Ice cracking.... is it really that scary??

[DetectorGuy]

I have heard the pops under the ice and it is a distraction, if anything. I sometimes don't dive directly under dark shadows on the ice if the ice is thin (10" or less) just in case it is a vehicle above. I don't really have a problem driving on ice that thin, but I get a little creeped out wondering if a vehicle is going to fall through on top of me. The only way this bad dream could get worse is if it was my vehicle. This probably hasn't ever happened in the history of mankind and probably will never happen but the "popping" sound reminds me of this every time.