BTW: Correction to the post: "Aparently" [sic] should be spelled "apparently." Sorry about that. I lost a "p" somewhere. Stupid keyboard.
Every winter we are entertained by these people on the Portland news channels. When the freeways are coated with ice they speed up. The Northwest version of the Nawlins idiots who build their houses below sea level.
I also cannot believe that I just found myself yelling at my monitor, "For the love of all that is holy! Will you *please* STOP gunning it! IT IS NOT WORKING!!" LOL!
Wow. First time driving in the snow morons.
At around .41 in the video I hear a woman scream "I have three little children inside my car, will you help me get them out"?
I hope the little kids are OK... The rest of these nitwits need to hang their dumb@#$ heads in shame and hang up the keys when the cold wind blows....
Any idea if this road has a grade.
It's like they are sliding down hill.
I live in the Ohio snow belt so this looks like a pretty mild snow fall to me.
I wanna know what was up with that first car whose driver never let off the gas. He looked like a pinball!
Yo boo, take a look. That's why the car is in the garage.
The area has a unique set of weather conditions that make freezing rain common. The warmer upper air pushing in from the Oregon coast brings rain while the Columbia River Gorge funnels much colder air from the East. The lower air is freezing as the rain overrides it. The rain falls into much colder conditions, freezing instantly.
It is not like a typical snow-covered street in Michigan or elsewhere.
It is the equivalent of trying to drive on a hockey rink with ice sometimes more than half an inch thick.
You can easily fall on your butt, just trying to step out of a vehicle, even though you know the slickness of the surface.
The simple fact is nobody should get near a vehicle in Portland after a freezing rain.