This I don't understand. Do their tires not have treads? Here we have school busses delivering students into the Cascade Mountain foothills through ice, snow, mud, running water and whatever else a typical winter might bring. They never get stuck.
Perfect storm. It was about 30 degrees when it started snowing. That meant the pavement was warm enough to melt the snow ... for a while. Once the snow got heavy everything turned into an ice rink. Then all of a sudden at about 2 pm a million people in the same city decide they need to relocate RIGHT NOW. No snow tires. Little experience with ice. Once everyone gridlocked the city the road crews and sand trucks were stuck as well.
They don't know how to drive on ice and snow.
You can bet when their tires started spinning they mashed the gas peddle even more.
“Do their tires not have treads?”
Many, practically speaking, don’t. There is no requirement for car inspections (tread included), and conditions are rarely intolerant of bald tires, so many people let their tires wear down to darn near useless. Put that on ice and you get gridlock.
You are correct; you don't understand.
It's not snow on Atlanta roadways, it's ice.
More often than not, when it snows in Atlanta the roads are just above the freezing point and the initial snow melts immediately. Within minutes, the below-freezing air freezes the water on the roadways and 1-3" of snow on the grass becomes a 1/2" sheet of ice on the roads.
Large sections of residential metro Atlanta consist of winding, hilly roads.
It's not a matter of driving a school bus or car on snow; it's a matter of driving a school bus or car on an ice rink.
You are correct; you don't understand.
It's not snow on Atlanta roadways, it's ice.
More often than not, when it snows in Atlanta the roads are just above the freezing point and the initial snow melts immediately. Within minutes, the below-freezing air freezes the water on the roadways and 1-3" of snow on the grass becomes a 1/2" sheet of ice on the roads.
Large sections of residential metro Atlanta consist of winding, hilly roads.
It's not a matter of driving a school bus or car on snow; it's a matter of driving a school bus or car on an ice rink.