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Originally Posted by Sarlacc

I'm dreading the first day of snow.
I mean, I'm prepared. I've got my winter tyres on and I've been driving in Norway all year round for decades. But all these other people... It's like they've never seen snow before.

There must be literally thousands of people thinking:
Oh, the roads are covered in white stuff. Well, I'm late as it is and even though I have threadbare summer tyres (and can't drive, but they don't know that)
- I'm going to tear down the highway at high speed because that white stuff... is somebody else's problem.

The first day of snow all the main roads around here look like a disaster movie. A bad one.

There will be cars in every ditch, turned in every dramatic angle possible.
The snow will be coloured by flashing orange and blue lights as police, fire department, ambulances and rescue vehicles mill around to help people.
And needless to say, there will be delays.
Having a Thermos flask full of coffee and a packed lunch in the car, right here in the most densely populated part of the country, is not excessive or melodramatic at all.

It happens every single year.

Sounds like over here except when it started raining again. For some reason, people do not remember how to drive when the roads are slick.