Pro tip: It’s only frozen water. Pardon me for saying so, but we could be butt-deep in drifts. Tuesday morning will be a nuisance event with a coating of 1 to 2 inches in the south metro. No. Big. Deal.
I no longer have a daily commute (thank goodness), but I try to take steps to lower the risk of busting up my vehicle. First, I avoid driving at night whenever possible. Yes, fewer people drive at night, but according to the National Highway Administration, the nighttime fatality rate is three times the daytime rate. And second, unless it’s mission critical, I don’t drive through big snow and ice storms. According to the Institute for Transportation, on rural stretches of Interstate 35 the crash rate rose 13 times higher on snow days, and under low visibility and high winds it reached 25 times higher than normal. Yes, people drive slower in the snow (sometimes) so fatalities are less likely, but the number of overall fender-benders increases.
I see mostly 40s into the day before Thanksgiving, followed by a temperature tumble: 20s and low 30s for highs by late November. Again. No. Big. Deal.
