black ice
JK Junkie
Joined: Feb 2012
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From: brick, nj
Last month we had a black ice problem here in central NJ one morning. At 7am everything was fine. By 8am there were something like 30 accidents. One was fatal. There was a 12 car pileup on a small bridge. One woman got out to check the damage and was killed when another car hit the same patch of ice and slid into her.
JK Junkie
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: West Richland Washington
It doesn't look like ice or frost. And it forms unexpectedly sometimes. It sounds like you've never really encountered black ice, because even when you're being cautious and cognizant of the fact that there *could* be ice forming, sometimes it catches you by surprise. And when it does, it's a traction-less experience. The car can be at a complete stop and start sliding with the grade of the road or the slightest movement, it's just that slick, especially if there's water on top of it. Even if you're tooling along slowly at a constant speed, when the rear wheels lose traction with the road, the ass-end has a tendency to walk out, causing the driver to correct. It's all sorts of trouble.
I'm glad the OP's okay...super scary for the cop if he was standing nearby!
JK Freak
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 849
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From: Long Island, New York
It doesn't look like ice or frost. And it forms unexpectedly sometimes. It sounds like you've never really encountered black ice, because even when you're being cautious and cognizant of the fact that there *could* be ice forming, sometimes it catches you by surprise. And when it does, it's a traction-less experience. The car can be at a complete stop and start sliding with the grade of the road or the slightest movement, it's just that slick, especially if there's water on top of it. Even if you're tooling along slowly at a constant speed, when the rear wheels lose traction with the road, the ass-end has a tendency to walk out, causing the driver to correct. It's all sorts of trouble.
I'm glad the OP's okay...super scary for the cop if he was standing nearby!
I'm glad the OP's okay...super scary for the cop if he was standing nearby!
