You think black ice is proprietary to Texas? It’s the same black ice I learned to deal with everywhere else I lived. Know where it is usually located (shady areas, bridges, etc) and try to avoid it. If you have to drive on it, slow speed, no sudden inputs, and deal with it. Maybe it’s better you just stay off the roads.
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Anyone who says they can control their vehicle when it is on a frictionless surface... Well, nothing more need be said.
Most yankees who brag about driving on ice do so under different conditions. Drive "on ice" when really driving on a layer of snow? Yep, that can be done. Driving on ice when the temps are well below freezing (which as we all know is rare, but not unseen, in Texas) and no water is on top of the ice? Yep, that can be done.
Driving on typical Texas ice where there is a layer of water on top? Nope. Basic laws of engineering/physics apply to everyone, no matter how much an "expert driver" someone thinks they are.
Sliding (with no control over the vehicle) across a short stretch of black ice on a straight, flat road may turn out okay. Heaven help you on a curve or inclined road. Of if due to something/someone else on the road you need to change direction. Something to do with coefficient of friction, inertia, torque, etc.
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