Slippery roads

A "surprising" discovery:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994148

 

"Adrian Runacres, a forensic accident meteorologist"

He forecasts the weather for forensic accidents? Is that accidents involving
forensic scientists?

 

"during a drought, engine oil and grease build up so that when it
rains the oil and water mix turns the road into a skidpan."

"No shit, Sherlock!"

 

Talk about blinding revelations of the bloody obvious! It's been common
knowledge ever since I've been riding/driving (35 years) and I'm sure it
wasn't new information when I started. Over the years I have managed to
conduct a number of practical experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon...

Rick

 

I was handed this report by a colleague as I am known for having conducted
some similar experiments quite recently.

 

Yeah, but it's science now. Before, it was just something everyone knew.

 

"Daniel Eisenberg of the University of California, Berkeley, stumbled
across the link while studying the dangers of driving under the
influence of drugs."

OK, so they've missed out the comma.