More than 400 vehicles crashed during light snowfall on Saturday

• 400+ accidents!  It's not like it snowed in Houston.  It shouldn't matter that this was the first snowfall, unless you imported 1 million people from Southern California.  As one who left the Minneapolis area for Atlanta a few years ago, I'm simply astounded at the way a lot of you people drive.  It's either putt-putting along at 20 MPH when you could be doing 40 MPH or doing 70 MPH in your Chevy Subdivision when you should be doing 40 MPH.  Most of you should be doing what the southern fried hicks do when there's that once per year appearance of snow, stay off the roads!

• Where were the salting trucks?  My city street was covered in ice up until today when the sun melted most of it.  This year is going to be a lot like last year where salting trucks and plows don't come out unless it's a work day.

• Perhaps it was the layer of pure ice under the snow that caused the accidents?  If you were actually out there driving you would know that the roads were slick as hell so even a minor mistake would result in an accident.  The snow had nothing to do with it.  Excellent job on this well thought out article.

• its not the article that is ridiculous, its the MN drivers that are ridiculous.  We go through this every year, when are people going to learn to slow down and be aware of others around them?

• It may have been a light snowfall but there was also below freezing temperatures, rain and sleet. The roads were pure ice and people were driving slowly and cautiously but when a vehicle is coasting on ice your speed really doesn't matter. This article is just ridiculous. 

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