(01-27-2015, 10:28 AM)Stormwind Wrote: Don't even get me started when the weather gets bad. Yes, I get it, the weather is bad so we need to slow down and be more careful. Slowing down and being more careful does not mean doing 30 on the highway, its only a drizzle.
I am in the process of creating a mathematical proof on the relation on the correlation between how heavy the rainfall is and how fast people will drive.
Okay, not really, but this seems to be a thing. Light drizzle? 30mph. Torrential downfall? 80.
Seriously, I was an idiot and ventured through a vicious rainstorm to get to my college classes once. Rain coming down in sheets and kicking up a mist that made it horrendously difficult to see the car in front of you, let alone anything beyond that. I'm going 10-15 miles below the speed limit due to that and have my wipers going full tilt.
Some dude BLOWS past me going 80-90, I swear to God.
Meanwhile, late last year, there was a light misting of rain and the beltway backed up like an overused toilet. It boggles the mind.
Also, why do people insist on not TURNING THEIR HEADLIGHTS ON in this sort of weather? It's not a big problem, but I ALWAYS see at least two or three cars with their lights off in inclement weather. Or worse - I've had it be NIGHT out, as in NIGHT night... and I saw people with their headlights off. Are they just ASKING to get sideswiped when someone doesn't know they're freaking there?
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