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Massive car crash on I-35
lets go with 62mph (100km/h) under these conditions. sounds like a good idea to me
Feb 12, 2018 8:41 PM
EvilMonki
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lets go with 62mph (100km/h) under these conditions. sounds like a good idea to me
chugeknight
The last 3 cars made no sense for me but that Red Truck was a M...M..M.MONSTER KILL!
muerteati
Everyone talking about how fast they are driving... are we ignoring the time stamp and that this is sped up at least 2x or 3x?
DelightfullyOdd
...what the horse-buggering fuck is wrong with those idiots?
YouCanPegMeOnTheFirstDate
Ah, I see I-35 is a demon highway along its ENTIRE length.
nolittleplans
Dude my hat is off to those truck drivers. 75ft of vehicle missing everything.
CaptainEric
Leoryyyy jeeeenkins
AquaLeaderArchie
My dad is a state trooper and had to go out and deal with those idiots on I-35
icantsleepsoiImgur
Definitely driving too fast for those road conditions
ImgurIsPrettyNeat
You see Ivan...drive faster so no one hit you.
ifyouoralovedonehavebeendiagnosedwithmesotheliomayoumaybe
I work at the Barilla facility literally right next to where this happened. Traffic was backed up five miles when I left work.
GreatOdinsBeard
Danfoss here, same.
jakefromreddit
MRW the dude gets out of his car:
PangolinBan
To avoid becoming permanently and fatally entombed in a rear-ended car, presumably. My question is why doesn’t he get the fuck out of there.
MatrimBloodyCauthon
"Oh no my car look at it" guy
TheBIFFALLO87
I refuse to drive on the interstate where I live(VA) in snow. These people can't drive in the fucking rain here.
Amazingamandaaaaa
I got stuck in VA because of a storm. My then boyfriend was out driving in the snow, while others were on the side of the road.
Dorsk84
...how do people not know how to drive in this. It's not fucking hard.
DeeLightfulme
I was told to drive in poor conditions as though I had a hot cup of coffee on my dash that I didn't want to spill on myself. Works for me!
ilovemyboobs
I could never get the hang of snow/ice driving so I decided to move to Las Vegas. It was a good choice.
whiskeyforbreakfast
There's a hill you can't see over very far at that section of 35, then a bridge for Lincoln way that further obscures your view... all 1/2
whiskeyforbreakfast
during the biggest snowstorm of the year. (I'm from down the road a ways)
BreadyStinellis
Agreed. Just slow down.
motorwaffle
Because they think they know how so they stop being careful about it.
KaJuN
"But I was going the speed limit!" - every single dumbfuck in the video
Listeningtokpop
Don't forget- "They shouldn't have been in the left lane! IT'S A PASSING LANE! MOVE OVER!"
jarable
kudos to the truck drivers for steering their massive rigs into the ditch
cornballercatapult
Came looking for this comment. Both of them threaded the needle like champs
divebombdan
For real!
Drywhitetoast
If y'all just shut shit down and stay home like we do in the south you wouldn't have this problem.
HairytheSheep
Thats cause theres only snow on the roads for 2 days a year
CasualKitty
I live near here, and they only closed schools two hours early. University and businesses were open. Staying home isn't an option.
intashu
Naw, most places up north have good snow removal and chemical treatment.. This was caused by dumbasses driving too fast for road conditions.
Carmichael106
...which would have been far less likely if schools and various shops and businesses shut down.
atTheRealMAD
That's alot of dumbass'
DefinitelyNotHavingAMeltdown
I was driving in this and this is a FACT. People were not giving me room, driving 2 fast, honking at me cus i wasn't driving the speed limit
MiddlestOne
The "midwest polite" thing to do in that situation is to slow down more.
intashu
Every time roads are bad I swear there's jackholes like this. 4wd won't help you STOP.
MiddlestOne
I've said that exact thing so many times lately, it's almost become a catchphrase.
Thejunkfoodkid
Also just because you have 4wd doesn't mean I do.
GhostbusterGuy
No, if people just fucking remembered to slow down, this wouldnt be a problem. Happens every winter, like no one has any long term memory.
AllRicksAreJerrys
Yeah, that'll work up here where we get snow like this 3-4 days in a row, several times a month, no problem, shut everything down.
punderstorm
I would only be ok with this if it was a paid shutdown, i mean the government gets it why can't we?
