{"id":962,"date":"2022-03-02T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/?p=962"},"modified":"2022-03-02T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:43:15","slug":"real-conversations-with-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/2022\/03\/02\/real-conversations-with-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Conversations With Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From todays local community group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Does anyone know why it&#8217;s constantly soaked on the southbound 400 exit next to Texas roadhouse? I lose traction headed to work in that spot almost every morning<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To which the polite and sane response ( this wet spot is the result of a natural spring \/ upwelling near the roadway ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>If you are spinning the tires, and your tires are not bald, then the odds are you are driving a little heavy footed, because that really is not enough water to a serious issue to someone driving sensibly.That said, on cold mornings, that can become a bit slick from icing, but the patch is so small that there may be some wheel slip, it should not be enough to cause any loss of control ( except maybe your bowels or bladder if you are prone to panic while driving )<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>At which point the original poster follows up with this gem of sensibility:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>it hasn&#8217;t been an issue since its warmed up, but I saw it this morning full stream, so was curious. when it was cold outside I went in second and still went sideways right there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Few Thoughts:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You know it is a problem area of the road, and you still spin the tires every day? *<\/li><li>You drive a rear wheel drive, apparently manual transmission and do not understand the relationship of power to traction?<\/li><li>You see the water on the roadway, and still elect to drive through with a heavy throttle foot ( while turning the front wheels )?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><strong><em>Please turn in your keys, you are too stupid to drive.<\/em><\/strong><\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From todays local community group. Does anyone know why it&#8217;s constantly soaked on the southbound 400 exit next to Texas roadhouse? I lose traction headed to work in that spot almost every morning To which the polite and sane response ( this wet spot is the result of a natural spring \/ upwelling near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[79,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weareogre.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}