How do people that live in New York city or any other city that has extreme cold, drive in the winter with ice

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Fly girl

It's a pain but we have to get from point A to point B. We have to go to work and fulfill our obligations. It's definitely do-able but we have to be careful in inclement weather.

Besides, it's not that often that the ground is icy or full of snow. Maybe a few days out of the year will cause inconvenience. Most of the time, the winters are just cold.

VeggieTart (The Cranky Agnostic)

How do people drive? Very carefully. In efficient cities, there are crews who go out in trucks salting the roads. If it's only a couple of inches, the traffic on the roads will be enough to melt the snow.

In cities like NYC and DC, where many people walk and use public transit, you also learn to WALK on icy and snowy roads.

myhoneylips2002

Well, in New York in general, winters are extremely harsh. Ice can be everywhere. In the city, most people use transit, you do not need a car in the city transportation runs 24/7. (meaning the subway stations).

Now if you live out in the Burbs, you most diffinetly have a problem. You drive with chains on your tires at a safe speed and hope you do not slide to either side of the road...there is always an alternative...

Move to sunny Florida.

chelsey

who drives? we walk, take the bus, the subway or a taxi. it's mainly walking but when its way too cold we're forced otherwise.

Michelle

You just do it. When I was visiting Alaska once (my ex-husband used to live there), they drove on the ice and snow as if it was nothing. No chains or snow tires. You drive carefully and allow lots of time though.

Lara S

We are in the midst of a snowstorm now---it's just a way of life up here. All ciities and towns are equipped with salt trucks, sanders, and plows to deal with the ice and snow. Other than that, you just drive slowly when the weather is bad.

First of all, a lot of people in NYC don't even own cars! We have great mass transit!

However, I DO own a car (I need to have one because of where I work.) The city salts the streets pretty well, so it's not icy, except right after it's snowed or sleeted. And when it is icy, you learn how to stop on ice (pump your brakes, don't just push down hard.) You drive slower and you are more careful.

I only wish more drivers around here would pay attention to those few sensible rules! Some people DON'T know how to drive in snow and ice, unfortunately, and they are dangerous! But, fortunately, you can't travel that fast on most roads (we have very few highways in NYC compared to most cities, and the highways are usually pretty free of ice.) You can't drive but so fast on city streets, or you'd hit a pedestrian. So, even with reckless drivers, it's not that bad.

zippythejessi

I don't leave home unless I can't avoid it. Seriously. If I absolutely have to leave home, then I just drive very carefully and defensively.

Let Al Gore come shovel the 8 inches of global warming in my yard.

Trivia Tempest

We have these amazing plow trucks that cover the roads with sand when they go by, they're AMAZING! then to top that one off we have these awsome things called snow tires... maybe you should just move up and find out for yourself. in all seriousness though nobody likes to drive on ice, since ice is more common up herethough , we kind of have to.

klani139

Because WE LOVE NY!!!!!

Native New Yorker

My friend, I live in the city, I don't need a car. Where I live there are 2 bus lines and 1 subway line and that all I need to get from point A to point B.

mishkin

less than 50% of people here have cars so it works out pretty nicely - no parking hussles no cars to undig from snow in the morning, sweet life, my mate

mikelite

I think it's a matter of your perspective - NY (at least downstate) doesn't have what I'd consider extreme cold. It's just wintertime. Some days are worse than others but over all you just ride the wave and take it slow.

I'd offer the reverse to you - how do you live in Texas in that oppressive, suffocating, turns-me-into-a-whiny-baby heat!

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