The fast food people deliver a meal that isn't too late. We are comfortable with only a light jacket. The ice and snow and the treacherous trek to the north are nearly forgotten. Kentucky fixed the roads the next summer. The thirty foot spacing between cracks isn't really their fault.
Some geologists theorize that the force of the moon on the earth causes the cracks.
The bedrock under the topsoil is similarly broken, and eventually helps lead to the development of caves. We'll probably never know for sure. Another year, my wife drove to her mother's in good weather. Then the weather turned cold and the car wouldn't start, so she couldn't leave on time. Then it snowed and rained and froze until knee deep crusty ice filled the drive.