Today has been the worst driving day I've endured in my brief driving history - six years, seven if you include my learner's permit year. Well, maybe I just think that because today was the first taste of winter driving for the season.
Starting this morning when I drove Lana to school. According to Google Maps, the route I take is 8.6km, a good chunk of which is on the Circle Drive freeway. This 8.6km of travel took about 45 minutes this morning. I travelled at 15km/h or less for most of the trip, including the entire freeway trip (90km/h speed limit - don't even get me started on that), the entire time spent on Attridge Dr (60/70km/h speed limit), and the entire time spent on Warman Rd (60km/h speed limit).
About ten minutes ago, I wanted to go to Pharmasave. The roads in the Sutherland/Forest Grove area are the iciest I ever remember driving. Tomorrow is going to be horrible. I am really not looking forward to the morning commute. Ugh.
Why is it that as soon as a couple centimetres of snow flies, everyone in this city forgets how to drive? I mean, we do get snow for about six months of the year. You'd think most would remember a little bit.
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