Just a friendly tip. Letting a few pounds of air out of the tires will allow for a lot more traction on roads like this. If you're in a pickup, toss about 4 bags of sand in the bed over the wheel wells and you can go just about anywhere. Unless roads are glazed ice. In that case better to just stay home and drive another day. Even if you're driving a 4WD.
@@richardjones4662 New England now. Grew up in Canada, got my license at the beginning of a northern Canada winter. Our dad taught us to think through how to respond to different situations ahead of time because when trouble hits you need to instinctively respond. There isn't time for planning when a skid hits.
@@judil3294 , well I practiced putting rear wheel drive in snow (late at night) in mall parking lot (super easy to spin out). When I bought my first front wheel drive car, I had to work (hard) at getting it to spin at all. And front wheel drive was super easy to recover. Btw, I know people with rear wheel drive cars that buy a 2nd car (just to use in the winter); I just view that as wasteful.
I've lived in the N.E. US most all of my 55+ year life, but I have sympathy for the drivers in this video. Even seasoned drivers couldn't do much better with summer tires on untreated roads. We take the road treatment for granted up here, but without it, we'd be in trouble too. And it would be a bit much to expect any of them to have actual snow tires in LA.
Yes it is true and I remember it. It was terrible and the city of Shreveport was not ready for it at all. It was like driving literally on an ice-skating rink. And the house shoes over the boots, we call that the Walmart look! 😂
Coming from New York I enjoyed Louisiana driving in the snow😁 and I also saw a lot of people helping each other and that's how we get through the hard times 😎 Louisiana rocks😎🇺🇸
Rear wheel drive is actually better in winter than FWD is, at least if the car has even halfway decent weight distribution. My Merc E-class is excellent. The problem these people have is that they're on summer tires which is worse than useless in winter.
This is too funny but crazy I’m from Shreveport but living in South Jersey for last 4yrs. So I got use to driving in snow and icy conditions. But the south is worse not only do the people do not know how to drive in the conditions but the city doesn’t salt the roads throughout the day nor do they pow the roads at all. And that a recipe for problems. That’s why I stay at home during this crappy week. Be safe out there.
All good and true points. And this time they open the roads,people drove on them and it turned a bit slushy. Over night the roads froze over again. Should have kept them closed lol
we can't plow because we spent all our tax revenue on a convention center hotel!....who needs snow plows anyway? just shut down the city for a week with 4 inchs of snow!
I know this is late. But I'm from New Jersey and just moved to Shreveport. I played an UNO reverse on you haha. But yeah, I'm not looking forward to people not being able to drive in winter here.
Hahahaha! Born and raised in the north where you have to drive in little dustings like this all winter long. There’s a certain skill involved but physics are physics. The smartest move is knowing when NOT to go out depending on what your experience is in ice and snow...even the fanciest truck and the best tires are no match for a sheet of ice.
couldn't agree more. I'm in st louis and the storm that drops 9 inches is not even a problem. its the light dusting when it's 7 degrees overnight that's the problem. chemicals they put down don't work as good in low temps and those bridges and overpasses refreeze first. and its just a dusting so it gets in under the radar.
Lol my poor sister’s in Shreveport sending me hate mail. Lol She tells me to come get my weather from you guys in real colorful and creative ways 😉😂 ~Sheeara, Alaska
She probably feels the same way I do. I put up with mosquitoes large enough to carry off my dachshund, heat, humidity, snakes, etc. just so I don't have to put up with the cold.
I've been in Shreveport since 1992 and ONLY the great winter blast of New Years 2000 even comes close to comparing to the Double-Barrel Arctic Blasts of 2021. That epic New Years Eve winter storm provided one of the most entertaining "snow games" between Texas A&M and Mississippi State in Independence Bowl history. Anyone who saw that surely remembers it. But this was a beast of a different nature. This was about 5 r 6 inches of snow followed by about 3 inches of sleet and ice AND sub-freezing temperatures for most of the week. I had to get rides to work each day except Friday when I drove. It was way worse trying to WALK to my job from the parking lot than the drive to work. I know they won't see it but I would like to thank the wonderful folks(two men and a young lady named Christina) in a pickup that helped me and my son get our car unstuck in front of Ochsner at around 9 pm Wednesday. They followed us home and actually stopped to get ANOTHER unfortunate soul, who had gotten stuck trying to get onto Kings Highway, on his merry way as well. My son helped as well. So...paying it forward is for real. They were true guardian angels and I tried to thank them but never got their names. They were just amazing and we were SO lucky they just happened to be there exactly when we needed them. I was out only because I'm an "essential" medical personnel and had zero choice. We not only dealt with the pure terror of GETTING to work but also a week with NO WATER or heat. But there are still good people in this world. Our Elmwood Ave Angels proved it.
And most trucks around here can go 200k miles and not need it. Some trucks are just for hauling and towing. I prefer a 4wd but unless someone spends time offroad, down here it's doesn't make dollars or sense to have 4x4 for the very occasion ice storms
What’s the use of a truck that doesn’t have 4wd anyway? I can’t imagine an application you bought a truck for and wouldn’t want it. Loading at a boat ramp? Dirt, mud grass, and gravel roads for offroading or bringing dirt bikes? Towing an RV or trailer? Only thing I can think of is people who want to be seen as a truck driver but don’t actually need one
Way too funny. 4” is what we call a “dusting of snow” in New England. FYI - if you don’t have dirt to throw in front of the vehicle tires to get traction you can use kitty litter. I always put a carton in my trunk at the start at every winter.
@@rayshaunedwards6572 Front wheel drive does better in snow/ice because you have the weight of the engine over the drive wheels to help with traction. I don't mind front wheel drive at all in bad weather, typically does quite well and throw some good tires on and you got it made. Front wheel drive with snow tires will out run a 4WD with summer tires.
I'm from Minnesota and when it snow here it snows bad, and I also like how you help to that guy great job I wish there was a lot of people like that in this world. Thank you
I had to go out in this twice. I was smart and managed my speed and used 4-Hi, even so the amount of people that were constantly trying to go the speed limit or just being dumb in cars without chains or studs was staggering. When weather like this happens down here is makes me miss how Ohio could get like 3 feet and have the roads cleared an hour later.
The trick when the roads are that icy is to hug the curb. At the curb there is usually about 5 or so inches of rougher ice. You can get a bit of traction there.
I drive up north in snow and ice all the time. You don't need chains (and studs are outlawed in most states). Yeah, if you have a tractor trailer you'll probably need chains. But I can't remember seeing a car with chains (maybe I'm just not fair enough north, I'm in the Chicago area; used to live in NJ too).
