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- ZenMojo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+112Obviously they had to get away from the explosion.
- Crockpot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+96Why are these idiots jumping out of their car? Don't they relize that they could get themselves killed!
- Reziarfg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+901 Internet year = 75 real life years.
- ArmandoM, on 10/12/2007, -7/+66"It's REALLY old.. At least 2 years..."
So by that reasoning, my 4-year-old is ready do die of old age? - nicepants, on 10/12/2007, -2/+61Better/extended version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNmPAzB7wBA - Tenetri, on 10/12/2007, -15/+72"Flintstones!
Meet the Flintstones!
They act like they've never seen it snow!
From a, town of dickweeds,
They drag they feet so their cars won't go!
Stupid..folks oh tell me why we breed 'em!
Where are Fred and Barney when you need 'em?
If you ride with the Flintstones,
And the snow it hasn't melted,
Make sure your belted,
You'l have a bang up time!"
Best comment, for those who may have passed it - ricree, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47To be fair, I thought the person who tried to jam their door into the snow to slow down was being at least a little clever. It didn't work at all, but at least it was a good effort.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+43The people jumping out of their cars are probably the same sort of people who don't wear seatbelts because they're afraid of being trapped underwater if they drive off a bridge.
Let's see - what's more dangerous, rearending someone at 5-10mph with your seat belt on, or leaping out of the car, either to be hit by traffic or sandwiched between a couple sliding cars? - retral, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38This has circulated the internet countless times, but that doesn't stop it from being entertaining. The stupidity of the people bailing out of their cars amuses me.
- N00F, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35Living here in Canada, we see this kind of snow-hilarity often. The drivers in the video are not used to dealing with snow. Once they lock up their brakes, their wheels become skis. If they had kept off the brakes or pumped them, the wheels would have kept rolling and offered a little bit of traction to help steer them out of harms way. Mind you, they were ALL going pretty fast in those kind of conditions. Even if they did avoid rear-ending the vehicle ahead of them, they would have, most certainly, slid right out into the intersection.
Their lack of experience is quite apparent when they all start hopping out of their cars to try to aid in stopping. Stupidity on an ENORMOUS scale!
It's only a matter of days now and we'll be getting our first Snow fall, here in Ottawa. - VipeNess, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35LOL. i love the guy trying to pull his car from the ground! lol thats going to stop it
- nottidredd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33no doubt the one girl is a retard. she just barely escapes being wedged in between her car and the next one. all too prevent a minor case of whiplash
- NoahK, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36The comments on the page are the best.
- mt066, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25lol i was thinking the same thing. why would you jump out of a car that's only going like 5 miles an hour into the middle of the busy street?? the one lady almost got hit by the next car.
- ACityInOhio, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25That Black Ice thing makes sense. But you know what doesn't? Vanilla Ice. Can anyone explain what the hell went wrong there?
- ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20@N00F
Amen. I'm a lifelong Colorado resident, and so I've had my fair share of snow as well.
I couldn't believe those idiots were jumping out of their cars, either to slow it down, or to get to a "safe" place (like laying on the ground in the middle of a wreck is safer than a safety belt in a 10mph collision).
The best example of stupidity is the guy that puts his HEAD between the bumpers to check out the damage. (this is in the extended youtube version).
Folks, in snow, it never hurts to go too slow. Something I always do on snowy days is do a break check somewhere safe like my parking lot. Just slam on the breaks and see how far you slide. Try it a few times. Know how far it takes you to stop. - ektar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Way to encompass the entire East Coast in one statement. Let me see if I can do the same: There might be a lot less accidents in Nebraska when it snows (although you haven't show any proof of it), you still have to live in flat and boring Nebraska to have that "bonus."
- intekra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Funny thing is, I live like a block up the hill... I wish I was there to see the carnage. I'm pretty sure the nutty lady that bailed out of her 4dr civic is my neighbor. Haha.
- fnaqzna, on 10/12/2007, -0/+184x4 also doesn't stop any faster than a 2WD car.
