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edave22 t1_j55v1qh wrote

If you’re sliding on light snow you may want to invest in snow tires or, even better, studded snow tires to deal with the ice.

Snow isn’t that bad, it’s the ice that will get you.

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reinhart_menken OP t1_j55xher wrote

Yep, I mean it was kind of light snow that iced up probably, and it was a thin road - think backcountry up the mountain or going to State parks, except fortunately this going past wide open farmland. I was already driving as far out my lane as possible when this car came fast on a turn, and I was just trying to adjust to have a little more room and a little further out. Slid out a little, fortunately was able to recover while driving and go on my way.

Sounds like I'll be getting some snow tires.

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edave22 t1_j55y1gd wrote

You won’t regret it. It’s snowing right now with a couple inches already accrued (southern vt. Probably more up north). I listen to the police scanner while I work and every 10 minutes is a call about a car with an out of state license plate sliding off the road and into a ditch. Better to play it safe and not have to worry about it during your vacation.

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reinhart_menken OP t1_j561z1h wrote

Oh I used to do that when I lived in NYC (I'm a VA transplant) and the siren blared during work. Do you use an actual physical scanner or an app? I used Broadcastify, but I don't think it had all the channels.

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edave22 t1_j5jls4s wrote

I bought a Home Patrol 2. Its about $500 but they pick up unencrypted police channels. A lot of PDs in the USA use encrypted channels so it won’t work everywhere but luckily most of the police departments in Vermont haven’t gone that way yet.

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