Im in ohio and the reasons our roads are clear pretty fast is **magic** bcs mother nature is bipolar and wed get snow rain and blistering heat in one day
A year later and this is still so much fun to watch for us Montanans! Thank you! We think the Highway Patrol should have closed the roads to emergency traffic only because few locals there understand the mechanics of ice, snow, and traction.
I'm in Shreveport, but from VA. My wife and I know how to drive in the snow. But I haven't let her leave because everyone else out there is my concern! These people have no sense!
Hey good to find this channel! I tell you I live in Highland, and because my car is a front wheel drive with limited slip I was taking my sons to work every day at DOTD. It's a Honda CRV and I'm got to say it was unstoppable. The three most important factors to driving in these conditions are, in reverse order: Drive train. If you don't have synchronous AWD or FWD or RWD then... well you're in for an adventure. Limited slip that puts the torque to the wheel with the most torsional resistance will help the most. FWD with the weight of the engine over the drive wheels works almost as well as good AWD does. Tires. Do have decent tread for these kinds of conditions is critical. Slick tires, street type tread, again, you're looking for adventure. Driver experience. I drove in KC and Wisconsin for several years. The things you LEARN are 1: change speed as little as possible. Momentum is your friend. Do you absolute best to keep the tires in contact with the surface at the speed you're going. If you accelerate and they slip or you brake too hard and the skid, you've lost steering as well as traction. When you do have to accelerate rate do it gradually. If you're tires start spinning you're not going to get faster, just more stuck. 2. DON'T stop at the bottom of a hill and expect to accelerate up it. That's a recipe for staying at the bottom. Gain momentum for inclines, accelerate very little going up, let your momentum be the biggest driving force although if you've got your speed matching your tire contact you can attempt to maintain some speed, but neither coast nor stop. 3. Don't be overconfident or over cautious. USE momentum, as long as you have steering and rotational contact keep it up, that momentum will help you IF you hit really slick spots. I'm talking to the 30-35 mph speeds not 60, now. So don't think becuase you're doing well at 40 you can get up to 50 and be fine. On the interstate that CAN work if you don't have other cars but if you encounters a ridge of ice that can buck you out of line and at speed that's difficult to recover from. 4. Learn to "see" the black ice. It has a sheen to it, even in the dark you get to where you can recognize it, especially from street light reflections. That's the bad stuff. Snow is like driving in sand, rough ice will provide some traction. Black ice is ice skate time. If you can keep going straight a good strategy is let off the gas and coast over it. Don't try to slow down, don't try to speed up. AND that's the best I can tell you. HOPEFULLY the next time this comes, it'll be so long from now none of us will remember any of this advice ;-) Great channel, I'll be checking out your videos.
An FWD works nowhere near as good as an AWD. 60% is nowhere near 100%. Even an RWD can be better than a FWD on a steep enough hill. "synchronous"..?.. What are you talking about? :) What is needed here is just winter tires.
@@martinsv9183 Synchronous is a term used by some car makers to define a 4WD or AWD system that can determine what wheels have lost traction and are spinning. This is a system currently in place on the new Bronco for example, which is 4WD and quite capable in any condition. I'll be fair to you and allow that the computer systems that control AWD have largely been incorporated into most 4WD systems, though 4WD will usually include locking differentials as well. RWD in a pickup with no load in the rear end will not be as good as any of the other options, FWD has the engine load over the drive wheels and AWD/4WD especially with synchronizing systems will perform better as well. More traction, more traction points. But yeah, the tires are first line defense, however as I noted in these treacherous conditions I managed surprisingly (even to me) well with all-weather tires and only FWD with limited slip.
@@justaguy6100 Never heard that. But all 4WD/AWD systems has had spinning monitoring since ESP was introduced in cars in the 90's. But its normally called "ESP" or "traction control".. Yes FWD are generally better than RWD in snow or ice. But also depends a bit on the car. An FWD normally has around 60% of the weight at the front. A good RWD like fx most BMW:s will have around 50% on the rear. But that will increase to different degrees, just like the weight on the front will decrease, with acceleration and uphill slope. So there's always a point where the FWD will actually start having less weight on the driving wheels than the RWD.. although often you will never reach that point if its on flat surface and slippery. But you can reach it on a steep uphill with some traction. Most pickups generally though only have around 45% of the weight in the rear. So then its harder to reach that point.
@@martinsv9183 I sold cars for a time, and "synchronous" was a term I remember being used, synonymously with traction control. I figured the makers wanted it to sound fancier that limited slip or a just traction control. ESP did come along later, if that triggered you sorry. And yeah you're right about the weight distribution generally. The key is how much traction can you manage vs the inertia to get moving. But very few cars with RWD have as much or even equal weight over the rear axle as a front mounted engine gives it over the front. BMW might be an exception, but I suspect that could vary by how full the tank is as well.
A New Jersey farm boy who HAPPENED across this video for an absurdly unknown reason, but watched it through to the end trying to call out helpful tips to the drivers 🤣🤣 (because I'm weird and also like to help people). SO - being from the northeast and TOTALLY respecting yall's typical climate, I was cringing BUT chuckling along (only because it appeared no one got hurt). DID YOU KNOW........ 1) Airing all 4 tires down to 15 psi will very much increase your grip in conditions exactly like this....just keep your top speed to 30 mph max and obvi no highways. 2) The stuck pickup trucks with empty beds were almost calling out "PUT WEIGHT IN ME......PLEEEEEEASE".....a front end loader of snow, a half cord of firewood, fifteen 40 pound bags of rock salt......instant grip! 3) Do EVERYTHING in your ability to not spin the tires. When they spin, they melt a thin layer of ice which almost instantly refreezes (See: Hot Water Freezes Faster). Don't use your tires as zambonies......use them as tires! NJ OUT!
Some of us were fortunate enough to be able to stay home that week. No way was I going to get out in the middle of that! Watching these folks gives a whole new meaning to drifting . . . er . . . sliding.
