time to buy some new tires

thisoldman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:55:54 +0000

With the heavy rains in our area the last couple days, I was made well aware that I was overdue for tire replacement on my SUV this morning. I had a hell of a time driving into work on these slick roads. My old tires aren’t BALD or anything but they sure didn’t grip the roads that well. While on the interstate, I could feel the front-wheel drive slipping underneath me. I had to keep it well under the speed limit and also made a conscious effort to stay far from other cars. Especially when there are so many ignorant people SPEEDING down the interstate during these conditions!!

It seemed that I wasn’t the ONLY one having problems with the rain-soaked roads. I passed a number of accidents and actually witnessed a Honda Accord spinning out of control after hitting a rather large puddle on the highway.

Luckily I made it to work OK. but the forecast calls for the rains to continue on for the next two days. ugh.

Here’s an excerpt from the local news about the wet road conditions –

Slick roads caused several wrecks across the Triangle Wednesday morning, and the Interstate 440 Beltline was especially treacherous.
A car hydroplaned and flipped over on westbound I-440 between Glenwood Avenue and Lake Boone Trail shortly after 2 a.m., and crews had to cut a woman out of the car. A pickup overturned on eastbound I-440 between Six Forks and Wake Forest roads about 10 minutes earlier.

The storm that started the week as Hurricane Ida weakened Tuesday after making landfall in southern Alabama.

“We are going to get a lot of rain in our area. We’ll likely have some flooding issues around here by the time it’s all said and done on Friday,” Gardner said.
Car dealers on Wake Forest Road cleared vehicles off their lots in case nearby Crabtree Creek flooded.

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time to buy some new tires