John VanSickle wrote:
> 
> One of the biggest laughs I ever had was watching a news report of snow 
> in a part of California where snow falls once every two or three years. 
>  A car was coming up to a traffic light.  The light came on.  The brake 
> lights of the car came on very clearly and brightly.  The car continued 
> to move with the same speed and in the same direction.
> 

I remember my brother driving once and doing that very same thing.
Luckily the drivers from the crossing light didn't go until he slid 
through the intersection.


> I grew up in Michigan, which routinely gets a 30cm snowfall on at least 
> one night every winter, and more at other times throughout the year. 
> Even there the first snowfall of the year throws people for a loop 
> (because after seven months of not dealing with it, the skills get 
> rusty).  The Detroit area has one of the largest natural salt supplies 

I was in the Detriot area for one of those events.  It was funny, yet 
scary.  People were losing control on straight stretches.  I was puzzled 
until I was told about the first snow thing.


Tom

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