I was in South Carolina lowcountry years ago when the Don Holt bridge iced over. The guy on the news was reporting, with panic in his voice, that cars were stuck on the bridge cuz they couldn’t get traction to go up the incline. 😂. I was also drivin through the mountains in Tennessee one year with a bit of snow, and there were trucks salting the interstate. The salt left a yellow residue on my windshield. Later found out that a batch of garlic salt had been contaminated so they used it to salt the roads😂
I've never driven in snow before until it snowed here in San Antonio Texas close to two years ago...I made it my goal to learn.I went out there learned how to control my Expedition very well!!Which is awesome and now I'm ready if there's ever a round 2. Thanks for your video 😄
We survived both the Shreveport blizzards earlier this year - a 300 lb. piece of railroad track in the truck bed really helped traction while we rode around and checked out the chaos (it's pretty and fun for a short while but we don't miss working in the snow areas at all). Jim - KC5DOV
Thank you for filming and sharing this! We are from KY & my husband works for Kentucky State Police. We are ALWAYS talking about people from the south not being able to drive in poor weather conditions. Heck it comes a rain up here and people are in the ditch!!! LOL
I’m from Shreveport but I live in Niagara Falls New York. Right outside of Buffalo New York the snow capital. Y’all need some cat litter to carry in the car. When you get stuck on the ice the litter will give you some traction. Plus y’all need to get vehicles that’s front wheel drive or four wheel drive. As well for truck beds put sand bags in the bed. It’ll put weight on the back. Cause the truck is heavier in the front. It will keep you from sliding everywhere. Invest in some snow tires.
love the vid sir - the dude in the gold Dakota was great. Loved the guy in the red Mustang just going F this, I'm gonna ping it off the limiter leaving the gas station too. Amazing everybody is driving big, 4wd vehicles but it doesn't seem to help. And all that said, we've got snow all over everything up here in Washington State and all our Subarus are spinning out too. :)
That 3:50 dodge Dakota I've heard of that being the abs engaging. Have to kick it into neutral to stop it from forcing rotation. Situation I heard about the road was sloped and it was causing the truck to slide closer to the guy next to him and he was waving his arms like idk what to do. Guy gestured his hand in an upward flick to signal him to go into neutral.
4 HI is the way to go. I had just moved from California to Idaho with almost no experience driving in the snow. However, I shifted my truck into 4 HI and it was amazing in the snow from that point on.
I just moved here from Kansas City last summer. Driving in snow and ice is fun for me. WAS fun for me. You can make fun of southerners having trouble driving in this, but since the roads have no prep salt and never get plowed, I can tell you from experience I've never had anything this bad up north. And I've driven through an actual blizzard.
That's what northerners don't get. It's not that the drivers are just morons. The cities down south don't even own snow removal equipment. The Department of Roads in Austin has no means to plow or salt the roads. They don't spend the money, because it would only be needed once every five years or so. Most of the trucks are 2WD because there is no reason to spend the extra money for 4WD when you would never use it.
I was driving home to Kentucky on I-68 that runs from Maryland to Morgantown, WV several years ago. It was the day after Christmas so some families were also traveling home. I-68 is located at the top of the mountains in Maryland and WV so the highway go up and down and around mountains. Sometimes the road is steep and uphill. At any rate, this day the right lane was only open. People who travel on ice and snow know that you stay at least 4 car lengths from the car in front. Those who have no experience believe they can just drive as though there was no ice and snow on the road. Well, I was heading west of Cumberland, MD and going down hill. All at once here came a white van with Florida tags passing me in the left lane. I was traveling about 20 to 25 miles an hour. Well, not too far up the road was a high upgrade and the highway adds a third lane for trucks. I was still in the left lane and the white van was turned upside down in the median. The people in the van were standing out wondering what happened to them. How nuts!!
Reminds me of watching the herds of texans who have moved to Colorado. Very entertaining, they say everything's bigger in texas, but brains aren't one of those things.
Born and raised in NJ I moved to Georgia 2 years ago. My wife, born and raised in Georgia told me that when it snows down here everything shuts down. She told me about 6 years ago there was a blizzard which dropped about 4" of snow and everything was a mess. I thought awe that's cute and showed her a picture of me in my township plow truck plowing 2 1/2 feet of snow and said, now that's a blizzard LOL. Down here I have a 4WD pickup and told her if it snows I'm going to do a snowstorm Uber. LOL
Im in shreveport. People cant drive here on a sunny day so yeah they are S.O.L. in the snow.and ice. Nothing and i mean nothing is open around here either. P.s. is that McDonald's open.
I live in Natchitoches....same situation here when all this weather happened. I stayed in the house for days. There was no way I was going to get out in all that mess.
I got quite a chuckle out of your video. Thanks for sharing. Here in Canada we're no strangers to driving in snow and the worst thing to drive is a rear wheel drive pickup!😄.
PA born and raised.. I drive salt truck in the winter in the Laurel Highlands. Funny how it's second nature for us and hilarious to watch these videos 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have never understood the use of a 2 wheel drive truck. Guess there's a few more people starting to wonder that too. Thank you for sharing this! Truly a joy to watch
@@Albennnn not everyone knows how to drive but very few do, this is the south meaning Southerners doesn't have experience driving in snow or ice. We're not use to it.
@@Albennnn Some of us have work or other obligations that don't magically disappear because of the weather. It's pretty cruel to laugh at someone's expense for a once-in-a-lifetime weather event that they'd have no way to prepare for.
two things when driving in snow/ ice. #1 momentum (don't even attempt to change directions quickly) and #2 brakes (stay off the dayum brake pedal) see rule 1, anticipate much further ahead, bump the trans into neutral and coast down.
Even on an automatic you should keep trans in gear to help you slow down. With a manual, you should know how to down shift at higher rpms (double clutch). Braking without trans (especially without anti-lock brakes) is crazy as wheels will lock up and then you have no control.
Here’s an old head tip I learned when I started driving truck 25 years ago. If your in a stuck situation like at that stop light - pour some bleach on your drive tires. This will make the rubber sticky. It’s the same thing they used to use in the water box at a drag strip. It won’t last long obviously but to help get you out of a spot - it’ll work.
I was born in Shreveport and just left in November after 25 years there. That freak snow caught a lot of people off guard. There was even a car that caught fire and got stuck at the end of Highland and kings highway..
My daughter moved to Shreveport for school a couple of years ago. During her tour of the facilities it froze and the ramps to the interstate were closed. Just happened that her CRV needed new tires. We bought mud & snows. Now she is one of the few who can make it to work every day (one of those “must be there” occupations) . A 12 block drive to work down Kings takes her 30 minutes, but she gets there ... slowly. So very slowly
You HAVE to be my partner's Dad! Yep. She told me y'all got her snow tires. She patiently listened to me bitch about my difficulties getting to work this week. I am seriously considering investing in some myself. She's awesome by the way . Really enjoy working with her. Take care .
@@stephendoughty3798 nope. Even less where I live. Shreveport is north Louisiana. I’m in south Louisiana. We get an average of 1/2” every 7 years. Not sure what the average is for Shreveport
Very entertaining, I'm in Northern Hellinois (Illinois for y'all that don't live here) and we get this every year and I honestly can say I see the same stuff, thank you for sharing this video eh!
Yeah I am in that situation and from much further nort' than here. Takes a lot of patience to drive in slick weather with only front brakes, and no ABS too.
Got to love the lack of preparation from the city to provide salt, sand, plow! That’s right they didn’t do crap 💩! I got stuck leaving my street and trying to get up driveway.
The city doesn't own a snow plow, much less a fleet of them. The city and the parish were out sanding and salting roads to prep bridges and overpasses for the snow and ice, and they came back out once the storms had passed; but you have to realize there's not enough sand or salt in this area to keep all the roads treated.
