Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Winter tires not really needed here in central N.H.

fatlazyless · 12-12-2025, 03:52 AM

Yesterday, Thurs, Dec 11, about 9-am on Rt 104 heading east in Meredith I had to come to a complete stop, directed by a police officer at an accident scene as a flat bed truck started to drag a very large pick-up truck onto its flat bed and the driving lane was temporarily blocked.

The damage to the front underneath area, control arms and front bumper was seriously smashed up, and my drive by "what happened" says it was going too fast on a damp below freez'n road after the snowstorm, left the road on the slight curve and got stopped by a rock outcropping. Don't know about any personal injuries, but there was no ambulance there at the time? Maybe the big pick-up lost it grip on the still slippery curve in the road, after snow removal and sped, slid, crashed into the rock outcropping.

Probably having four studded snow tires would have maybe kept that from happening, or the driver could have slowed it down, before it drove off the road into the rocks. The speed limit there is 55-mph, conditions permitting, on Rt 104-eastbound in Meredith. Rt 104, there, can be an accident waiting to happen, type of a road, with its 55-mph speed limit, conditions permitting. Weather happens and that golden road turns into an accident waiting to happen, road ... (background music here from that early 1960's tv show, The Twilight Zone).

12-12-2025, 03:52 AM	#25
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 9,169 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 310 Thanked 1,103 Times in 812 Posts	Thurs morning, Dec 11, 9-am, Rt 104-eastbound, Meredith, big pick-up truck into rocks Yesterday, Thurs, Dec 11, about 9-am on Rt 104 heading east in Meredith I had to come to a complete stop, directed by a police officer at an accident scene as a flat bed truck started to drag a very large pick-up truck onto its flat bed and the driving lane was temporarily blocked. The damage to the front underneath area, control arms and front bumper was seriously smashed up, and my drive by "what happened" says it was going too fast on a damp below freez'n road after the snowstorm, left the road on the slight curve and got stopped by a rock outcropping. Don't know about any personal injuries, but there was no ambulance there at the time? Maybe the big pick-up lost it grip on the still slippery curve in the road, after snow removal and sped, slid, crashed into the rock outcropping. Probably having four studded snow tires would have maybe kept that from happening, or the driver could have slowed it down, before it drove off the road into the rocks. The speed limit there is 55-mph, conditions permitting, on Rt 104-eastbound in Meredith. Rt 104, there, can be an accident waiting to happen, type of a road, with its 55-mph speed limit, conditions permitting. Weather happens and that golden road turns into an accident waiting to happen, road ... (background music here from that early 1960's tv show, The Twilight Zone). __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store!