After driving for nearly 4 hours to get home on Thursday because so many people were getting stuck and were unable to drive in the snow, I came across the best excuse on an online forum.
First he posted this, admitting his stupidity, though with no apology for the countless people he was holding up with his selfishness and inconsideration:
Just tonight as you all know I thankfully braved the storm and managed to inch myself up the massive Yonge St. south hill just after York Mills. So as I finally came home, I realized that the tread pattern was next to nothing, and by nothing, I mean like a few mm’s higher than the bottom of a coin sitting inside the tread. Yes it’s VERY stupid of me, but I know that already
What really irks me though is that he followed it up with this:
I’m sorry I did that, but blame the city more than I, because the city should’ve cleaned up the white crap before drivers set foot in their car..
Now I know we live in a world where everyone tries to blame everything they do on someone else, but this just seemed flat-out ridiculous to me. I imagine that’s the same sort of person who will drive into a parked car and then blame the owner for parking his car there.
It baffles me how people can be so openly inconsiderate. People really need to beat some sense into their kids and teach them a few things about personal responsibility.
The weather office did an excellent job of forecasting that particular storm. Had people heeded their warnings, they could have easily avoided the stormy weather and arrived home in a timely manner.I got into work early and left before there was too much snow on the road. There are many people who can fiddle with their schedule to do the same. Some can't that is true, but if the people who could did, then the roads would be less busy for those who can't.