Anti-Racing on the NJ Turnpike

Yesterday, was an interesting journey home. Snow, sleet and freezing rain, slowed traffic to 35MPH on one of the more famous roads in America. 35 miles @ 35MPH, one hour at what seemed to be a crawl. Many people however determined that this speed limit was an erroneous downgrade from the normal 65. Many of these folks found themselves spinning and facing the wrong direction or slid off the side into a ditch. Although it would be easy to case all aspersion in the direction of the crazy SUV drivers, there were only a few SUVs in distress. Other cars also found themselves in dire circumstances. As I neared home, after travelling nearly two hours I saw additional cars feverishly spinning their wheels with their cars sitting nose deep in a snowy grassy medial strip. It surprises me at the inability of people to realize that snow and ice change the dynamics of car driving.