Dreigiau
govt doesn't pay most of its workers for shutdowns (where they don't come in)
bepoliteeatass
Agreed. Does monies just had 8 straight days of measurable snow.
comehomefransbrauder
I... still don't see what the problem is...
BreadyStinellis
Money, groceries, school, etc.
comehomefransbrauder
Yeah, I can understand being stuck in the house for a week. Believe it or not, that's happened in texas several times and it sucked ass.
MaedayMaeday
This doesn’t happen very often in MN actually
Baldeaglewig
Yeah, farther north has stable winter temps. this was in MO and the temp had been above 32 causing snow melt, temps dropped & it went bad.
WitchKingofAngmarsSon
Actually right outside Ames, IA. Source: I live there
Skywatcher16
if places up north shut down for snow, many places would be closed for at least 4 months outta the year. like the entire city of buffalo NY
FishSausages
I wanted to say we're used to this where I'm from, but that's Iowa, and this appears to be there so... nvm
emkev
You guys don't though. There was the picture from Atlanta that looked like the opening scene from The Walking Dead.
Crawley
Southerner here. That was predicted to be a dusting. By the time we did shut down, the roads had 2-3 inches of ice. Parents stuck at work 1/
Crawley
or on the roads trying to get to kids (and couldn't). Kids overnighting at school, etc. It wasn't just a little snow. 2/2
JG52
Can confirm. Light precipitation of snow/ice = no work/school for the foreseeable future
adam1124
Lol, yep
override367
Work is like "If you don't come in you better have died on the road trying to come in"
Appollin
Why the hell wouldn't you have your lights on as well. Soo hard to see each other and just adds to the crashing
lysani
I'm wondering if it's just the quality of the gif. Can't even see lights from people trying to stop themselves from crashing.
WellBehavedZombie
I was looking at this as well, here if you don't have your lights on in fog you get fines. The speed isn't an issue, the stopped traffic w/o
WellBehavedZombie
their lights on is a huge problem.
itsimpossibletofindausernamethatisnttaken
... the speed is 100% an issue
Appollin
No not really. Yes they shouldn't be going full speed cos of conditions however the speed isn't the problem the not seeing lights is
itsimpossibletofindausernamethatisnttaken
Yes, reduced visibility contributes. You know how you fix that? By slowing the fuck down.
Appollin
Hey fuck wit going slower isn't gonna help if no one has their lights on so can't see until they are 2 meters away
shakedownblues
How many people died in this pileup?
pasquilpassion
6 people died, actually. Source: I live here.
EvilMonki
There was one death and from “five to 10 serious injuries,” according to Sgt. Nathan Ludwig of the Iowa State Patrol.
YouMayFeelAPinch
Well if Sgt. Nathan Ludwig says so
AirfishNomad
I think there were ten total deaths in central Iowa on that day, roads were shit. Stay safe out there fam
MiddlestOne
I know there was five before I was at work at 8 am. I believe the other 4 that morning were from 2 single car crashes.
historysember
I believe the death was a heart attack of a bus driver.
YourMomsNewBoyfriend
I know exactly who the death was, what the fuck was that red car looking at?
Tywinning
"If I floor it I plow right through. I r gud driver"
Sogeking
RIP Leroy
shakedownblues
Lucky fucks. There was a 200+ car pileup on the 401 in Ontario in the late 90's and like 50 people got killed because shitty drivers and fog
Totsmacgee
I remember that. We were in the traffic and had no idea why.
therruu
Eight killed, 45 injured.
shakedownblues
I could've sworn it was more than that... I mean, it has been a while, and I definitely didn't check first.
StigsMilwaukeeCousin
Love the guy in white suv. Does right thing and goes off to avoid wreck. Then drives up the embankment then you can see him on service road.
IAmOnABoat
I believe if I remember right from watching the camera it was a police SUV. They likely have a bit more common sense.
alpinej0e
It's mental that he cut across the whole road, then was narrowly missed by the van and lorry. God was looking upon him that day.
seanymcseanface
If a came that close to being hit by a truck I'd probably be scrambling like that too
44no44
I tried to do the same recently. There was a road sign exactly past where I dodged to :c Minor damage, at least until the cop car hit me.
ASAPSleep
STOP RESISTING!!
ChefMcnuggers
If you were playing GTA you would have gotten a wanted level
HollyFlamingNinjaNaziBatman
But because it was real life he only got shot to death for assaulting an officer.
