"Black Ice"

With yesterday's warm afternoon thaw and an overnight cool down, sections of Joyce Road were still covered with "black ice" by 10:30AM. Our neighbor pulled over to allow another vehicle to pass and was unable to get traction on the "black ice" after sliding off the road. I had to spread some coal ashes on the road to get traction to pull the truck out. The road was so icy that I was almost rear-ended by the truck sliding down the road after it was pulled out.