Love and Hate

Love and Hate

I’m not going to lie; I have this whole really strange love hate relationship with all the random idiots who drive on the road, in Wisconsin, when it’s snowing. You have 8 scenarios.

1. The Bad Ass: you got the person who has a big truck and is like ‘I’m not scared of no snow’ who ends up in the ditch because they got sick of tail gating you , fly past and go off the road. 
2. The Wussy: that moron who SHOULD NOT UNDER ANY CERTUMSTANCES be driving in this weather. They can’t seem to make it over 25mph... When there is no snow accumulating on the road. I mean really, is it that hard to drive without snow on the road? Go back to California. 
3. Semi Drivers: they all do their own thing and none of them do the same. I mean one will cut you off, the next is polite, then the next speeds up to go in the ‘fast’ lane only to slow down and bog traffic down… it’s ridiculous. Hence the sign saying slow traffic (and large trucks) keep right. But of course this makes it ten times worse here in Wisconsin snow because of all the kick up they cause. Passing them is almost suicidal because you have like three seconds of momentary blindness from the slush coating your car. 
4. The Weaver: the person who does not know how to drive in snow, but tries way to hard as not to come off as a wussy and goes back and forth across the lane getting sucked from one snow pile to the next fighting an endless battle to stay out of the ditch. 
5. The Kamikaze:  that insane person who decides to drive faster than is safe. But they not only speed, they insist that they should not be slowed down by us other measly humans and feel the need to weave in and out of traffic like a mad man running from the cops. These are the best ones to see in the ditch… they really skid ;) 
6. The Closer: the person who minds their own business, setting a speed and staying at that speed at all costs along with not deterring from the path. As soon as they close on another car, they move to the next lane, pass, then get right back into the right lane, just staying on track and closing the distance to said destination. 
7. The Roll-Over: that person that no matter what, no matter how much snow is out there, as soon as they touch the gas they manage to spin out of control, go off the road, and roll over. Typically seen with vehicle on roof and a fire truck (or ten) nearby. 
8. The Gunner: this one is a real dandy. They don’t understand that snow=slippery=no traction, so they continue with their race car tendencies and gun the engine over every small change in speed resulting in a lack of traction, which leads to sliding, which leads to them in the ditch and the cops measuring the skid marks on the way across the road.

I mean I love seeing the idiots struggle but I hate it when I get stuck by or around them and they influence how fast I am going or where I am going. It’s just snow right? So if you like leave a comment. Maybe even tell me your Wisconsin Winter driving style. Just don’t get in my way ;)