Shutting down Freeways?

LoathesRaisins

LoathesRaisins

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In the east, what does it take to start shutting down freeways? Here in California they start shutting down freeways as soon as it starts to snow a little bit.
 
I don't know your exact location, but I know you're talking about I-80 or SR 50. Those close easily because of the type of traffic going over them and the people driving them. The vehicles that the average Californian drives is just not suited for anything but dry roads. Most Californians aren't suited for anything but dry roads either. The amount of trucking that occurs over Donner pass completely justifies the closures you speak of. It like Snoqualmie pass on I-90 in Washington. That closes because of truck traffic and much of Seattle's lack of snow driving competence.
 
Ive lived in CA for my whole life and I have never been caught by a closed highway. And I ski kirkwood (highway 88) and that is the highway that closes the most often. What the hell are you talking about
 
When I lived in Miami they shut down I-95 for the Toys for Tots Exotic Rally...That was a shitshow.
 
It takes alot of snow. Ive only really seen it happen once and that was last week when we got that huge storm. Whenever the plows cant handle the amount coming down they will pull the plug. Hardly happens though
 
They never do where I live which is odd because I live atop of a summit (parleys summit, gets you from SLC to PC/Wyoming) and we get whiteout conditions everytime it nukes. You can see the ominous sights of flashing hazards in the night. It's kind of creepy when its really late, actually. And it doesn't help there's about 5 ft of snow on the ground.
 
only mass and ct will shut down interstates when they get a LOT of snow (see: nemo)

 
MA shut down everything during the big storm a few weeks ago, but honestly I think it wasn't the right time for it.

Generally they never close but if Boston is going to get hit then everyone just freaks the fuck out and shuts down everything.

The Governor spent that Saturday in an underground bunker for 2 feet of snow...
 
They should shut down the highways through Pennsylvania every time it snows. Couple inches of slushy crud on the road and I've never seen so many cars in the ditch.

Around here in Ontario though they usually will only close a highway if it's so windy that the snow is blowing across the road really heavily. Happens once or twice a year.
 
As much as I hated the driving bad it was the correct decision. It kept all the dumbass drivers in their little shit fwd econo boxes and soccer moms in their suv's with a false sense of security OFF the road. I was driving around friday night and saturday morning during the ban and there was absolutely no one on the road except plow trucks and emergency vehicles...I imagine it made their life much easier
 
It takes the Mayor of your state to place a driving ban, which just happened in New England (I'm from CT) for the blizzard we just got rocked with, but thats pretty much the only reason they do it. It takes an extremely severe storm for them to actually shut them down.
 
People think that Seattle drivers are terrible in snow because the videos of all the crashes don't really do the hills justice. It gets icy as hell and the hills are deceptively steep. People just try to drive in Seattle when it's clearly too slick, so they crash not necessarily because they're "bad" drivers, but because NOBODY should be on the roads at all. Snoqualmie Pass is never bad in terms of "idiot" drivers. I go up there in all conditions and have only seen a few crashes/maneuvers that made me facepalm.
 
haha it was awesome right? Boston was an absolute ghost town, every cop I passed didn't give a shit, and red lights were just suggestions. RWD + LSD and unplowed city roads? So much fun.
 
They shut the canyon down from time to time.

It just has not snowed in the past two years, so there is never any issue.
 
5ft. of snow on the ground? You live at the top of Parley's, not Guardsman Pass. And the reason they never shut it down is because it's an important connecting point and a part of the Eisenhower interstate highway system which means the plows are constant on it. It only gets bad once or twice a year.
 
meand my friend and gf took l and i drove us in a intense snow storm 2 hours north of my town tolyndon vermont. it was greatuntill we were comming on hard full blowen trip and got stuck behind a snowplow for 7 miles. sooo many flashing lights hahahah
 
in ontario they rarely close due to snow. its usually from big accidents and pileups that they close down.
 
VT, NH, ME, all take a TON of snow to close roads. With Nemo we got 3 feet of snow Fri, Sat, and into Sunday, and had school on monday. My cousin in MA missed like 3 days of school. Basically around major cities and stuff we close down fairly easily, but if youre out in NH, ME, VT, or rural areas it takes quite a bit of snow.
 
So much respect for that haha I can't even imagine how hard that would be. Sounds fun as fuck though.
 
I hope to god you are referring to a limited slip differential. If not, it must have been an interesting experience.
 
Never seen a freeway in utah shut down, driven in a good foot of snow on 215 on the way to alta one day haha.
 
Would a good driver not know when is the appropriate time to drive? Being from California, I deal with much worse snow drivers than Seattlites. It wasn't an attack or meant to be a generalization of everyone in the greater Seattle area. Obviously there are good snow drivers there as there are good snow drivers in California too.
 
i dont think i have ever seen road/highway closures in vancouver (BC) due to snow, however, thats not to say that the entire city isnt shut down in an inch or less of snow due to all the idiot drivers.
 
I heard they might shut down parts of i 70 east bound to denver for summer construction. That will be a shit show. Not looking forward to that
 
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