I was living in El Paso, TX in 1968 (1969?) when it snowed and covered every street, highway, and dirt road with several inches of a mysterious white crystalline powder. The next 24 hours were half comedy, half tragedy as vehicles of every type and size slid into guard rails, trees, buildings, and each other. It was truly unforgettable.
I had to drive my wife in to work at one of the local hospitals during all this. I wish I would have thought to pull over and get some video of these folks.
Loved my Power Wagon during the 2 week ice storm we had in central Texas. With my locking diffs, I was pulling anything getting stuck up the icy hills. Biggest was a f350 pulling a goose neck with a John Deere. Good times.
@@wizardsuth Well, that pickup truck slowly spinning his rear wheels wasn't doing it on purpose. Maybe he dig himself a little but any cheap winter tire would have gotten him out of it.
From up north as well, recently moved south. The snow clearing in the south was non existent. Im glad I had generic all seasons because summer tires would of gotten me stuck but I was still sliding everywhere. I just have the years required to controll it right. Can't do nothing on solid ice though when your starting from a stop
Hahaha from Pennsylvania we deal with three to four months of this except a foot and a half deeper. I really feel sorry for your two day inconvenience 😂
I've lived in Mass then Maine for 60 years and have always owned rear wheel drive work trucks. So I've learned a few things about snow driving. But I've never forgotten a southerner joking about what a kick he got about how hammered we get by winter. Now with climate change you see southerners finding out what a hassle storms can be. I was disappointed when a trooper told me I couldn't drive the Blue Ridge road way after a dusting. She laughed when I told her in Maine we drive through blizzards to get a quart of milk.
I have to admit I went out and played in the snow too, but only because I had a fwd and I did it at night. I didn't stop to consider that my sports tires don't do well in the snow. Regardless, it was fun. Pro tip, if you are stuck in a rut, in mud or snow, dig the ice/mud in front of the wheels into a shallow ramp. Otherwise, you're trying to drive over the impression created by your tire.
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Just a friendly tip. Letting a few pounds of air out of the tires will allow for a lot more traction on roads like this.
If you're in a pickup, toss about 4 bags of sand in the bed over the wheel wells and you can go just about anywhere.
Unless roads are glazed ice. In that case better to just stay home and drive another day. Even if you're driving a 4WD.
A pickup is generally rear wheel drive. Good luck controlling that if you ever start sliding out.
@@richardjones4662 I grew up with rear wheel drive and loved it. Didn't have the problems front wheel does.
@@judil3294 , where do you live?
@@richardjones4662 New England now. Grew up in Canada, got my license at the beginning of a northern Canada winter. Our dad taught us to think through how to respond to different situations ahead of time because when trouble hits you need to instinctively respond. There isn't time for planning when a skid hits.
@@judil3294 , well I practiced putting rear wheel drive in snow (late at night) in mall parking lot (super easy to spin out). When I bought my first front wheel drive car, I had to work (hard) at getting it to spin at all. And front wheel drive was super easy to recover. Btw, I know people with rear wheel drive cars that buy a 2nd car (just to use in the winter); I just view that as wasteful.
Laughed (in Natchitoches) at "this guy's got house shoes on over top his boots"
It wasn't house shoes. It was duct tape. Wasn't wearing my good boots out there to get wet. Took that guy some chain and straps.
I've lived in the N.E. US most all of my 55+ year life, but I have sympathy for the drivers in this video. Even seasoned drivers couldn't do much better with summer tires on untreated roads. We take the road treatment for granted up here, but without it, we'd be in trouble too. And it would be a bit much to expect any of them to have actual snow tires in LA.
Exactly. I live about 2 miles from this video. As you said, without chains or studs it's useless.
True we are salted on our roads and also know the tricks of driving in the snow.
@@wueen It was quite a bit of sleet and freezing rain too. I just stayed home.
@@Resistculturaldecline your smart
Without the right equipment, stay home when the roads are like that.
Im in Shreveport and I can say, this is true
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Same 😂
I’m right across the river in bossier
Yes it is true and I remember it. It was terrible and the city of Shreveport was not ready for it at all. It was like driving literally on an ice-skating rink. And the house shoes over the boots, we call that the Walmart look! 😂
@MarioSonicKirbyCookieRunfan1470 Very True, Shreveport hardly ever gets snow so it would be very obvious that they wouldnt drive well in it
Coming from New York I enjoyed Louisiana driving in the snow😁 and I also saw a lot of people helping each other and that's how we get through the hard times 😎 Louisiana rocks😎🇺🇸
I'm in North Carolina. We rarely get snow. I've learned to just stay home when the weather's bad. Enjoyed watching this. 😂
Thank you for realizing that.
Nc gets a lot of snow except the shore
That is ice. No one drives well on ice.
Yes I live in Sibley , we just got power back on about an hour ago. Still waiting on water to come back on. Y’all stay safe out there !
THE ICE IS NO MATCH FOR MY LEAD FOOT AND REAR WHEEL DRIVE
More throttle!
give em hell!
Deceased
Get some
Rear wheel drive is actually better in winter than FWD is, at least if the car has even halfway decent weight distribution.
My Merc E-class is excellent.
The problem these people have is that they're on summer tires which is worse than useless in winter.
This is too funny but crazy I’m from Shreveport but living in South Jersey for last 4yrs. So I got use to driving in snow and icy conditions. But the south is worse not only do the people do not know how to drive in the conditions but the city doesn’t salt the roads throughout the day nor do they pow the roads at all. And that a recipe for problems. That’s why I stay at home during this crappy week. Be safe out there.
All good and true points. And this time they open the roads,people drove on them and it turned a bit slushy. Over night the roads froze over again. Should have kept them closed lol
we can't plow because we spent all our tax revenue on a convention center hotel!....who needs snow plows anyway? just shut down the city for a week with 4 inchs of snow!
Be glad they don't salt the roads, all that crap does is destroy your car. Sand is much better, and doesn't destroy your car after a couple years.
I know this is late. But I'm from New Jersey and just moved to Shreveport. I played an UNO reverse on you haha. But yeah, I'm not looking forward to people not being able to drive in winter here.
Be safe out there. A little bit melting everyday but a long way to get to clear roads here in Shreveport.
Well thank you to fellow Shreveporters who got out help others you guys the real mvps
I think most of them just wanted the crappy drivers out of their way so that they could get through THEMSELVES! :-)
Hahahaha! Born and raised in the north where you have to drive in little dustings like this all winter long. There’s a certain skill involved but physics are physics. The smartest move is knowing when NOT to go out depending on what your experience is in ice and snow...even the fanciest truck and the best tires are no match for a sheet of ice.
couldn't agree more. I'm in st louis and the storm that drops 9 inches is not even a problem. its the light dusting when it's 7 degrees overnight that's the problem. chemicals they put down don't work as good in low temps and those bridges and overpasses refreeze first. and its just a dusting so it gets in under the radar.
