On my first business trip to Southern California (this would, of course, be many years ago) I was thrilled to escape the wintry mess here in NJ - snow, black ice and really tedious driving. SoCal, of course, was warm and sunny - no slush, no skidding on ice sheets - a real dream.
Hah! The next morning, there was a little rain, and the news was going nuts over car accidents all over the place. I was floored - I had just come from roads that were snow-covered and demanded the greatest skills to navigate and these idiots couldn't deal with a little rain! WTF??, to use the vernacular.
Turns out, it rains so infrequently there that road dust and oils turn to grease when they first get wet, making the roads quite treacherous when it rains. So, do they know enough to be careful all these years later? Of course not! An alert reader has just informed me that they drive like idiots still, trucks jackknifing, accidents galore EVERY TIME IT RAINS.
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