PopeyeTheSailor
Im more impressed with that first semi
Penguinsandbroadswords
Me too. Good guy Semi worked hard to make sure he hit no one.
HurtinAlbertan
As a semi truck, that was thicc
Mizerii
Me too. He did a good job getting off the road. Props to him
BloodyTanookiSuit
That white SUV was the only one with enough sense to pull into the service track. Also, this looks sped up from the video I saw earlier.
WhoYouGonnaCallGhostNappa
Plus the 2 semis that avoided killing half of those people
hfd217
and the citations read: Driving faster than condition permit
Shmiddty
How do the insurance companies sort out all of the claims when something like this happens?
DougTheLlama
I read this like "Walk on the Wild Side"
DiscGolfJunkie
So sayeth the traffic warden. THE WORD OF DOT. And now something fun
chipstone7
S/b homicidal maniacs endanger drivers.
SnugglesaurusRex
All those citations will buy a complete renovation for the local police department. Jesus that's frustrating to watch.
CokieMonster69
Couldn't someone just go like a mile up the road and put up a sign?
TheLoneWandererOfTheWaste
I’m from this area. Everyone gets ridiculously angry when you drive too slowly, even in these conditions. I still drive slowly. Go around me
Quizz25S
As a truck driver, ^^^this. Some people lose their damn minds in the snow. Those are the ones you see spun around stuck in snow banks.
Skywatcher16
theres multiple lanes for a fucking reason man. if i got the 4 ways on, it means thats the speed im at. go round me or fucking deal with it.
Quizz25S
I was driving my semi in the snow a couple days ago, changing freeways going up a steep ramp. The people in front of me slowed my down to
Quizz25S
5mph, I could feel my tractor sliding sideways as I crawled up the bridge. I almost didn't make it to the top.
Skywatcher16
i call BS as theres no ramp on the US interstate network with THAT steep a grade going across the the width of the road.
Hypnoticcow
And when they pass, they start fishtailing...that's my favorite moment.
icantsleepsoiImgur
I agree, go around!
shreddedking
few days back similar pile up happened in dubai due to heavy fog and people were making rascist comments about Dubai drivers. i wonder 1/
shreddedking
what they'll say about similar thing happening at I-35?
BigSnicker
That's the beauty of racism. You get to judge others' by their worst, but your own gang by their best!
GuardianANGEL426
Assholes. It's all about entitled assholes.
derpaderps
Instead of racist comments about regular drivers we'll have regular comments about racist drivers? haa just kidding, love ya middle mericans
NewtGinGrinch
Shit happens? What I wanna know is, are you suppose to stay in the car in this situation?
frogjg2003
Especially since there is no shelter from the extreme cold.
shreddedking
yes definitely.
imnotarealgiraffe
Where on i-35?? I have family!
ticalseggstyrone
If you have family, call them!! Don’t wait for updates in the comment section of imgur. SMH
jh34ghu43gu
This happened a few days ago if it's the crash i think it is
bepoliteeatass
This was two miles north of Ames, Iowa. Happened 7 days ago.
CMDRKrikos
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.desmoinesregister.com/amp/312908002
Baldeaglewig
This was either joplin MO or Raleigh MO. Both had bad pile ups on the same day. Last monday i believe.
Hammerthehebrew
Des Moines iowa.Source: I was cussing those people for hours cuz stupidity.Side note; visibility shit but camera is 1000 yds away caught it
Steelhart
Makes sense. Moving reduces your visibility.
TheBoogyMan
Actually, right outside of Des Moines, Iowa.
Baldeaglewig
You're right, looks the same as the ones we just had.
TheBoogyMan
Sauce: Live here.
HankScorpio111
That one prick towards the end was hauling ass.
idontenglishsorry
And then you have the two trucks who evaded every car even they are x10 times bigger
HankScorpio111
Truckers have skills.
Quizz25S
Little red car? SMH.
adadsupreme
Dude why the hell are those people driving that fast in the snow?!?! It’s stressing me out.
adadsupreme
Listen I live in one of the northernmost parts of the country. When it snows you slow the hell down. If it’s snowing, youre gonna be late.
TheNeverEndingNameHaJustKidding
Visibility was super poor, even if they were 20mph under the limit they wouldn’t have been able to see in time.
BluePaladin42
Wouldn't have hit as hard though.
