[Rodney King]

Doesn't surprise me. I just moved out here last July. People can not drive in the snow in OK. Just going to McDonalds this am I saw at least four cars off the road and in ditches with less than 2 inches of snow on the ground. People simply don't slow down. It's quite amazing really.

[annyokie]

True. I live about 10 miles from Miami. The old Route 66 runs through there and is very narrow and poorly maintained. We don't plow the roads much here in OK. That said, anyone with any sense wouldn't be out in this snowstorm.

[Amelia]

It's quite amazing really.

Do you have armadillos in Oklahoma?

[jammer]

You are correct, but, really, doesn't it have more to do with snow plows and salt (or lack thereof) than driver skill? When I moved to Michigan from Texas, I heard on at least 20 occasions (as the person made condescending sniffs) that, "people in the South don't know how to drive in the snow." After one year here, through 4 seasons, I can now confidently and without fear of rebuttal make the statement, "people in Michigan don't know how to drive in ANY damned kind of weather."

[WFTR]

I went to grad school at Penn State, and my first job was in Oklahoma City. Central Pennsylvania had more snow and had snow for more of the year, but I never encountered any conditions in Pennsylvania that were near as scary as an Oklahoma ice storm. In the early 90's, an ice storm hit OKC one Friday. Work let out at noon, but I had too much to do. I stayed until 11:00 pm thinking that it would be better when no one else was on the road. I had a 4-wheel drive pickup, and it took me an hour to drive 8 miles to my apartment. I drove much of that time with my right-side wheels off the road where I could get a little traction in the dirt. The road itself was a solid, slick, sheet of ice.

WFTR
Bill

[Pining_4_TX]

We moved here in January from sunny Houston. I haven't been warm since. :)

[guitar Josh]

Uh, Rodney…People in Oklahoma can’t drive when it’s 75 and sunny. I have never seen drivers as bad or as inconsiderate as the drivers in Oklahoma.