‘Dozens of vehicles’ involved in crashes on New Hampshire interstate

Twitchy ^ | January 2, 2015 | Staff

[C19fan]

Nasty weather conditions have sparked accidents on I-93 in New Hampshire:

Injuries have been reported:

[McGruff]

Those borderline rain/sleet/snow conditions are the worst.

[cripplecreek]

Dumb.

Southerners have a good excuse, we don’t.

[C19fan]

I tried to get from Central PA to NY area for Thanksgiving. There was one of these pile ups on I-80 in the Poconos due to the interstate becoming a sheet of ice. I was stuck for around 8 hours in the same spot.

[SamAdams76]

Here is a photo from what happened this morning. As you can see, there were guardrails along each shoulder and nowhere for them to go but smash into the car in front of them. Because 4-wheel drive or not, you are not going to stop in time if you are driving at highway speeds and suddenly see a wreck in front of you.

I've driving I-93 many times (from Boston area up into NH) and that can be a dangerous highway even in good weather. Especially when you get into New Hampshire. It's mostly just two lanes in each direction and there can be many miles between exits and people just drive too damn fast.

I was involved in a chain-accident like this many years ago during a snow squall and it's quite a scary experience. Fortunately I was able to drive off the shoulder and avoid a collision but it was almost two hours before the traffic started moving again.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

I got waived off I-93 by State troopers in Concord, NH, in the early 80s. When we stopped at a store in Concord we overheard two guys talking about three or four accidents on city streets, one of which we later passed. The reason we’d been waived off the road was because a mile ahead there was a 27-car pile up. The roads were all iced, and you wouldn’t know it unless you tried to brake.

[tcrlaf]

“Those borderline rain/sleet/snow conditions are the worst.”

Watched this happening in real-time last winter, heading south on I-65, just behind the “icing line” moving south.

Cars coming north thought they were in light rain, then hit the ice at 70-80 miles an hour. It wasn’t pretty. Ended up missing my flight out of Louisville that day due to helping a trooper with an overturned minivan full of little kids.

[matt04]

I wonder how many were going 70 in the snow before the crash.

[eyedigress]

I thought everybody in the North invented snow and sleet.

Why would they also prove to be such crappy drivers when it happens?

[Slambat]

But I though those northeastern communist block liberals
were such great drivers for all the experience driving in
these conditions. Of course these are the same people that
fall over dead from heat exhaustion when the temp hits 100.
The same people who are devastated from a moderate tropical
storm. The same people who will blame this weather on
global waring.

This is what I would expect when this type of weather hits
places like Texas, that I would understand.

[nascarnation]

As a former Cleveland resident, I’m convinced that the winter driving skill set for many folks does a full reset to zero each year.
So until they’ve experienced multiple days of slippery roads in a winter season, the wreckin’ is rampant.

[Mears]

“Why would they also prove to be such crappy drivers when it happens?”

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Aw,come on. In certain driving conditions the driver has absolutely no control of the car.

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[1rudeboy]

No car wreck too small, but to bring politics into it . . . that’s what I say.

[SamAdams76]

Even though I own AWD vehicles, I hate driving in the snow because of the other morons who insist on maintaining full speed during snow/ice conditions.

I'll be driving at a safe speed and invariably, some jerk will be right at my bumper with his SUV or truck and flashing his high beams at me. When it is safe to do so, I pull off to the right so they can get past me. No sense inciting road rage over something like that.

A few years back, this happened to me on the Kancamagus Highway in NH. I let the guy pass me and then a couple miles later, I pass him because he spun out and slammed into a guardrail, wiping out his fender and one of his wheel axles. He wasn't going anywhere for a while. I just waved at him and kept on going.

[grania]

why would they prove to be such crappy drivers when it happens (ie: New Englanders)

Just a guess, but it's the final weekend of the holiday and it's snowing. Worst time to be on NE highways. People from the cities and suburbs down south going to ski slopes.

[Slambat]

“Aw,come on. In certain driving conditions the driver has absolutely no control of the car.”

Oh I can imagine that. Sometimes the steering wheel comes off
the brake pedal breaks and the accelerator gets stuck wide open.
It’s called Auto Demonic Possession.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRkAY1ClTMo

[eyedigress]

I’m just having fun.

The next ice storm that hits MEM or ATL, out come all the morons and their ice driving tips.

Rubber tires and ice do not mix anywhere.

[bramps]

Aw,come on. In certain driving conditions the driver has absolutely no control of the car.
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If it’s that bad then they shouldn’t be on the road in the first place. Looking at that photo, I’d bet the farm that they were driving too fast AND close given the conditions. I’d also guess that they made major mistake #1 when realizing they were in trouble: slammed the brakes, thereby guaranteeing loss of control. (Mass. driver for 35 years with 0 accidents)

[cripplecreek]

Morons and ice driving don’t mix. The rest of us do just fine.

[Mears]

” (Mass. driver for 35 years with 0 accidents)”

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Howdy !

Mass. driver here for 60 years. :-)

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