TheNeverEndingNameHaJustKidding
Sure but we have hind-sight. Each driver has a lot of different things they’re thinking about. Likely that none considered crashing.
Begotten
The footage is sped up a little bit
digitalist1
Lol. Somebody once told me, "Why u going 40" he w asnt the sharpest tool in the shed. He was Lookin kinda dumb with a crunched up thumb1/2
digitalist1
Engraved on his forehead. 2/2
Drougals
And the cars kept coming, and they wouldn't stop coming. No longer moving but the engines still running.
ImgurMakesMeCringe
It didn't make sense just to drive for fun. The roads were snowy and the drivers were dumb
M3turbo
Those truckers are the real MVP and some of those cars were going way too fast for these conditions.
shuya82
They did a great job handling a situation that they put themselves in.
valen00
That they put everybody else there in.
kruug
It’s terrible when they’re paid by the job and not a daily wage. That way, they could drive at a proper speed and not get penalized for...
kruug
...being late even though it was caused by weather, not personal lack of responsibility.
ChefMcnuggers
Not to mention if you're driving significantly slower than everyone else, that alone could get you in trouble.
Etazin
First truck finds a clean route through MVP
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
The trucks were going the same speed, just took 4-5x as long to stop. Damn idiots.
RunsNakedThroughSwamps
Idiots or physics? Trucks are heavy and slamming the breaks is how you lose control in snow. Better to run off the road than into those ppl
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Better to not drive that fast to begin with.
AliBarber
MVP award for driving faster than the conditions allow? Fuck off. They're just lucky they didn't hit anyone.
Quizz25S
It looked like the red truck's trailer might have hit some cars. No excuse. They're lucky they didn't kill anyone.
MiddlestOne
It's their profession to drive, I would expect them to have some effing common sense when it comes to weather.
shadysocks
They did a nice job of finding the ditch. Was it luck? The both managed to find the right spot.
ichbinitaliener
I really can't understand. In europe even the most unusfull idiot would drive 20km/h with this same conditions.
AdrianMole
If only this was true. Plenty of idiot drivers in Europe as well.
primarian
Yeah no. Last time I drove through a blizzard in Sweden people were speeding past me at 110km/h. Idiots everywhere.
fantasticlight
Yeah...past you, not into you.
HumphreyDumfrey
Depends where in Sweden though - In the north my grandpa used to drive with studded tires - made braking a lot faster.
EvilWaffle
Stay in your car. Your chances of dying are much higher the second you get out.
thebestdamntaco
Yeah, you'd freeze to death! Ha!
YouTotallyLookedAtMyUsernameDidntYou
*my car is right in the way of an 18-wheeler barreling toward me with no sign of braking* I better stay here because EvilWaffle told me to.
Fahargo
You jump out just as 18 wheeler moves left to avoid cars. Kills you hopefully I stantly
SuperMayo
Professional driver here. Staying in your car is a terrible idea. In these conditions, a semi will hit you (or a car behind you) and you 1/2
SuperMayo
Will feel the impact. Best thing you can do is get out if you can and move as far away from the wreck as possible.
S0u1Fire
Unless you're in a smart car. Definitely run if you have the chance.
GoodGraces
Unless you're on the shoulder and going toward traffic. Always go away from the crash area, but up toward oncoming.
cardboardunderwear
This is so true. It's very easy to underestimate how fast freeway traffic is moving and how little people are paying attention.
FlavorFinger
Fuck that, run to the field!!!
Feralkyn
FUCK that I'm getting the FUCK off that road before an 18-wheeler crushes into me at 50mph
ilovemyboobs
that one little SUV thing booked it right in time to dodge that big rig plowing through.
Snooj
*looks at credit card debt* *looks at life insurance policy* Out of the car it is!
no4o2xf
Cars these days aren't designed for multiple impacts. They also are often favored for head-on impacts. You die if a semi hits you either way
JellyButtSugarPants
work in the auto industry. Best thing to do, stay put till clear. Then run like hell FAR away from the road. Cars are not made for multi hit
PangolinBan
Nope. Look for a good moment of course, but get out and get far away if you can. If you stay in the car you’re basically rolling the 1/2
BlackHartMTB
Stay in your car meat bag.
PangolinBan
2/2 dice on whether a truck compacts your vehicle or not.
ReaperNo1
Unless you're thrown from the car. At that point, probably best to just stay out.