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Lol my poor sister’s in Shreveport sending me hate mail. Lol She tells me to come get my weather from you guys in real colorful and creative ways 😉😂 ~Sheeara, Alaska
She probably feels the same way I do. I put up with mosquitoes large enough to carry off my dachshund, heat, humidity, snakes, etc. just so I don't have to put up with the cold.
I've been in Shreveport since 1992 and ONLY the great winter blast of New Years 2000 even comes close to comparing to the Double-Barrel
Arctic Blasts of 2021.
That epic New Years Eve winter storm provided one of the most entertaining "snow games" between Texas A&M and Mississippi State in Independence Bowl history.
Anyone who saw that surely remembers it.
But this was a beast of a different nature.
This was about 5 r 6 inches of snow followed by about 3 inches of sleet and ice AND sub-freezing temperatures for most of the week.
I had to get rides to work each day except Friday when I drove.
It was way worse trying to WALK to my job from the parking lot than the drive to work.
I know they won't see it but I would like to thank the wonderful folks(two men and a young lady named Christina) in a pickup that helped me and my son get our car unstuck in front of Ochsner at around 9 pm Wednesday.
They followed us home and actually stopped to get ANOTHER unfortunate soul, who had gotten stuck trying to get onto Kings Highway, on his merry way as well.
My son helped as well. So...paying it forward is for real.
They were true guardian angels and I tried to thank them but never got their names.
They were just amazing and we were SO lucky they just happened to be there exactly when we needed them.
I was out only because I'm an "essential" medical personnel and had zero choice. We not only dealt with the pure terror of GETTING to work but also a week with NO WATER or heat.
But there are still good people in this world. Our Elmwood Ave Angels proved it.
I was at the State/A&M game and drove home right after on US 71 through the Ouachita mountains. Don't see how I made it.
@@joeharris3878 Gulp. Wow. Guess your Guardian Angel rode shotgun that night!
Damn I never thought I’d see a video literally right down the street from my house
Right 🤣
Me too!
Who got a cigarette?
Know it so well I can tell he in a McDonald's parking lot
Makes me laugh at all the truck owners who didn’t get 4WD. “I’ll never need it”
I don't know why someone would want a truck without 4WD.
And most trucks around here can go 200k miles and not need it. Some trucks are just for hauling and towing. I prefer a 4wd but unless someone spends time offroad, down here it's doesn't make dollars or sense to have 4x4 for the very occasion ice storms
4wd doesn't work on ice
If you can’t drive a 2wd truck in the winter you just can’t drive as good as you think you can
What’s the use of a truck that doesn’t have 4wd anyway? I can’t imagine an application you bought a truck for and wouldn’t want it. Loading at a boat ramp? Dirt, mud grass, and gravel roads for offroading or bringing dirt bikes? Towing an RV or trailer? Only thing I can think of is people who want to be seen as a truck driver but don’t actually need one
Way too funny. 4” is what we call a “dusting of snow” in New England. FYI - if you don’t have dirt to throw in front of the vehicle tires to get traction you can use kitty litter. I always put a carton in my trunk at the start at every winter.
Two or three bags of kitty litter in the trunk might help some of those cars get better traction, too.
@@LisaCupcake
I don't leave home without it.
@@LisaCupcake yeah those 2 wheel drive trucks need some weight in the back
Should I get scented or unscented kitty litter?
As someone who grew up in NY and Michigan this is hilarious. 😁
I don't believe you.
@@ILOVEBACONBOY2018?
It’s super funny. I live in upstate ny. Every year I see this too. I laugh my ass off. At least these people don’t know any better.
Dealerships should see a spike in 4WD & AWD vehicles shortly!! Way to go Ronnie, took a real driver to get em going!
Your forgetting fwd. That's the hidden gem that people don't know.
@@rayshaunedwards6572 Front wheel drive does better in snow/ice because you have the weight of the engine over the drive wheels to help with traction. I don't mind front wheel drive at all in bad weather, typically does quite well and throw some good tires on and you got it made. Front wheel drive with snow tires will out run a 4WD with summer tires.
But nothing can get traction on ice! 4wd nor awd
Only thing that is needed here is winter tires.
@@wildbill23c Same will a RWD. Some RWD cars can also be better than an FWD on a steep hill.
As someone from Washington, who just spent the entire winter driving in the snow in a front wheel drive sedan without issue, I find this hilarious.
I'm from Minnesota and when it snow here it snows bad, and I also like how you help to that guy great job I wish there was a lot of people like that in this world. Thank you
I had to go out in this twice. I was smart and managed my speed and used 4-Hi, even so the amount of people that were constantly trying to go the speed limit or just being dumb in cars without chains or studs was staggering. When weather like this happens down here is makes me miss how Ohio could get like 3 feet and have the roads cleared an hour later.
The trick when the roads are that icy is to hug the curb. At the curb there is usually about 5 or so inches of rougher ice. You can get a bit of traction there.
I use 4low when driving in conditions like that, that way I can use the engine to slow me down using 1st and second gear instead of the brakes.
I drive up north in snow and ice all the time. You don't need chains (and studs are outlawed in most states). Yeah, if you have a tractor trailer you'll probably need chains. But I can't remember seeing a car with chains (maybe I'm just not fair enough north, I'm in the Chicago area; used to live in NJ too).
Im in ohio and the reasons our roads are clear pretty fast is **magic** bcs mother nature is bipolar and wed get snow rain and blistering heat in one day
Don’t need chains or studs to drive on snow/ice covered roads. Just good tires, patience, and knowing how to drive on it is all you need.
A year later and this is still so much fun to watch for us Montanans! Thank you! We think the Highway Patrol should have closed the roads to emergency traffic only because few locals there understand the mechanics of ice, snow, and traction.
I'm in Shreveport, but from VA. My wife and I know how to drive in the snow. But I haven't let her leave because everyone else out there is my concern! These people have no sense!
Same I live in stonewall but I'm from kansas so I know wassup
No you don't. You are only 1 step above these people.
People in Shreveport can’t drive in perfect weather.
VA is the south during the summer and the north during the winter
@@russtomas4461 laughs in the foot of snow we got last week
Hey good to find this channel! I tell you I live in Highland, and because my car is a front wheel drive with limited slip I was taking my sons to work every day at DOTD. It's a Honda CRV and I'm got to say it was unstoppable. The three most important factors to driving in these conditions are, in reverse order:
Drive train. If you don't have synchronous AWD or FWD or RWD then... well you're in for an adventure. Limited slip that puts the torque to the wheel with the most torsional resistance will help the most. FWD with the weight of the engine over the drive wheels works almost as well as good AWD does.
