why do people blame DOT!! DOT did cause the weather...it happens... DOT tries to make the roads safer..but can they always..NO!! being safe on the road is UP TO THE DRIVER!! ALWAYS!!ALL CONDITIONS!!

do people not know the basics of driving on ICE!! 1. don't use the brakes..you go ballistic..look it up..no control 2. increase following distance..think 10times normal..if you can see the plate of the car in front of you YOU'RE TOO CLOSE!! no I'm not talking about being able to read the plate..just seeing it.. 3. if you don't think you can handle driving on ICE!! STAY HOME! 4. TURN OFF THE RADIO/PHONE/DVD PLAYER...ever notice the tire noise changes between wet road and ice roads..it does..just listen..but to listen you have to turn off everything in the car..

giving the rain and the temps..ice was going to happen..anywhere..no DOT could not stop or prevent all the ice.. if you think it might be ice, DRIVE LIKE IT IS..no suddend changes..NONE..stop/turn/go..NOTHING SUDDEN..nice and easy

"Weather like this morning wouldn't have prompted a delay, black ice is a common occurence. The roads are salted/sanded and life goes on."

yep, other than a warning to drivers about slick conditions it wouldn't even make the news.

The responsibility rest with the driver to operate the ve-hikle according to the road/weather conditions, If your I-phone is reporting 70' and sunny but you are experiencing snow and ice, adjust accordingly...

"1) 4 wheel drive doesn't equal stoping faster"

yep. We left the 4x4 truck in the drive way and used my wife's TL with ABS and traction control. We weren't plowing through 6 inches of snow out there. Stopping is more important than going in conditions like this morning.

"I'm sue schools "up north" are closed/delayed for ice, much different than snow" worldclasscoach

Weather like this morning wouldn't have prompted a delay, black ice is a common occurence. The roads are salted/sanded and life goes on.

I'm from the midwest their are three things people need to know when driving here. 1) 4 wheel drive doesn't equal stoping faster, just because you go with little sliding stoping is the same. 2) people from the area are not use to snow they are dangerous because they are not experienced driving in it. 3) just becaause you are from some place and grew up driving in snow realize they don't have the same removal and treatment as they do in the midwest of north east. So just because we can drive well in a lot worst back their here they don't have the means to make the roads as safe as fast. Leason slow down

"There are serious accidents on 40 E and W between CH and Raleigh. Car on it's back and on fire on 40 W near RTP, and two multiple car accidents on 40 E in Durham, one with people trapped in the car. Most of them over bridges."

odd I drove from Chapel Hill past RTP at 7 am and didn't one accident or feel a slick spot. But want looking for slick spots either as most of the vehicles were traveling as slow or slower than the speed limit except for a couple yaohs which I guess made it at least to Raleigh apparently.

"And schools only on a delay? You must be kidding, crazy & dangerous!" worldclasscoach

The horror, the horror.... please

Yep, Obvious icy conditions and many people still exceeding the speed limit by 10 - 20 mph's, These aren't accidents, these wrecks are a direct result of carelessness and incompetence combined with a blatant disregard for the law and the safety of other divers,, If you are in the ditches today, you deserve it,,,

yea, get those dangerous drunk drivers off the road. Oh wait just the normal commute in the morning around here. Then add snow on the grass and a wet road watch out!

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