Shimitwithbologna
Username checks out
MaladaptedMedic
If you're ejected, you're not getting up and walking away
ReaperNo1
You can't guarantee that. People survive all kinds of crazy shit with minor injuries.
MaladaptedMedic
Sure, but that's a freak accident. As an EMT, I've never found an ejected person still alive.
ReaperNo1
Well your personal experiences is hardly the sum of all experiences. And if you're this worked up over a joke, take a vacation.
ReaperNo1
This research study puts the death rate at 25%. If you can find something that supports your close to 100% claims feel free to share. (1/2)
ChameleonFacedGoon
what if you fall into a truck full of pillows? what then?
Askingforafriend37
Then you bundle up and take a nap. :)
MaladaptedMedic
There have got to be better ways to reduce your exhaust - ion
Thecynicalspud
That's a rough one. +1 for effort.
Crockpotseal
That's good to know. My instinct would be to exit and try to get far enough away to be safe.
5P4C3M4N
In a steel box or out of a steel box when a car hits you?
Spitfire2865
In the smushable death box, or in the cold in a protected location.
valen00
If you are going to get out, get way the fuck out. Like you see how far those trucks went? Further than that. People get out then stand next
valen00
to the car. That's dumb. Also if you are staying in the car, leave your seatbelt on.
shakedownblues
Yeah. Either leave where you can be safely encased in steel and hope you don't get crushed, or run far and fast
intashu
That's how people get smashed between vehicles and become a smear on the road during a pileup.
Adam821
Run up an embankment into the trees, or forward ahead of the first few vehicles. His idea is sounds UNLESS a tractor trailer comes your way.
HollyFlamingNinjaNaziBatman
How... I mean like... Just how does one get that job?
Adam821
I'm a State Trooper and I went to special training to to become a reconstructionist. There are civilian recons though. Normally retired cops
IAmMelonLordMwahahahaha
I went to creep on your profile and i had upvoted your one post and a bunch of comments and i had no recollection of it. Quite the adventure
Adam821
I'm a fatal collision reconstructionist. I tell you this is bad advice. If you can see behind you, wait until a break in the traffic and 1/2
themostdifficulttaskforfuturegenerations
So what is bas advice: staying or leaving the car? And what would be best here where there is no visibility?
Adam821
It's situational of course. Lot of large vehicles already behind you? Probably stay put. If not, wait until you can't hear or see 1/?
Adam821
Sadly, we needed more of a bucket then a bodybag after a tractor trailer got him. 5/5
Adam821
Had one last year, guy narrowly avoided death initially, then decided he'd have a cigarette in the middle of the road to celebrate. 4/5
Adam821
Places with low elevation. Lastly, this may seem like common sense, but you'd be surprised... If getting out, GET OFF OF THE ROAD. 3/?
Adam821
Anything, get ahead of all of the vehicles or up high off the embankment into the trees. Stay away from the rear of the pile up, and 2/?
HomeSliceCoolBreeze
Ironically I posted the same to another post last week and got down voted big time. Fickle group.
idontneednostinkingpuffin
I saw that. Everyone was all aboard "get out of the car" train. Ummm no. Where you gonna go when car swerving off the road ?
izoli413365
Up the embankment? Unless someones flying at 100+ youll be fine up there.
Knightendae
Yeah I said the same. I'd rather be in a steel cage than outside but, that one group in the middle keeps getting pounded. Better make peace.
daddyslittlesizequeen
It's like kids playing with matchbox cars
hoofherrightinthefrontbutt
Welcome to Iowa. Now drive like a moron.
MrCannibal
Its like that scene from Blues Brothers
Bystandr
The semis have more inertia, so often in snowy conditions slow down so much slower than the lighter cars that by the time your watching the
Bystandr
site at the end of the pile-up, they are still going quite fast. Likely they were not speeding and going the same speed as the rest of the
Bystandr
traffic before they could see the danger. They are just limited by their mass and momentum.
scnottaken
They only get faster, too, wtf. It's like the kid got frustrated.
JJI7
That last car, the red one, looks like it didn't even try to slow down.
scnottaken
The antepenultimate one too, just barrels directly into them.
yzmotoxer807
Dude nice use of antepenultimate.
Repeteca
The third to last?
ChocolateThunderFromDownUnder
Interesting... My section of I-35 is bone dry... But then again I live in Texas.