Tires. Do have decent tread for these kinds of conditions is critical. Slick tires, street type tread, again, you're looking for adventure.
Driver experience. I drove in KC and Wisconsin for several years. The things you LEARN are
1: change speed as little as possible. Momentum is your friend. Do you absolute best to keep the tires in contact with the surface at the speed you're going. If you accelerate and they slip or you brake too hard and the skid, you've lost steering as well as traction. When you do have to accelerate rate do it gradually. If you're tires start spinning you're not going to get faster, just more stuck.
2. DON'T stop at the bottom of a hill and expect to accelerate up it. That's a recipe for staying at the bottom. Gain momentum for inclines, accelerate very little going up, let your momentum be the biggest driving force although if you've got your speed matching your tire contact you can attempt to maintain some speed, but neither coast nor stop.
3. Don't be overconfident or over cautious. USE momentum, as long as you have steering and rotational contact keep it up, that momentum will help you IF you hit really slick spots. I'm talking to the 30-35 mph speeds not 60, now. So don't think becuase you're doing well at 40 you can get up to 50 and be fine. On the interstate that CAN work if you don't have other cars but if you encounters a ridge of ice that can buck you out of line and at speed that's difficult to recover from.
4. Learn to "see" the black ice. It has a sheen to it, even in the dark you get to where you can recognize it, especially from street light reflections. That's the bad stuff. Snow is like driving in sand, rough ice will provide some traction. Black ice is ice skate time. If you can keep going straight a good strategy is let off the gas and coast over it. Don't try to slow down, don't try to speed up.
AND that's the best I can tell you. HOPEFULLY the next time this comes, it'll be so long from now none of us will remember any of this advice ;-)
Great channel, I'll be checking out your videos.
An FWD works nowhere near as good as an AWD. 60% is nowhere near 100%. Even an RWD can be better than a FWD on a steep enough hill.
"synchronous"..?.. What are you talking about? :)
What is needed here is just winter tires.
@@martinsv9183 Synchronous is a term used by some car makers to define a 4WD or AWD system that can determine what wheels have lost traction and are spinning. This is a system currently in place on the new Bronco for example, which is 4WD and quite capable in any condition. I'll be fair to you and allow that the computer systems that control AWD have largely been incorporated into most 4WD systems, though 4WD will usually include locking differentials as well. RWD in a pickup with no load in the rear end will not be as good as any of the other options, FWD has the engine load over the drive wheels and AWD/4WD especially with synchronizing systems will perform better as well. More traction, more traction points. But yeah, the tires are first line defense, however as I noted in these treacherous conditions I managed surprisingly (even to me) well with all-weather tires and only FWD with limited slip.
@@justaguy6100 Never heard that. But all 4WD/AWD systems has had spinning monitoring since ESP was introduced in cars in the 90's. But its normally called "ESP" or "traction control"..
Yes FWD are generally better than RWD in snow or ice. But also depends a bit on the car. An FWD normally has around 60% of the weight at the front. A good RWD like fx most BMW:s will have around 50% on the rear. But that will increase to different degrees, just like the weight on the front will decrease, with acceleration and uphill slope. So there's always a point where the FWD will actually start having less weight on the driving wheels than the RWD.. although often you will never reach that point if its on flat surface and slippery. But you can reach it on a steep uphill with some traction.
Most pickups generally though only have around 45% of the weight in the rear. So then its harder to reach that point.
@@martinsv9183 I sold cars for a time, and "synchronous" was a term I remember being used, synonymously with traction control. I figured the makers wanted it to sound fancier that limited slip or a just traction control. ESP did come along later, if that triggered you sorry. And yeah you're right about the weight distribution generally. The key is how much traction can you manage vs the inertia to get moving. But very few cars with RWD have as much or even equal weight over the rear axle as a front mounted engine gives it over the front. BMW might be an exception, but I suspect that could vary by how full the tank is as well.
A New Jersey farm boy who HAPPENED across this video for an absurdly unknown reason, but watched it through to the end trying to call out helpful tips to the drivers 🤣🤣 (because I'm weird and also like to help people).
SO - being from the northeast and TOTALLY respecting yall's typical climate, I was cringing BUT chuckling along (only because it appeared no one got hurt).
DID YOU KNOW........
1) Airing all 4 tires down to 15 psi will very much increase your grip in conditions exactly like this....just keep your top speed to 30 mph max and obvi no highways.
2) The stuck pickup trucks with empty beds were almost calling out "PUT WEIGHT IN ME......PLEEEEEEASE".....a front end loader of snow, a half cord of firewood, fifteen 40 pound bags of rock salt......instant grip!
3) Do EVERYTHING in your ability to not spin the tires. When they spin, they melt a thin layer of ice which almost instantly refreezes (See: Hot Water Freezes Faster). Don't use your tires as zambonies......use them as tires!
NJ OUT!
Oh, I think that Ram would have gotten through just fine if he spun his tires fast enough for the next week until the snow melted!!!
Some of us were fortunate enough to be able to stay home that week. No way was I going to get out in the middle of that!
Watching these folks gives a whole new meaning to drifting . . . er . . . sliding.
I was in South Carolina lowcountry years ago when the Don Holt bridge iced over. The guy on the news was reporting, with panic in his voice, that cars were stuck on the bridge cuz they couldn’t get traction to go up the incline. 😂. I was also drivin through the mountains in Tennessee one year with a bit of snow, and there were trucks salting the interstate. The salt left a yellow residue on my windshield. Later found out that a batch of garlic salt had been contaminated so they used it to salt the roads😂
I've never driven in snow before until it snowed here in San Antonio Texas close to two years ago...I made it my goal to learn.I went out there learned how to control my Expedition very well!!Which is awesome and now I'm ready if there's ever a round 2.
Thanks for your video 😄
As a lifelong resident in shreveport, this is the worst snowstorm I've ever encountered in my whole life.
frfr
1983 was worse
4 inches LMAOO is nothing
As a lifelong resident of Wisconsin, this is every other Tuesday.
@@neuromancer5661 I'm in Western Michigan and with the lake effect snow, this is a daily occurrence lol
I'm from Shreveport but now I'm living in Miami and this is the worst I've seen of a ice storm thanks for the video sir.