- jocnnor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21http://youtube.com/watch?v=Aj6Hr-sTxuw
for those of us behind a proxy which doesn't like metacafe - N00F, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18@ahawks
The 'check brake' thing is a VERY important tool for driving in snow. I use it often too. Mind you, I also like to find myself a good snow covered parking lot, once in a while and 'practice' my hand brake manuvers. Honestly, pulling those kind of stunts have actually come in handy, at times. I'm glad I know them. - ATLBeer, on 10/12/2007, -5/+19Their brakes aren't locked up. They are sliding on solid ice.
Having traction helps when attempting to stop - ilovemusic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Snow chains are illegal in some places because they damage the road. Same with tires with spikes in them.
- nicepants, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15The best thing to do would be to turn into the curb and gun it, hoping to at least get your front 2 wheels off of the road...that would at least slow you down.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16The stupidity of the people bailing from their cars...scares me. Wow, that's stupidity on the order of rock and dirt.
- sparquay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14A 4x4 won't help you in snow if you still don't know how to drive in it. Especially, when it weighs more.
- NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13First off, these people shouldn't have been driving in these conditions. Obviously they're not used to snow driving.
Second, even though it looks like they were going slow, they're going WAYYY too fast for an untreated road.
Third, the rules for driving downhill in snowy conditions:
1. Do NOT slam on the brakes, and try to stay off of them as much as possible.
2. Put the car in neutral. Or, at the very least, DON'T TOUCH THE GAS. But really, you ought to put the car in neutral. That little boost from the idling engine makes braking more necessary, and, as mentioned before brakes + downhill-snow-driving is a no-no. - xelloss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a293u2g27CE
- igdrasil61, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13that is the reason i live in the desert
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10@ahawks
Check brakes is always a good idea.
@N00F
I usually try to go to a parking lot once a season to make sure that I haven't forgotten anything. When you are sliding down a hill is not the time to try to remember what to do...it needs to be almost instinct and that only comes from practicing. - ATLBeer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13@loup
I have no idea where you got that load of bull about Black Ice but, it's just that... Bull
Black ice is just ice that's transparent instead of 'frosty white' so all you see if the pavement underneath.
Condensation from exhaust.. HUh? - stryker2you, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Cool video.
Side note: I'm getting real sick of Digg always telling me to log in to do anything. No matter how many times I tell it to Remember My Info...Digg always needs me to log in again just to digg another story...or I get an error "Digg not saved, try again later".
/this bites - sjbdallas, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13I just figured it out. You know how when you're learning to skate or ski and you start to lose control so you just kind of sit down to stop before you wreck and get hurt too bad? Well, that must be what she was thinking! If she could just get her butt on the ground, she'll avoid wrecking her car.
- joe0891, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Even better is when places further south get snow. I remember hearing on the news that some place in Georgia got a couple inches, and the whole city shut down.
I love snow, and December storms in Buffalo are the best. - makismagoo99, on 10/12/2007, -7/+161. Use snow chains
2. No accident - sc1n, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12The lady is actually very smart as she has realized the car in front of her is really a Ford Pinto with an elaborate body kit!
- useful, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8God look at all the stupid comments on digg...
You are all laughing at people for not turning or going in reverse? Ice, Friction, a physics class all say that none of you are qualified to drive in winter conditions. - apache2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8just because it's snowing doesn't mean life stops, half the world lives in these conditions
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@ATLBeer
Actually, he was right. Black ice usually comes from frozen exhaust on the roads and is nearly invisible to the naked eye. It happens in the extreme cold. Ice that you can see is just plain old ice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_ice
To the rest of you, having been in that situation more than once and always escaped the situation, you need to throw the car in neutral, let off the brakes and gently try to steer around. Contrary to the 'expert' opinion on this forum, it is usually easier to steer than to stop on ice. Also, any drag from the engine can cause the wheels to slip which will make it so that you can't steer (front wheel drive) or cause the back end to stay put while you slide down the road sideways (rear drive), so neutral is a must. If you saw the youtube clip, the suburban sliding down the hill sideways is a classic example of someone who didn't take their car out of neutral. - lsatkins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"I remember hearing on the news that some place in Georgia got a couple inches, and the whole city shut down."