BloodyTanookiSuit
This is Ames Iowa
AnokaJoe
My section is already plowed but we have black ice to deal with
FightMeYouLongAssBitch
Friendly American reminder that we have highways as long as Europe.
EvilHomer12
Exactly. My friend and I both live right off of I-77... 4 states & 7 hours apart
VirginInflightMessagingSeat12A
Same! Charlotte here
EvilHomer12
HA! That's where my friend is! I'm in Cleveland
VirginInflightMessagingSeat12A
Awesome! 77 buddies for life!
Captainbetray
WHY ARE THEY DRIVING SOOO FAST!!??
Narfwak
The only people still out driving in those conditions are the people who have no choice (truck drivers) and the people with no sense.
FEMAcampsarereal
Got shit to do.
THEsquatch
The video is playing at 2x speed. Check the time in the upper left.
topshelfassistant
Because this is des moines iowa, and they're all fucking idiots, they do this 24/7 without a care in the world
Baughr
That guy at the end didn't even try to stop!
Crazynocturnalgamer
Because people are retarded
TheDivineUsersub
https://media1.tenor.com/images/3abfb83cf7073e311b597daa5b7da3cb/tenor.gif?itemid=3556896
nothingnew
YODO too
zephen
Welcome to Michigan.
aaakeith
Hi from Grand Rapids!
thuryn
Read any traffic-related Reddit thread. There are people who MUST go fast and you'd better get out of the passing lane by God! Stupid...
Rabinu
You guys are funny because theres snow people should be driving at freaking 15 mile/h. Event at 40-50 the same thing would have happened
V80Q8
I'm from [location where it snows], so I know how to drive in this stuff! Scared drivers should stay off the road! /s
whattheactualfork
Scared drivers? Wouldn’t the scared drivers be the safer drivers?
meooooows
I live near here and even in a blizzard you don't go less than 40 or you cause and accident. Around here slow drives cause more accidents
IFartMoreThanHim
I live in mn and jan 28th that huge snow storm we had, no one was going more than 15.
OctopusOccult
Because in perfect conditions if they got 80 mph they can get there in an hour, so they leave with an hour regardless of weather.
Smozzerz
It's Nebraska. They drive the same in every weather
TarynnosaurusRex
It's Iowa...
Smozzerz
lol it's the same thing. (coming from someone who lives there)
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Monodo
None of the stopped cars seem to have turned on their emergency lights
ButtfartsMcBoogerballs
This has been sped up (look at the time stamp at the top) but they are certainly driving way too fast for those conditions.
dorkowastaken
Even with that, that last car is booking it...
Aranyszin
Natural Selection.
MrMrMichael
We ain't got time to wait for the weather idk
Iamhereforyourviewingpleasure
But why the others were stopped or driving so slow?
Spitfire2865
Its called traffic and poor conditions
hellfury96
Ive come to the conclusion that people have 2 speeds while driving in snow either 2 mph or 65 mph theres no in between
eromitlab
Because they know how to drive in snow and no one else does.
DanNeedsLoveToo
To be fair, in these condition, if everyone on road were driving 90~100km, you would too. And the "traffic" up ahead seem like moving >>
DanNeedsLoveToo
But its actually at full stop. When you realize they're at full stop stead of braking, its too late. This is why for me, I enable E light >>
DanNeedsLoveToo
Moment I know car front of me came to instant stop, and I need to follow up as well. This gives cars behind me early heads up that what's >>
DanNeedsLoveToo
ahead isnt a slowing down traffic, but a piled up traffic.
m04t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lxwFEB6FI
Dudeitsonlyme
I’m willing to bet stupidly has something to do with it.
BDMcGee
Darwin's Little Helpers.
d3jake
It's the mentality of "All of these idiots driving too slow, I can drive much faster than these fools."
BrofessorMegan
That's why there's always more trucks with four wheel drive in the ditch. over confident goofballs
p3culiar15
This. I used to see trucks in the ditch that passed me on the hey during winter.
HoboStabWound
Yankees
Mizerii
Nope. We know how to drive in the snow unlike southerners
Gulanga
Never seen snow it appears. Some places just stop functioning when that white stuff starts falling.
MissBellyWiggle
The footage was sped up, and by a lot from the other videos Ive seen of it
randoMarblePilot
That was in Iowa last week. As long as we can keep moving we can get through it. The second someone stops, all heck breaks loose.
purplestew
Nah that huge crash is in Iowa. Rather than never seen snow it's seen too much and think they're invincible
purplestew
Source I live in it was all anyone talked about
V80Q8
Or Michigan/I-94 a few days ago... or the ginormous one near the same spot in January 2015 with ~190 cars.
