I was driving home from shopping yesturday in a "white out" condition about 50 MPH and right in front of me traffic comes to a dead stop! I only had about 50 feet to react, I was in the right lane and just lightly touched the brakes and steered off to the shoulder! Almost lost my H3! I passed about 6 to 8 cars before I came to a stop! It turns out it was a freakin' gaulker delay!!! They were all stopping to see the 30 car pile up on the northbound lane of the E-way! ******** almost caused another pile up! I was suprised at how well the H3 braked and handled in that situation! Even if I would have had to go to the ditch, I'm sure I could have just drove out! I am so glad we decided to take the H3 and not my winter ride, or I probably wouldn't have a winter ride in one piece today!

 

Whew!..Lucky for you you were in a HUMMER....Glad you made it unscathed

 

I saw that on the news scary

 

I heard about that on the news...Damn those gaulkers..glad to know things went well for you.

 

white out condition and 50 mph, 50 feet to react. someone around here is not following the 2 second rule[>:].
just kidding
glad to hear you made it

 

...same thing came to mind here, but who am I to point fingers. Just glad that you weren't #31

 

YAY little Hummer! Thank God, you were OK (and the little Hummer!) Things like this make me thankful I dont ever have snow...but I sure would like to drive in it once [&o]

 

Crashing sucks!!

 

The white out conditions were coming and going, I was slowing from my 65 MPH pace just as I came up on the stopped cars. There was nobody within sight before the whiteout, so I thought I had plenty of time to slow down... WRONG!
I have been refered to as a crazy driver before, but I have never been in an accident, or even had a ticket on my license in over 22 years of driving. I have done quite a bit of racing on both 2 and 4 wheels, so I consider myself an above average driver. My Dad taught me a lot, he used to race against a couple of NASCAR boys in go karts before he had to stop to raise a family and pay for his way thru college (3 degrees worth from U of M).