Cars sliding on ice in Texas Ice Storm - Dallas - January 2023 winter storm - Drone
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- Опубликовано: 29 янв 2023
- Cars sliding on an #icy bridge in #Texas after #freezing #rain fell during a #winter #storm. Slick roads created difficult #driving and #travel conditions. An #icestorm is forecast to continue for the next couple of days. #drone #video was shot in the #dallas #DFW metro.
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To my northern brothers. This is why Texas shuts down on little winter storms. People drive crazy
I'm in TX. Drove in all kinds of weather over the past 45 years, all over the country.
People here have no clue how to handle ice because they normally only get it 3 days out of 5 years.
@@fhuber7507 exactly. this is NOT the norm for us TEXANS. Besides, we have people moving here from all over the United States, so it's not just Texas drivers that are on the roads.
LITTLE bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣 DFW is flat land. No curves, no mountains. Barely a inch.
@@wakingbeauty2113 yea being a Texan does not excuse not having common sense lol
@@ochomigos 😆😄
Hot tip: If you spin out on black ice, DON’T get out of your car and walk around with other cars speeding toward you. Sheesh!
And maybe move your car out of the way of danger before causing more accidents! This hurt to watch.
Don't hate. She gets her life hack tips from Tik Tok.
Her boyfriend probably had a heart attack watching his car on here.
@@EngineAdventures I was shouting at my phone at the lady in the 370 at the beginning!!
If you’re not wide awake before sliding on that bridge, you are now.
If you were constipated, you're not anymore.
@@cheeseballs3825brown rain for them.
Dude in the blue wrecker @2:20 just turned into the slide and rode it out like a boss.
Spent xmas in Texas, those people drive like they are on a race track. Not surprised by this at all
I live in Texas and I can confirm that you’re 100% correct on that.
@trollolol lol so true.
And stay out the passing lane and move over when you come back.
@@MagicalWarriorz Tell that to your fellow Texans. All you guys do is ride the left lane.
@@kahlenduffany7833 keep up at 80-85..
Do not get out of your car in circumstances like this! You will get hurt.
Agreed. Exiting your vehicle in the highway is the worst thing you can do... especially in a situation like this.
I was like WTF is he doing looking at his car exposing himself to extreme danger? He didn't hit anything. My IQ dropped just looking at him.
@@tastyorange same here. Turn around and move along and check your car later
It's almost like personal cars are a really dumb thing to base your national transportation system around.
It will only end up as human jam on the road and side or front of a vehicle.
Every winter, after the 1st ice or snow, I find an empty parking lot and practice sliding and recovering, getting the feel of how my vehicle handles, instead of finding out too late.
Super proactive 😅
That's a great idea but anymore it's hard to find snow covered lot in ohio. 😆
Brothers from different mothers, my friend. I've lived in Wisconsin for decades, now, but every winter at the first chance, I practice up, like this.
You need a life
My parents made me do this when I first started learning how to drive I hated it but every year I had to do it and I am extremely grateful
As a northerner from the other side of the pond- I'm quite impressed. There's no less chaos in my realm when winter arrives.
i love the way the cop sits on the other side of the overpass, waiting for the wrecks
If he was on the approaching side of the bridge, he'd at least warn people... But yeah, police tend to not think through these kinds of things.
His presence probably contributed to so many people losing control as they inexplicably slam on the brakes at the sight of a cop car.
I saw this too. I honestly think he was the one recording this on a drone.
To protect and serve
Great video showing the dangers of driving in ice on overpasses.
you mean showing dangerous drivers.!!!!!!!
No just rookie drivers
Its actually hard for everyone but even worse if you go to fast or hit your brakes or turn too sharp like a dummy lol
You mean showing that pickup trucks and that kind of driver are the most dangerous combination on the road.
And exposing how the police will do sweet FA.
Considering that this is a first time ice slide for many of these people, overall they did pretty good.
was thinking the same
This happens every year in Texas
Maybe not the first, but 2 or 3 times a year does lead to an lack of practice. I too thought they did remarkably well in spite of that.