Begotten
We got a few inches of snow here in GA for the first time in decades and people handled it surprisingly well.
muerteati
Time stamp shows this is sped up at least 2x.
saintxjustice
If I had to guess, they're American. Source: am American, deal with dip shits like this every winter. Used to be dip shit, got tired of
saintxjustice
Nearly dying every winter
HillbillyHereNow
We are currently ranked as the fourth most dangerous country to drive in. Scary side not: an average 33,800 people die in auto accidents
HillbillyHereNow
in the U.S. every year.
saintxjustice
'murica
HillbillyHereNow
fierceredpanda37
A lot of this was post- Super Bowl traffic unfamiliar with the bitch that is I 35 by Ames.
BreadyStinellis
Then they shouldn't be driving.
dyingrose
Except this was the day after the Super Bowl.. And this was mostly idiot drivers that are roo comfortable with this road.
Corrodias
It's a straight road, here. There's nothing to be familiar with, except the snow.
fierceredpanda37
Driven it many times. It gets lots of blowing snow and a decent amount of ice. Doesn’t get enough salt and sand usually.
MissBellyWiggle
BECAUSE WE IOWANS
AceVanquish
AWD = false sense of security.
RX7zx6r
Gets ya going but it don't help you stop!
Laserdiscmemories
Exactly. AWD =/= All Wheel Stop
Leadfoot
most of those vehicles dont have it, and probably arent on winters
RancidRane
Same with 4WD
superpaul79
Gotta get to work. Probably getting fired if they call out.
Mizerii
Agreed. As a nurse I'm required to be there no call outs allowed they don't care if I get hurt getting there.
BreadyStinellis
Leave earlier.
thuryn
There's a 15-minute window when I'm allowed to drop off my kids at school. I can't just "leave earlier." There's no bus. Too far to walk.
Fahargo
So just kill people speeding in snow. Good alternative
KaJuN
Because the speed limit sign says 65 which apparently means do 65 no matter what.
genericusername69696969696969
No it says 65 so it means drive 75 no matter what
GrimmTurd
Oh, man, the downvotes I've gotten for defending posted speeds as *limits* and not accepting them as minimums.
DrowsyDude
Means do 65+ no matter what*
SmashingBrickCastration
That's better lol
spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaccee
This road is 70, which they take to mean 85+. There's few of us who see the speed limit as the *limit*.
SmashingBrickCastration
Not during the winter, I hate you, i hate ur guts
dingofdong
Limit? Surely you mean challenge!
AlexHurlbut
said speed limit is for clear sunny daytime conditions
Spitfire2865
Probably because on many roads the limit is horribly calculated and doesnt reflect traffic patterns or usage. The entire road system is bad.
Mec26
Last time I was in a snowstorm, there was a freeway wide gentleman's agreement we were all going 35, cuz we could all see like 15 feet.
Mec26
My faith in humanity was slightly restored.
wolfsawrawr
There was a white out in Princeton couple years back, drove from Bemidji, went ditch surfing cause I did 25 in a 60.
Duendes
It's common to see that in NE
bajablastbaby
Yup, witnessed in Omaha last Monday
HmmICantThinkOfACleverUsernameRightNow
Except one twat who tries to go 60, and then this happens.
AustinL082
I’m a professional truck driver and I’ve driven in this type of weather you can do 40mph max just don’t slam on the brakes. Pump them.
magicrhombus
I dunno about trucks, but any consumer car made in the last (long ass time) has ABS.
Corrodias
My 2003 model sedan doesn't seem to. Locking the wheels is easy if I want to.
FlyingDorito
Then your car's ABS is not working properly. Bring it to a shop and let them take a look. They will probably tell you to get a new car.
Corrodias
Alright, next time it's in for something, I'll ask them to check whether it's supposed to have ABS.
Azzyryth
Yeah... ABS is only going to help so much sliding on a sheet of ice.
magicrhombus
True but not my point, ABS is essentially the (computer optimized) equivalent of pumping the brakes. You aren't going to do better manually.
FlyingDorito
You are correct. Cars these days have ABS, advanced traction system. As long as they are working, you are supposed to slam on the brake.