LogFAQs > #970464771

adjl posted...

If conditions are bad enough that ABS and traction control aren't enough to keep you driving safely without having full control over the transmission, either you need new/winter tires, or conditions are bad enough that the vast majority of people shouldn't be driving in the first place. Even then, pretty much every automatic vehicle I've ever been in has the option to manually shift into a lower gear for exactly that reason (that, and driving down steep grades so you don't have to ride the brake), so that isn't even unique to manual vehicles.

Really, they put travel advisories out for a reason. Almost sounds like someone going "Travel advisory? Fuck that, I have manual transmission!" which to me seems like a bigger issue then if you have "full control" over your car or not. Even I know enough not to go out when when snow is falling faster then the salt/plow trucks can keep up with it.