@@drubaxter2514calm down lol. He was right, happens in Dallas. Where did all these people move from? According to you basically they could only come from Hawaii, California, Arizona, or Florida
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Never get out of your car. A friend and co worker of mine is dead due to getting out of her car on the interstate during bad ice and traffic conditions ….
That's terrible. Sorry to read that, but yes, definitely stay in the vehicle & get it on out of the roadway. That white Nissan was still drivable...should have boogied on outta there!
Ok dumb question, there was a cop car just at the next turn off. Why wasn't he parked just at the top of the overpass with his lights on to slow people down??
Probably was busy shooting someone for stealing a chewing gum.
@@cancelled_user lol u mad
He was on RUclips watching it just like us.
It’s him controlling drone for his RUclips channel!
@@stumpusMaximus 🤣
Gotta love the ones that get off the ice and come to a complete stop forcing the car that is behind them and doing just fine to react and rearend them
Back to f off
The best way to handle an icy bridge is to not accelerate or decelerate. That can cause the rear of the car to slide sideways. Allow the front wheels to roll; you'll have some steering control when the tires are rolling. Make small steering corrections. Once you start sliding, you're along for the ride; you have no control over your destiny until the sliding stops.
Pull up the e brake and get control
@@gulfy09 deja vu!
You gotta go with it.
Push in the clutch
You will straighten out
@@gulfy09 On some vehicles, that will cause the rear axle to oscillate.
Cool to see how it was only the bridge that was icy and as soon as they were off the bridge they instantly had traction again.
Bridges always ice up before road. It's a wind tunnel. Wind creates the ice👍
Nice for recovery but not so nice if you went full drift mode and suddenly catch concrete in a taller vehicle.
I'll never forget the time I saw a semi sliding BACKWARDS down an inclined curved ramp on a Dallas freeway.
Were you behind it?
@@mangomonet2464 Luckily, no. I was on the street at the end of the ramp.
@@rickbanet4830 I drive an 18 wheeler and, because of an accident, I got stopped going up the overpass off I-20 to get on 35W north and couldn't get going again and I started sliding backwards for a bit. Hopefully it wasn't me. Lol. Thankfully I didn't hit another vehicle.
I guarantee you that over half of the people who slid on the overpass slid because they tapped their brakes on the ice. The VERY worst thing to do on ice is BRAKE or JERK the steering wheel and if you still find yourself sliding sideways you turn the front tires towards the direction your sliding in. 🤦🏻
All of the people were driving too fast for the weather condition.
No, they are all accelerating to pickup speed for the highway. When your drive wheels hit ice they start going faster than the none drives which causes the rear to kick out. It works similar to drifting.
Best thing to do is coast across icy bridges, throwing it in neutral helps if you don't know how to feather the throttle.
And gradually reduce speed to a crawl.
They are all oversteering caused by the rear tires breaking free after a slight movement of the front wheels from being straight. This causes the front of the car to slow down while the rear wants to pass it.
Not all the times, I been a truck driver for many years and it’s speed, inexperienced, other drivers and sometimes it’s just happens it doesn’t matter if you turn the wheels left or right the vehicle starts sliding and you can’t control it
WARNING: Bridges freeze faster than pavement. Signs all over the Northeast.
They have those signs down here too, people just never drive on ice here so they have no idea
Found that out when I was smoking weed during the ice storm in Tennessee. Just so happen to be on my way to work light up a blunt car get to sliding on the bridge scared me for a little bit after I recovered put it out and said you know today seems like a dandy day to drive sober
We have those signs in Oklahoma too.
Demetri Martin joke about Bridge May Be Icy sign is hilarious.
Caution: Texans drive on summer tires year round!
That tow truck driver at 2:20 was the only person who knew WTF they were doing.
Thats how u know it’s really Texas people here don’t know how to drive including me in bad weather and there are more trucks than cars
Dude did it in purpose lol
That was clean af
@@whatupguy5685 There are few locals in DFW.
Trust in physics
Why do so many people just sit there after they don't crash? I've done this, and as I was coming to a stop I was ready to go. I didn't wait to see if someone else would slide and hit me.
