RE: FRIDAY FUN: Snow day!

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

Ed wrote:

Bryan wrote:  I would invariably pass a number of vehicles in the median
stuck.

...explain what this "median stuck" is?

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Only guessing, but I think he meant:

"I would pass vehicles stuck in the meridian."

Many US 4-lane highways include barrier strips between the directional lanes
(N-S or E-W).  These strips are known as "meridians".

If your vehicle starts sliding out of control on icy roads, it is usually a
good idea to steer for the meridian.  The outside area is more likely to
have a deep ditch, poles, or trees.

Sliding and coasting to a halt with your fan belt packed with snow, and
having to wait for a tow truck to get you back to the road, is much better
than slamming into one of those outside obstructions at 60 miles per hour.
So most of us "steer for the meridian".  The phrase has also come to mean
"aim for the lesser of two evils".

Dori Green

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