How not to drive in snow.

[AMGeed]

Some very lucky drivers here, especially when the 2 articulated trucks veer off the motorway to avoid a collision. Sorry, FB account holders only I believe.

 

[renault12ts]

Blind fools.

 

[grober]

Here it is on the big screen --- highway I-35 near Ames in Iowa 5 FEB 2018
11 injured in 90-vehicle pileup on I-35 near Huxley

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[Deleted member 65149]

Eek. Either blind or on their phones.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Here it is on the big screen --- highway I-35 near Ames in Iowa 5 FEB 2018
11 injured in 90-vehicle pileup on I-35 near Huxley

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Wowsers. If those two artics didn't take the narrow route between the wreckage and into the rough, then I dread to think how much worse it could have been. Imagine if it were a UK motorway, where there's no run-off at the sides...

 

[bazzabear]

Until I saw you quote the date, I would have sworn this was a video I saw a few years back. Almost identical it was, with vehicles flying everywhere as they tried to avoid the obstacle they saw at the last second while travelling way too fast.

 

[tylerdurden]

Interesting to see how far some vehicles go when going off lane. You see passengers getting out and moving to what to them would look like a safe distance. However, seeing how far some vehicles travelled “off piste” they were still in danger of getting run over.

Some cars went into the pack at high speed and it’s a miracle there were no fatalities

 

[Mactech]

That is just plain scary
Put me on a racetrack any day of the week....at least the vast majority of race drivers have some idea of how to drive!

 

[Joderest]

oh dear, there goes any NCB

 

[UKCCE]

Can never be to safe

 

[ringway]

What were the latecomers doing not to see far enough ahead to avoid collision in the time elapsing from the first impact?

 

[tylerdurden]

Watching both, the first one has been sped up. Hence looks like high speed pike up

The HD version is normal speed and it was dangerous etc but no real high speed pile up so not surprised that it was just injuries.

 

[TheFoX]

Watching both, the first one has been sped up. Hence looks like high speed pike up

The HD version is normal speed and it was dangerous etc but no real high speed pile up so not surprised that it was just injuries.

But even in the normal speed version the vehicles are travelling way too fast for the conditions.

The AA says that when driving in snow, you should be travelling at 9 miles per hour in a rigid position, frightened to even move the steering wheel an inch, and with your buttocks clenched for the whole journey.

Getting back to reality now, I heard someone say, on Radio 2, that everyone should be legally required to have winter tyres fitted to their cars in bad weather, but what exactly is bad weather? In this country, we often go through winters with hardly a snowflake, so who would make such a judgement call?

Getting back to the video, a similar thing did happen in this country when there was that massive pile up in thick fog, in Kent I think, and the Police ended up prosecuting a hell of a lot of drivers for THAT incident.

The morale of the video is that we, as humans, become complacent about the dangers of the weather because we are insulated from it by our tin can on wheels.

 

[Giantvanman]

Getting back to the video, a similar thing did happen in this country when there was that massive pile up in thick fog, in Kent I think, and the Police ended up prosecuting a hell of a lot of drivers for THAT incident.

The morale of the video is that we, as humans, become complacent about the dangers of the weather because we are insulated from it by our tin can on wheels.

The Highway Code has listed stopping distances in every edition. However, even in perfect conditions, very few drivers manage to attain the reactions times that estimable volume contains. For example, when calculating reaction times on motorways, three-four seconds is average and this is due to drivers becoming complacent and effectively 'switching off.' Mind you, it isn't much better for drivers driving on familiar roads.....

With the benefit of hindsight and for interest sake, I wished I'd recorded the number of times drivers used the word "suddenly" as rationale for the cause of a collision simply because more often than not, the only sudden thing was the driver "suddenly" becoming aware of what had been unfolding/developing around them for some time before they became fully aware and reacted.

 

[fabes]

Took the MB out this morning
Winter tyres on and I noticed no difference.....

As in, no difference between driving on snow / slush and clear roads
Excellent

PS BMW did get stuck in the car park with snow still in it, which he drove into at the barbers earlier
I simply drove out with a slight smirk on face