One reason is cars were much heavier back then and could stop faster...and of course people had snow tires on their vehicles as well...
Heavier cars stop faster? I think someone needs to take a physics class. I guess those semis can stop on a dime. My thought is there were way fewer 4WD vehicles back then, so people drove more carefully.
57 posted on 01/11/2015 7:59:17 AM PST by sharkhawk
(Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.)