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Hanginon t1_j5zbpyn wrote

Reply to People do this all over the place apparently. 🙄 by Johnny9Toes

You'll see that in any/every state that gets snow, even those where it's illegal to not clean the roof of your vehicle.

People take their chances that they either won't be spotted by a cop or won't be stopped if they are.

I'm particularly fond of the ones that don't clean a huge layer of snow of the roof, then have to stop suddenly and the snow has melted on the bottom and slides forward, completely covering the windshield and totally obscuring the drivers view. That's just the best, especially in heavy traffic. /s

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Hanginon t1_j5uq7k6 wrote

Reply to comment by darcy1805 in Please don’t be like this person by vtham

Now if caught, That's a ticket in Vermont.

Going to cost you $105 for obstructed view, plus the officer will have you clear the rest of it off before they relase you from the stop.

Source; It happened to a co-worker, we laughed at her lame complaints. Yes, they should be out arresting bank robbers, however, you made yourself available... ¯\_( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ)_/¯

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Hanginon t1_j55qgi5 wrote

Reply to Out of stater driving in Vermont by reinhart_menken

Coming up skiing & boarding on an open ended vacation I would definitely go to the side of caution and security and put 4 snow tires on the Toyota, for a few reasons.

You're not used to driving in snow and they're going to give you a huge advantage in traction, which is everything. You'll have a stress free drive to and from the slopes or anywhere rather than a white knuckle experience. It's a vacation, relax!

It's not just your vehicle you have to be concerend about, that other car out there can also lose control and having the traction to successfully and quickly maneuver out of their way can be the difference between a close call and a ruined day, or days. It's happened to me, dodging the 'other guy' is sometimes a very critical ability/move. The days you most want to get out will also be the worst days to be driving. Fresh snow falling is the siren call of the slopes, and everyone is heading there, heavy traffic with people in a hurry, some/many who have little experience in driving in snow. You want easy somewhat effortless control of the vehicle and the ability to get where you're going. Snow tires give you access.

Matrix is not really a snow adventure vehicle, things like its low ground clearance with the wrong tires can get you stuck in a simple situation like plowing through the furrow of snow the plow trucks left at the road entrance. The roads may be plowed but the parking lots where you're going/visiting, not so much.

Snow tires would be a very small part of the total cost of a trip for weeks on the slopes, and an accident could be a very large part of the trip. What do you really gain by having less traction, less mobility risking a tow me out bill or accident? The deducable on the insurance is probably a lot more then the cost of the tires.

TLDR; I wouldn't risk my vacation on the possible consequences, get the snow tires.

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Hanginon t1_j46t68i wrote

Reply to comment by kswagger in driving slow and stopping to turn by smokeythemechanic

And/or people entering basically anywhere from a roadway.

The curb break/entrance to the parking area is four car widths/30+ feet wide, you don't need to cut the corner into the people that are exiting. The same with exiting. Treat it like traffic lanes, don't pull up and stop in the middle while waiting to exit. ¯\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)_/¯

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Hanginon t1_j2eeyey wrote

Reply to comment by The_Critical_Cynic in TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect. by The_Critical_Cynic

Yep. A funny thing is our perception of a timeline coincides with our age. At 21, 30 years ago seems like ancient history, at 60+, 30 years ago is 'not long ago'. We partially percieve time/history as a percentage of our existence.

The US had some serious drug problems in the populace way back in the late 19th century, Opiates were easily available and from post civil war to the turn of the century there were some serious addiciton issues in the US. Opium and morphine were over the counter drugs.

Then hemp/weed as a 'dangerous drug' only hit the federal lawbooks in the very late 1930's, after the repeal of prohibition.

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Hanginon t1_j2c73b8 wrote

Reply to comment by The_Critical_Cynic in TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect. by The_Critical_Cynic

It was more like post prohibition, all the federal alphabet agencies needed a new boogeyman to -keep them in business- protect the public from.

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Hanginon t1_j2bsivu wrote

Reply to comment by doc_strange82 in TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect. by The_Critical_Cynic

No, that BS was around long before then.

Source; I'm old as fuck, and that statement predates me by a lot.

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Hanginon t1_j1ziulx wrote

Reply to comment by Zelensexual in TIL that there is a brand of potato chips developed for prison commissaries that was so popular on the inside that it became available to the mass market. by a_side_of_toast

I'm you.

Bought some (a case) for the same curiosity and found them less than appealing. I ended up giving them to my niece and her girlfriend, both of who found them to be delicious. ¯\_( ͡❛ ͜ʖ ͡❛)_/¯

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Hanginon t1_j1r8gkx wrote

Reply to comment by gcubed680 in Winter Crocks by ExpressionFamiliar98

"Best" is subjective, most all are pretty good but may be better in different traction/environment situations. I've got a few, including OP's style, which I find to be the best for open/wild ground, and just below actual microspikes.

For real alledgedly civilized world traction; Streets, stores, suburbs, etc. They're (OP's) a bit of a lot. In less rugged terrain, like most people's standard but icy 'traverses' like say from the vehicle to the building kind of traverses that most people deal with. For that I've got some Icetrax with a lot of tungsten spikes for a lot of traction, and no issues if one/some of them fail/fall out or off.

I also have 'backup' Korkers which with less spikes seemed to work "well enough" but not nearly the traction of the Icetrax, Realize that the $$ money you saved by getting the discount ones won't really matter at all when your footing fees sketchy. or fails.

LPT; Have more than one pair! You're too often going to find that your single pair of spikes is in the car when you need to get to the car, or home when you need to get out of the car.

EDIT; Hiking? Micro spikes. Rough ground, like yards, parks etc? Rows of spikes. Not Hiking? best overall, Icetrax. OP's look like HT Enterprises. And the non spiked heel is something some people prefer, it's has some to do with your ice walking style, heel first or toe walking? They're all pretty inexpensive, find what works for you.

YMMV.

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Hanginon t1_j1r59jm wrote

Reply to Winter Crocks by ExpressionFamiliar98

Ohhh! the strap is all wrong! 0_0

You've got to flip that back, put those babys into 4 wheel drive.

Plus; I've got those very same ice cleats, they're unstoppable!

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