On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 2:38:24 PM UTC-5, John Grossbohlin wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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We drove from Massachusetts to Western NY mid-afternoon on Monday. I was
towing a lightly loaded 5 x 8 enclosed trailer with a Honda Odyssey.

...

Ice started to form on the windshield but the defroster made quick work of
that. It was the roads I was worried about. I, along all the 18 wheelers,
slowed to about 45 MPH and put our flashers on. The salt trucks were out
so the roads were just wet in *most* spots, but there were spots that were
pretty slick. Other people were still flying by at 70+.

Not surprising, the idiots got what they deserved. A few miles later, we
were stuck in traffic, merging right to let the emergency vehicles go by.
4 separate vehicles up against the center guardrail or off into the snow
packed median.

Ahh... a typical NYS Thruway experience... I've seen it many times. ;~) I'd
been running up the Thruway regularly since 1990 but in the past few years
I've mostly telecommuted and avoided the show.

One time I saw an ambulance sitting up on top of the guard rail in the
median. This after it went by me without any emergency lights on at an
unreasonable speed... That was fine until it spun out and ended up on the
guard rail. I could see in the back as I went by and there was no patient
being transported. I suspect the driver had some "splainin to do." :~)

The other extreme was the time time I saw a Ferrari parked in the median and
a flat bed tow truck pulling over. That guy had the sense to have the thing
towed instead of trying to drive it on a snowy road. He apparently has the
brains to go with the money!

81 can be worse than 90. I used to run the 90-81-17-87 route to NYC.

It was fairly common to see headlights pointing skyward from the vehicles
that slid off into the valleys that served as the median. 81 is much more
hilly than 90.

I just missed one on 90 a few years back. We drove by a SUV that was on
it's side with 2 guys standing on "top" helping the occupants climb out.
I know we must have just missed it because there wasn't even any rubber-
necking delays yet. Just the SUV on it's side and 2 other cars parked on
the shoulder.