed pickup truck. There is NO weight in the back of my truck so i hit the windshield wiper fluid on the ground from the car in front of me and i get loose, yet i went over this ice and only got loose while the 30 somethin year old dude in the car behind me (who i assume is a more experienced driver, as i've been driving about 4 months) is driving a little honda or something of that nature and he can't control it...