It's time to put away your toys for the winter. Yes, I'm talking to the motorists out there!
Tonight and tomorrow should give us the first real blast of wintery weather. Environment Canada is predicting a mess of rain, freezing rain, ice pellets, and snow, totaling as much as 15-20cm by the end of tomorrow.
I guarantee it will be a nasty commute tomorrow. Dangerous too! Motorists who have been lulled by many months of warm weather and clear roads will be in for a surprise when they can't keep control of their two-ton killing machines.
Seriously. It's time to put your summer toys away for the winter. Driving a personal motor vehicle on snowy roads is irresponsible. The chances of hurting yourself and other people around you is too high.
Tomorrow's evening news will be filled with photos and video of motor vehicle pileups, huge traffic jams, and people complaining about how long their commute took. The weather will be blamed for "accidents" and deaths. Sometime soon there will even be the token "cyclist riding through the snow" photo in the newspaper, along with the letters raging about how dangerous this is.
Leave your car at home. Take public transit, ride your bike, walk, or even stay at home if you can. Don't contribute to the mayhem on the roads.
Enjoy the ride to work. You may even get there faster by bike than transit or driving!
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