Snow isn’t far off for NJ! 7 idiots no one should be this winter 

New Jersey 101.5 Chief Meteorologist Dan Zarrow is telling you when snow would likely begin this year in New Jersey. It's only a few weeks off.

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We should be thinking now about those winter emergency supplies to keep in our vehicles like a warm blanket, emergency food, flares, etc. We should be taking a hard look at the tread left on our tires. In short, we should be ready.

But as a new winter approaches, we often overlook the most important thing you can do to stay safe this season. That, in short, is don't be an idiot.

Now the smartest among us still has the capacity to be an idiot when it comes to winter driving in the nation's most congested state. It's not about intelligence. It's about admitting you're a mere mortal. It's about planning for a slower commute.

So don't take this as an insult. Take is as a reminder. Scroll through these seven prime examples of winter driving idiots and avoid being them at all costs. We'd like you here next winter, too.

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7 NJ Idiots To Watch Out For In Winter Driving 

Captain Flashers 

Behold the timid species so unnerved by snow that they will drive with their emergency flashers on the entire way. You know, the things that you should put on if you’re actually stuck on the side of the road and need help or to alert other drivers that you’re stopped and to steer clear?

Yeahhhh. Problem is Captain Flashers is moving. Captain Flashers is confusing everyone. We’re ALL (hopefully) driving slower Captain Flashers. You don’t need your emergency flashers on.

Don’t be Captain Flashers.

Snow Speedy 

We’re ALL (hopefully) driving slower, except for this jerk who isn’t. Snow Speedy (are they Slim Shady adjacent?) drives like there’s no snow or ice. They drive like a spinout accident has yet to be invented. They’re just as likely to drive you into a ditch as themself.

Don’t be Snow Speedy

Icehole

New Jersey even increased the fines for this yet thousands still do it. Scrape only a small porthole in the snow and ice covering their windshield, so, an ice hole of sorts. Snow and ice is on top of their car, their hood, their trunk. Sheets of ice fly off as the car warms up during its travels. You are the unintended target of this deadly game.

Only an icehole would drive looking through an ice hole.

Bottom line, don’t be an icehole.

Snow Scaredy

He or she is the opposite of Snow Speedy, and the jury is still out on who is more of a nuisance. Snow Scaredy won’t go even half the speed of competent drivers in the snow and are white-knuckled all the way. The biggest problem? When you’re behind them on an incline and they’re going so slow they can make you lose your traction and momentum.

Don’t be Snow Scaredy.

4-Wheel Wanker

Beware the guy with a 4-wheel drive vehicle who doesn’t understand that it has nothing to do with braking distance or braking control. They think they are impervious. They don’t grasp physics. You’ll know them by how their vehicle is upside down in a ditch.

Don’t be, well, you get it by now.

The Tailgater

Some tailgating can be fun, but this is no party animal. He’s either one of two things. An obnoxious fool who thinks his front bumper is connected to your gas pedal and wants you to be forced faster on a snowy road (even though he can often pass if he wants). Or the poor planner who allowed himself to run out of windshield washer fluid and is so close to you to get the mist coming off your back tires as a poor substitute.

Don’t be The Tailgater.

The Ninja

This driver likes to go stealth as much as possible. One way to achieve this is to drive with no headlights on in blinding snow. Better yet, blinding snow at dusk.

The Ninja’s best-case scenario for no one to see him is to drive a car that is grayish in color to blend right in with a snowy grey day and do it in blinding snow with no lights on at dusk.

Just don’t be The Ninja.

Opinions expressed in the post above are those of New Jersey 101.5 talk show host Jeff Deminski only.