We survived both the Shreveport blizzards earlier this year - a 300 lb. piece of railroad track in the truck bed really helped traction while we rode around and checked out the chaos (it's pretty and fun for a short while but we don't miss working in the snow areas at all). Jim - KC5DOV
Thank you for filming and sharing this! We are from KY & my husband works for Kentucky State Police. We are ALWAYS talking about people from the south not being able to drive in poor weather conditions. Heck it comes a rain up here and people are in the ditch!!! LOL
I’m from Shreveport but I live in Niagara Falls New York. Right outside of Buffalo New York the snow capital. Y’all need some cat litter to carry in the car. When you get stuck on the ice the litter will give you some traction. Plus y’all need to get vehicles that’s front wheel drive or four wheel drive. As well for truck beds put sand bags in the bed. It’ll put weight on the back. Cause the truck is heavier in the front. It will keep you from sliding everywhere. Invest in some snow tires.
They really won’t need them as they don’t even get much snow. Should’ve just stayed home if they could
I am gonna get some tire chains FTW!
Live and learn.
I subscribed. Im from Shreveport currently living in Alaska. Imagine my life lol
Hwy 1 North of Shreveport is just as bad. People apparently didn’t take physics or learn about keeping forward momentum at any point.
That is how I drive. They don't understand their trajectory will remain the same if the go to fast on ice lol.
love the vid sir - the dude in the gold Dakota was great. Loved the guy in the red Mustang just going F this, I'm gonna ping it off the limiter leaving the gas station too. Amazing everybody is driving big, 4wd vehicles but it doesn't seem to help. And all that said, we've got snow all over everything up here in Washington State and all our Subarus are spinning out too. :)
You need to post more videos...you’re hilarious 🤣...that’s the way I go to work, thank God 🙌🏾 we’re closed
That 3:50 dodge Dakota I've heard of that being the abs engaging. Have to kick it into neutral to stop it from forcing rotation. Situation I heard about the road was sloped and it was causing the truck to slide closer to the guy next to him and he was waving his arms like idk what to do.
Guy gestured his hand in an upward flick to signal him to go into neutral.
Lmao! That’s exactly why I stayed home the whole time. Even when my power and water was out. 😂🤣😂🤣😂
4 HI is the way to go. I had just moved from California to Idaho with almost no experience driving in the snow. However, I shifted my truck into 4 HI and it was amazing in the snow from that point on.
I just moved here from Kansas City last summer. Driving in snow and ice is fun for me. WAS fun for me. You can make fun of southerners having trouble driving in this, but since the roads have no prep salt and never get plowed, I can tell you from experience I've never had anything this bad up north. And I've driven through an actual blizzard.
That's what northerners don't get. It's not that the drivers are just morons. The cities down south don't even own snow removal equipment. The Department of Roads in Austin has no means to plow or salt the roads. They don't spend the money, because it would only be needed once every five years or so. Most of the trucks are 2WD because there is no reason to spend the extra money for 4WD when you would never use it.
I was driving home to Kentucky on I-68 that runs from Maryland to Morgantown, WV several years ago. It was the day after Christmas so some families were also traveling home. I-68 is located at the top of the mountains in Maryland and WV so the highway go up and down and around mountains. Sometimes the road is steep and uphill. At any rate, this day the right lane was only open. People who travel on ice and snow know that you stay at least 4 car lengths from the car in front. Those who have no experience believe they can just drive as though there was no ice and snow on the road. Well, I was heading west of Cumberland, MD and going down hill. All at once here came a white van with Florida tags passing me in the left lane. I was traveling about 20 to 25 miles an hour. Well, not too far up the road was a high upgrade and the highway adds a third lane for trucks. I was still in the left lane and the white van was turned upside down in the median. The people in the van were standing out wondering what happened to them. How nuts!!
I'm over in Haughton and this is exactly why I didn't leave my house this week
Grew up in Montana and moved to Bossier City Louisiana in 2015. It was kinda funny seeing people drive in this weather. Enjoyed your video, stay safe
Reminds me of watching the herds of texans who have moved to Colorado. Very entertaining, they say everything's bigger in texas, but brains aren't one of those things.
Thanks for taking the time to film this, great stuff.
Minden ova here 😜 and it’s definitely a hot mess when you mix Louisiana and snow. Not to mention that black ice... almost slid and met Jehovah 😂.
Im guessing your a Jehovah witnesse? Just asking. Nothing bad to say here. Just wondering
Born and raised in NJ I moved to Georgia 2 years ago. My wife, born and raised in Georgia told me that when it snows down here everything shuts down. She told me about 6 years ago there was a blizzard which dropped about 4" of snow and everything was a mess. I thought awe that's cute and showed her a picture of me in my township plow truck plowing 2 1/2 feet of snow and said, now that's a blizzard LOL. Down here I have a 4WD pickup and told her if it snows I'm going to do a snowstorm Uber. LOL
As a Canadian I enjoyed this. Was that a 2wd truck trying to pull the other truck out of the ditch?
Looks like both of them are rwd
Don't worry the box was empty so they would have power to spare
It was. That guy thought his old truck was the baddest too
I half expected him to pull his own truck into the ditch.
I live in eastern Pennsylvania and snowplow when it snows . We have the same kind of knuckle heads up here .
Im in shreveport. People cant drive here on a sunny day so yeah they are S.O.L. in the snow.and ice. Nothing and i mean nothing is open around here either.
P.s. is that McDonald's open.
No it isn't just went by there this afternoon. Maybe tomorrow or sunday
@@DMac12flyers thanks. Yeah its Saturday now and a few things are opening
@@spacem0nkey29 just went by again. The lights are on but it doesn't look open
Ong nigga be tripping
Is it safe to assume that snow plows and salt trucks are very rare in Shreveport?
We don’t have any
Sweet. i live on Flournoy Lucas road and go to that Raceway all the time
So do I!
This was very entertaining, thankies from Chicago
I live in Natchitoches....same situation here when all this weather happened. I stayed in the house for days. There was no way I was going to get out in all that mess.
I got quite a chuckle out of your video. Thanks for sharing. Here in Canada we're no strangers to driving in snow and the worst thing to drive is a rear wheel drive pickup!😄.
I am from Michigan and I love having all four seasons!!! 🙌🏾💪🏾😂
All 4 seasons crammed into a few days. Those days where you need the heat in the morning and the A/C in the afternoon.
Why did that brown truck at 4:20 roll backwards so easily but would not go forward at all?
I wondered who was buying all the 2wd pickups.
me 😂 i wanted a 4 wheel but i seen a good price/mileage silverado i had to get it
PA born and raised.. I drive salt truck in the winter in the Laurel Highlands. Funny how it's second nature for us and hilarious to watch these videos 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have never understood the use of a 2 wheel drive truck. Guess there's a few more people starting to wonder that too. Thank you for sharing this! Truly a joy to watch
I bet it wouldn't be funny if it was him getting stuck lol
@@Albennnn not everyone knows how to drive but very few do, this is the south meaning Southerners doesn't have experience driving in snow or ice. We're not use to it.
@@Albennnn understandable I don't blame you me neither lol. But some people have too.
