glassjar1 t1_j1rhq6o wrote on December 26, 2022 at 8:47 PM

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

There are exceptions to this--such as when the interstate is completely shut down and the back roads have not been closed. I have had a few times when back road travel was the ONLY option and staying stuck where I was wasn't a good option either.

Last time was Dec. 2012. Storm hit Indiana. Shut down I65 completely. We had started in Illinois and had been heading to WV for Christmas. Made it to somewhere in, Dayton perhaps, by traveling backroads for hours. Every time something became impassible, had someone looking up which way was best to turn. Don't want to be in that situation again--but there are times that back roads are your only option.