They are shook up.
Cagordie
I think it's more disturbing to watch the other cars not slow down and stay behind the person sliding... they are in such a big hurry to get around him... this could result in them getting hit by the sliding car as you never know what direction the driver of the sliding car is going to take. I think that is just rude to squeeze by him and not give him a chance to get his car under control or turned in the right direction. I'm just sayin.....
@@Sabbathissaturday Shook up from a little slide? They shouldn't be behind the wheel then....
@@MidwestMotor Truth.
🎯 exactly.... i was just screaming the same thing.!!!!!!!!!
Come to Wisconsin for awhile in the dead of winter. If you won't learn to drive on slick roadways you won't be able to go anywhere. HUGE TIP : there is no shame in driving TEN mph. The secret is in leaving way early to give yourself time to get there
In northern locales (probably anywhere if the temperature is cold enough), it can freeze UNDER and overpass, as well, because that part of the roadway is in the shade. Be aware, if you weren't. What is different is, you only slide for the length of the shady spot and when you're back under the sun, the roadway is fine. It can still be dangerous and cause an accident.
Most of the bridges and overpasses become more slick because the temperature is cooler both on top and below, whereas normal roads the ground temperature might be a bit warmer.
Where are y'all going driving so fast? I'm not dying on no ice for work 🤣
It's not speed it's sudden gestures that cause people to loose control
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@@seanthe100 because I've driven on ice I'll tell you it's both. As an auto adjuster I'll tell you that most of the time on ice it generally happens because people are going faster than they should according to the conditions.
On ice don't touch the brakes, the gas pedal or steering (if you must steer make extremely small imputs. Better off coasting over ice, bridges are alway's gonna be iced over in freezing or just above freezing conditions, so assume its iced over.
I like how some people were drifting on the ice and getting back straight after.
When you come to an icy overpass, DO NOT BRAKE!!! Let off the gas and coast over the bridge. It works! I have been an over-the-road truck driver for 5 years and driven in the worst winter weather you can imagine.
Very true. Back before Snowmageddon in 2021, I had to take a flatbed to Waco. There is a curved 3% grade bridge about a 1/4 mile long. I got to it, and took my foot off the go pedal. I just let it ride all the way down to the other side at 30 mph. But, there were wrecks all over the place in Temple.
Salting the bridge works here in Connecticut ‼️
That's a waste of salt which otherwise can go on french fries.
James
I was thinking the same thing... it seems they need this to happen so they can have some disaster to report on the news. They've been "Advertising" this event for days....
@@ComeOut.BeYeSeparate. I live in Connecticut and also use to live in El Paso I know what it's like but here in Connecticut we use salt brine spray on the bridges just before the snow it works try it if you need the recipe contact Connecticut highway department 👍
@@jamesclose5862 The cars in the non-coastal parts of Texas have no undercoating. Salt would eat their frames up. We use sand if anything.
@@russelldavis4938 or maybe calcium chloride
I’m actually surprised there aren’t more follow-on accidents, when people coming up from behind tap their brakes or try to change lanes to avoid the hazard and also lose control.
That's where Texas does itself a favor: no one bothers paying any attention.
Welcome to Michigan. My Sister lives in Austin. Both of us grew up driving on snow and ice. Just take it easy, and nobody gets hurt... Thanks for sharing.
the tow truck driver did an impressive job making sure he didnt spin out i was impressed on their skills
Apparently Texans didn't study for this test...
These are all of the people who moved there from other states 😂
People drive like idiots. But on ice they lose their minds When someone spins out, they just keep going around them. Give them room to get going again It won’t hurt you to wait a minute until they get turned around. You are just making it worse. Drive slowly on ice and give everyone a lot of room. And don’t slam on your brakes. 👍
All the traffic pilling updated is much worse and increases the likelihood of collisions. They should keep it moving If able instead of staying there looking stupid
You can't stop in highway that's how pile ups happen if you ever notice the reason for car crashes is some drove to slow person behind him slam his breaks
Wrong. It depends on what’s going on behind you. You can very easily cause a bigger pileup as vehicles behind you keep coming fast. Also, I’m not having my five year old in the back seat be injured when I could safely move around the hazard.