Growing up in South Carolina and never seeing any snow stick past noon, I remember quite a few times where there was the "threat" of snow and people would rush to the grocery store and buy all the bread and bottled water. It was like a hurricane was coming! Guess they were scared of getting snowed in. - punkrockxtian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6meh, natural selection
- ZapWizard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I like the comment about "Black Ice" in Texas.
While I am from Texas, and have lived in snowy areas, that comment about sums up that most people here don't even know WTF ice is and what to do when on it.
If there is an ice / snow storm here they shut down just about everything.
For the guy who posted the black ice comment...if you read this..black ice is found in canyons and other roads where a combination of the shadow from a mountain, lack of sun, and clear air mix to create ice that is as transparent as glass. This results in ice that looks as black as the road. It is the difference between clear ice cubes frozen using purified water and frosty ice cubes you a make yourself with tap water. - rspeed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@ crexor
Wrong wrong wrong. In any other situation you'd be right, but the roads there were too slick for ABS to make any difference. Putting light pressure on the brakes (as much as possible without locking the wheels) is what you need to do to stop. If you're trying to turn, then you need to lightly alternate (pump) between light brakes and no brakes. It's harder than I thought to explain. I guess you need to learn it.
As a former resident of New England, I'm shocked by how poorly people drive in the snow here in DC. One nice thing, at least, is that people avoid the roads when the weather is bad, so there's nobody around to hit me. - topato, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@n00f
snow-hilarity? I think the word you were looking for was snowlarity. - VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@zeeeej:
*Looks at car*
What are these.... gears... you speak of? - ylph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Actually engine braking in a 2WD car is rarely desirable in an emergency situation - your engine can only brake 2 wheels, so you can only use about half the available traction for stopping, and it creates an imbalance which makes the car even harder to control.
Btw the right thing to do there was to move over to the middle lane, which you can see many cars do successfully in the video. You need to start planning the move way in advance, and slowly nudge the car to move towards the middle - "manage" the little traction that is available and realize that it won't support sudden stopping or turning.
The best way to really be ready for it is to practice controlling your car in such conditions when it's safe (large empty parking lots with ice and snow) so it becomes second nature.
And if you live where it snows regularly, and can afford it, do get a second set of wheels with real snow tires - this is the single most effective thing you can do to help winter driving, whether your car is FWD, RWD or AWD. All-season M+S tires provide FAR less traction on ice than full snows. With full snows, you could confidently steer out of the situation above and guide your car through the safe middle zone with ease. In fact a FWD or RWD car with snow tires can in most cases outmaneuver an AWD car with all-seasons in icy or snowy conditions. - Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You get that kind of ice a lot on cold days beneath overpasses on the highway in the midwest. The frost melts a little bit when the sun is coming up, then freezes again in the shadow of the overpass.
It's kind of cool though; you're going 85 on the highway, go under one of those, and the engine revs way up for a second on the ice. At 85MPH.
Just make sure you're not changing lanes while you're doing it. - dustedbunny, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6mcvarmazi,
When it snows in the city, you have to understand. People crap their pants. Im an east coaster (Jersey to be exact. 5 minutes from Philadelphia). We don't like the snow because we're never prepared for when it REALLY snows. Two winters ago we got nailed with like 3 feet of snow and my friend and I took his SUV out onto the main highway in our area and helped people who were stranded. It was interesting.
We all thought it was the apocolypse. - zeeeej, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@NSMike: Putting the car in neutral is a terrible idea, especially on a hill. Keep the car in low gear so the engine will slow the wheels. If you keep it in neutral, your only way to slow down is the brakes. Low gear can also help prevent you from spinning your wheels while accelerating.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8@resplence
To answer your question, once one car locks up the brakes, it creates a slick patch that makes it harder for the next car to stop. Essentially, one person panicked and caused a long patch of ice for the rest of the cars in that lane to get trapped in.
Most people nowadays overly trust their ABS, but as you can see, it didn't help in this situation. They needed to move to the other lane, and then brake otherwise they were doomed. -
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