Originally Posted by
cyccommute
"Black ice" is a real phenomena. I seen it defined as the ice that forms on lakes and surfaces in still cold air. Because there is no mixing of gas with the water due to wind, the ice is smooth and frictionless. Most "black ice" claims are just ice on road surfaces due to various weather conditions which really isn't as smooth and frictionless as described above. It's black because it's on a black surface.
I call that just "ice". Most ice that I see on roads isn't all frothy and white, it's clear and appears black on the road. If you're saying that there is some ice that is actually black when it's not sitting on a black surface, then that's new to me.
I don't think people will be happy until someone is going in front of them dying all the water fluorescent orange so that they can be alerted that there might be ice when it's cold.