Snowmageddon!
So this is what Zaphod Beeblebrox the Car looks like under a foot of snow:
After crying “SNOWMAGGEDON!” several times this month, the meteorologists were finally right and we got a big dump of snow on the night of my birthday. Thankfully it waited until after I got home from the Indian buffet I went to with a few friends to celebrate my being born ((this was just a low key dinner on my birthday. I’m having a big birthday bash on Saturday, since my actual birthday was on a school night, but I like to do something special on the actual day)), because I hate, hate, hate driving in the snow.
Also, yesterday I learned that my dashboard flashes a warning light when my car starts to slide on ice/snow. In case you don’t notice, you know, that your car is sliding. Guess the bag of hockey pucks I keep in my car in the winter was not sufficient to weigh down Zaphod and prevent sliding. Fortunately, it was only the side streets that were slippery – the main roads were completely clear by the time I left for work yesterday and now even the side streets are mostly clear. And the forecast is calling for rain and 7-8 degrees C for the next week or so. W00t!
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The warning light on your dash isn’t telling you you’re sliding, it’s telling you that your car’s electronic stability program is active, which is supposed to help you stop sliding.
Oh, that makes more sense. So perhaps I would have been sliding more had that not kicked in?
Yup. Even with ESP I almost put my smartie into a ditch the other day.