Posted on 12/05/2016 2:36:57 PM PST by fella
Slow Mo Pile Up on Montreal's Snowy Streets
Looks a little icy to me. Come on AGW!!! Woo Hoo!
Didn’t salt and sand the road down enough.
Glad to see the police finally arrived on the scene.
And then the plow truck comes along to save the day.
LOL
In addition to ice, the first snow, especially if it comes after a long rainless period, can have a thin road oil slick mix with snow, a tough combination for traction. I saw many cars spun out because of this on I-83 near York PA a few years ago. There was no ice.
And BTW...it doesn't have to be newcomers.I've lived in New England my whole life and have been driving for 40+ years and every year I have to "re-learn" winter driving.It doesn't take me long but it does happen.
Somehow I never get tired of watching these videos.
Obviously not smoking enough cork-tipped cigarettes.
We were in Montreal last February during a blizzard. The roads and sidewalks were a disaster. No salt and barely cleared. We barely made it across the border but the second we hit New York the roads were perfect.
Buy Blizzaks
Damn, didn’t those guys hear of snow tires?
So no one in Montreal knows what 4-wheel drive and road salt is?
And at the first crash the cops should have arrived and blocked off the hill so no one else would be dumb enough to go down it.
Oh well, we will see this crap in Michigan soon enough with all of the people from the SW moving up here.
Almost as good as the old video of a garbage truck in the same conditions. By the time it got to the bottom of the hill I think it mangled 8 to 10 cars, including some trying to get out of its way. Nothing quite like moving when you have the wheels LOCKED! Physical laws have no mercy and there is no appeal!
When I was a kid I watched one of these. Car after car came down the hill only to be collected into the accident... including a police car. There wasn’t really much damage being done.. They just slowly came down the hill and dinged into the cars at the bottom. There was nothing anyone could do about it. I must say that from a kid’s perspective it was rather entertaining to watch.
If you ever find yourself with some free time go to youtube and search "Russian dash cams".Funny isn't the word for them...they're proof that snow and vodka don't mix.
yep, and coming to a town near you soon. Even DFW is calling for the low 20s Friday morning. Our place in Arkansas is going to be 7 with snow.
Looks like most of the “weens” are government employees. Banged up a lot of nice city-owned vehicles, there.
Is it just unthinkable to cordon off that hill, put up barriers and block it until it can be treated?
It’s what they do down here in the south.
Snow, vodka, crazy people and old Russian Lada sedans are an even more volatile combination, lol.
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