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So I too was stuck in that clusterfuck on Tuesday.
Left Marine Crossing area at 4:45, took 20 minutes to get to the foot of the qboro bridge. Spent 20 minutes there while some asshole in a RWD Mercedes tried valiantly to make it up the 4% incline to the bridge. Then got onto the bridge, and spent an hour just parked mid-span.
On the other side, were 2 semis who had given up and pulled over to the right. Then a third shithead semi tried to go in the left lane, and then also got stuck. They spent 30 minutes reversing to clear enough room for cars to maneuver between the trucks, and then randomly a moron with shitty tires would also get stuck. At about 7:30 we moved enough for me to get off the qborough connector, picked up the wife and child from daycare, then slowly inched back towards the qboro bridge.
Saw everything from people peeing on the side of the road to assholes driving on the wrong side of the road just to end up blocking traffic going in other directions, just adding to the clusterfuck. And there were so, so many of these assholes. Many of them completely unapologetic as they block someone from going through an intersection because they're sitting squarely in the middle, facing the wrong way. Got home to Edmonds area around 1am. 8 fucking hours to do 14km.
My takeaway: the shitshow that was Tuesday was predominantly due to the snow coming down later in the afternoon, while people all went to work because the weather was nice in the morning, and with poor preparation as is every year. Then it was made significantly worse by "professional drivers" who didn't know what the fuck they were doing, compounded by selfish pricks who think somehow jumping 10 cars ahead in what is already a parking lot is somehow going to get them home sooner.
I have nothing nice to say about people who left snow on their vehicles before driving. The roads are bad enough to not have to dodge flying ice bombs and drive through near white out conditions from the unsecured load coming off their vehicles.
Laziness and not giving enough time to clear it off are the biggest reasons for it. With all the pumpkin spice drinking basics I spotted with snow on their vehicles, I have to wonder if there also an element of drivers who leave the snow on because it will look cute on their IG or makes their pavement princess truck look rugged.
Some can't even figure out how to turn on their headlights, so clearing off the snow is way too much effort for them. I swear I saw someone only clearing out the top quadrant of the driver-side windshield on Wednesday morning and left the rest untouched.
On Wednesday, I was waiting at a light on.a somewhat covered road. There was a new FRS beside me. The two lanes ahead merge into one. He was in the dying lane. I knew he wanted to get ahead of me as he kept inching forward.
Once the light turned green, he peeled it, only for his rear end to twerk at about 110BPM as I smoothly accelerated forward in my winter tire equipped 28 year minivan.
And then, this morning as I'm headed to work on very clear roads, I was behind this new Mercedes C Class. As soon as we start descending down a very gentle grade, the car slows to around 25km/h and holding the brake all the way to bottom.
These are the people who caused a 12 hour commute for others. But since we live in the age of deflection, they'll blame an entire system over their own mental limitations.
My takeaway: the shitshow that was Tuesday was predominantly due to the snow coming down later in the afternoon, while people all went to work because the weather was nice in the morning, and with poor preparation as is every year. Then it was made significantly worse by "professional drivers" who didn't know what the fuck they were doing, compounded by selfish pricks who think somehow jumping 10 cars ahead in what is already a parking lot is somehow going to get them home sooner.
Fuck this city when it snows.
People need to learn to look at the news forecast during the winter, especially if they're one of those fucks driving around without winter tires. If people are too stupid to pony up for winter tires and have them installed by early Nov, then at the very least, follow the news to know when snow is coming and stay the fuck home.
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It's fine all the major and even minor roads are relatively clear... bit icy at night... it was dusting some new snow before lunch but looks to have stopped already.
I want to think that people will learn, and that if they get stranded at the foot of a hill or worse slide back into somebody else due to shitty tires, they'll get winter tires the next year.
But I know they won't.
The same night I was stuck, after finally getting past the Qboro bridge, there were about 4 cars spun/stuck at the bottom of the 22nd St hill going up into Burnaby. I turn, and this guy is waving frantically at me from his clearly ill equipped Civic, telling me to turn around.
I wish he could have seen the enormity of my smugness as I made it up without problems. Continental WinterContact SI ftw.
According to icbc, claims jump up 94 percent compared to the day before. Maybe it time to have a policy regarding winter tires for our roads, or you get a discount if you have winter tires.
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