@@Albennnn Some of us have work or other obligations that don't magically disappear because of the weather. It's pretty cruel to laugh at someone's expense for a once-in-a-lifetime weather event that they'd have no way to prepare for.
two things when driving in snow/ ice. #1 momentum (don't even attempt to change directions quickly) and #2 brakes (stay off the dayum brake pedal) see rule 1, anticipate much further ahead, bump the trans into neutral and coast down.
Even on an automatic you should keep trans in gear to help you slow down. With a manual, you should know how to down shift at higher rpms (double clutch). Braking without trans (especially without anti-lock brakes) is crazy as wheels will lock up and then you have no control.
I seen people in Blanchard and in the cooper road still speeding in which some paid the price lol
Here’s an old head tip I learned when I started driving truck 25 years ago.
If your in a stuck situation like at that stop light - pour some bleach on your drive tires. This will make the rubber sticky. It’s the same thing they used to use in the water box at a drag strip. It won’t last long obviously but to help get you out of a spot - it’ll work.
Bossier City needs to help clear these roads so we can go to work
What good is your v8 pickup when its only got 2 wheel drive....
This made my day. I’m from Shreveport myself and I can feel my insurance rates going up from just cringing at the “freeze outs” as I’ll call them. 😂
I was born in Shreveport and just left in November after 25 years there. That freak snow caught a lot of people off guard. There was even a car that caught fire and got stuck at the end of Highland and kings highway..
This made my day 😂
I'm very surprised you didn't catch me on cam, I think I was the only one driving around with snow tiers on in my small fiesta ST xD
My daughter moved to Shreveport for school a couple of years ago. During her tour of the facilities it froze and the ramps to the interstate were closed. Just happened that her CRV needed new tires. We bought mud & snows. Now she is one of the few who can make it to work every day (one of those “must be there” occupations) .
A 12 block drive to work down Kings takes her 30 minutes, but she gets there ... slowly. So very slowly
You HAVE to be my partner's Dad! Yep. She told me y'all got her snow tires. She patiently listened to me bitch about my difficulties getting to work this week. I am seriously considering investing in some myself. She's awesome by the way . Really enjoy working with her. Take care .
Must not snow much there
@@stephendoughty3798 nope. Even less where I live. Shreveport is north Louisiana. I’m in south Louisiana. We get an average of 1/2” every 7 years. Not sure what the average is for Shreveport
What good is a truck if you don't have four wheel drive?
This is exactly why I didn’t even attempt to leave all of that week. I was on vacation and I stayed my butt at home
Very entertaining, I'm in Northern Hellinois (Illinois for y'all that don't live here) and we get this every year and I honestly can say I see the same stuff, thank you for sharing this video eh!
Crazy weather I live in bossier
did the white mercury marquis get stuck once he hit the gas
When your rear wheel spins like that it means it doesn’t have rear brakes. That’s common up north. And a drum brake thing
Yeah I am in that situation and from much further nort' than here. Takes a lot of patience to drive in slick weather with only front brakes, and no ABS too.
Michigander here. Hilarious, thanks for sharing!
Got to love the lack of preparation from the city to provide salt, sand, plow! That’s right they didn’t do crap 💩! I got stuck leaving my street and trying to get up driveway.
I'm in Ohio. Our village plow broke down right before everything started. Finally my neighbor dug me out with his front end loader.
The city doesn't own a snow plow, much less a fleet of them. The city and the parish were out sanding and salting roads to prep bridges and overpasses for the snow and ice, and they came back out once the storms had passed; but you have to realize there's not enough sand or salt in this area to keep all the roads treated.
I was living in El Paso, TX in 1968 (1969?) when it snowed and covered every street, highway, and dirt road with several inches of a mysterious white crystalline powder. The next 24 hours were half comedy, half tragedy as vehicles of every type and size slid into guard rails, trees, buildings, and each other. It was truly unforgettable.
I had to drive my wife in to work at one of the local hospitals during all this. I wish I would have thought to pull over and get some video of these folks.
Awesome video keep up with a great work and be safe out there.
Being from the northeast I’m sitting here just like stop gassing it like that mr mustang and y’all would not make it here 😂😂
Loved my Power Wagon during the 2 week ice storm we had in central Texas. With my locking diffs, I was pulling anything getting stuck up the icy hills. Biggest was a f350 pulling a goose neck with a John Deere. Good times.
Hello from Colorado!!! :D this made me laugh
Lol lived up here in Montreal for many years!! Snow tires is a must!! Be safe and take care!! 3
As a Canadian I can't stop laughing
It's ridiculous how I have never seen anyone in that much trouble in Canada. Winter tires: they actually do something.
@@foufoufun Most Canadian drivers also know not to spin their tires.
@@wizardsuth Well, that pickup truck slowly spinning his rear wheels wasn't doing it on purpose. Maybe he dig himself a little but any cheap winter tire would have gotten him out of it.
From up north as well, recently moved south. The snow clearing in the south was non existent. Im glad I had generic all seasons because summer tires would of gotten me stuck but I was still sliding everywhere. I just have the years required to controll it right. Can't do nothing on solid ice though when your starting from a stop
Not really that funny ole boy while people are suffering... but I see what ur saying
Hahaha from Pennsylvania we deal with three to four months of this except a foot and a half deeper. I really feel sorry for your two day inconvenience 😂
I've lived in Mass then Maine for 60 years and have always owned rear wheel drive work trucks. So I've learned a few things about snow driving. But I've never forgotten a southerner joking about what a kick he got about how hammered we get by winter. Now with climate change you see southerners finding out what a hassle storms can be. I was disappointed when a trooper told me I couldn't drive the Blue Ridge road way after a dusting. She laughed when I told her in Maine we drive through blizzards to get a quart of milk.
Audi Quattro system with snow tires did the trick for me, plus prior experience driving in snow haha I saw that Durango the other day
When in doubt, gas it out. People love to get on the gas to get traction. Light em up! Lol
When it’s cold and slippery do driving skills just disappear? I know its very unfamiliar but...
Doesn't help when they are driving around on smooth ass tires. Tires as smooth as their brains...
Ok smooth brain
@@toobigtoobathe9087 OK Boomer
@@sergeantseven4240 nou
I have to admit I went out and played in the snow too, but only because I had a fwd and I did it at night. I didn't stop to consider that my sports tires don't do well in the snow. Regardless, it was fun. Pro tip, if you are stuck in a rut, in mud or snow, dig the ice/mud in front of the wheels into a shallow ramp. Otherwise, you're trying to drive over the impression created by your tire.
Yep I'm in Benton. We didn't leave for 12 days from the house.
Shreveport native here. If Northern drivers are so good in snow and ice why do they need snowplows, salt trucks and snow tires and chains?