alt Hacker NewsWet all the time isn’t a serious loss of traction. Wet after a dry spell is, and everyone there forgets it every time. You will have delays on the highways due to wrecks.
Nobody has the slightest clue how to deal with ice.
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loeg • today at 8:50 PM
Wet is ~40-50% reduction in traction on asphalt, and it's even worse for paint. That seems pretty serious. (Of course, surface oils can be even worse.)
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Wet is a significant loss of traction, it's just that wet after a dry spell is even worse.
I'm from the Northeast but happened to be in Seattle on a day when it snowed. Every road was a hill and every hill was full of sideways cars.