@shawnnorrell1686
I get your point, but that's very bad advice. If you're able to get around a vehicle, then do so. Otherwise, your vehicle just becomes another object to get hit, especially if you're not as far down the road as the vehicle that had already come to a stop.
This situation is NOT like letting someone make a turn in front of you as a courtesy. This situation is dangerous, and the more vehicles that stop just makes things worse.
If they suddenly brake, they might have slid too
I love the tucker chilling in his cab with all the chaos above him.
Reminds me of when I was traveling from Iowa to McCallen, TX in January 1988 when a storm swept up from gulf of California straight up through Texas and the midwest. When we got on the I-35 toll in Kansas, it start snowing hard. By the time we got to Oklahoma City, I-35 was a one lane path with about 3 feet of snow. We tried a hotel just south of Oklahoma City but they were full and wouldn't even let me pay regular room price to put out sleeping bags on the floor of the conference room, so we kept going. We hit the Texas border just before sunrise and the interstate was nothing but a sheet of ice.
We were in a Plymouth Arrow and got behind a trucker from Missouri and we were going into Ft. Worth doing no more than 35 mph during morning rush hour.
People flying past us trying to drive normal speed only to end up in the median and ditch. Interstate got better about 20 miles south of Ft. Worth and we continued on to McCallen.
I live in the north and number one rule of winter is to put weight in the back of your pick up truck to equalize the weight.
The number one rule is slow down. Number two is don't buy a rear wheel drive vehicle. Number three is lower your tire pressure when it is slippery.
In the summer I keep about 500# in the back of my pickup, and in the winter I put 1,000# in the back. Nothing wrong with RWD it's just people are so used to technology and think that nothing can go wrong nothing can go wrong nothing can go wrong!!
@@ericgeorgetruckgrilling lowering your tire pressure will help you way more than adding weight to your truck. The more weight you have the harder it will be to stop.
@@Kyle-ut4jg I run 235/85 series tire to give me more road contact and I'll drop my pressure to 60 lbs in the colder month and bak up to 85 lbs in the summer so they don't over heat.
@@ericgeorgetruckgrilling try 20 psi on the slippery days, then you will have tons of traction.
You would think a truck might show up to drop a bit of salt down. But it is Texas.
Facts!
Andrew
I was thinking the same thing... it seems they need this to happen so they can have some disaster to report on the news. They've been "Advertising" this event for days...
One of the benefits of living in a low-tax state - decreased services for the public.
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Every vehicle sliding was RWD. People need to learn the difference between RWD (rear wheel drive) and FWD (front wheel drive) and how they work in slick conditions. I drove my Miata (RWD) in this and I learned that even applying constant throttle to maintain speed can cause you to slide on icey roads. I had let off the throttle a bit every time there was a bridge and that worked perfectly.
"Bridges and overpasses" always freeze first.....clear example of what that means!!!! Thx WXCHASING!!!!
Not always but very likely are
I'm 64 years old, and since I was 10 years old, I knew to slow the speed down on wet and frozen roads, so you want go sliding down the road.
And all driving book tell us
If road and weather conditions are adverse, motorists should operate at a speed well below the posted limit. Leave extra space between vehicles. Increase your following distance to eight to ten seconds. This increased margin of safety will provide the longer distance needed if you have to stop.
You should reduce your speed by 1/3 on wet roads and by 1/2 or more on snow packed roads (i.e., if you would normally be traveling at a speed of 60 mph on dry pavement, then on a wet road you should reduce your speed to 40 mph, and on a snow-packed road you should reduce your speed to 30 mph).
And
If freezing rain begins while you're on the road, .try to find a safe location (off the highway or busy road) to pull off.
BE SMART AND DRIVE SAFE
IT YOUR LIFE AND SOMEONE ELSE YOU'LL BE SAVING.
Seeing this just makes me think of all the signs on the highways that state bridges freeze first
This is a good day to stay home and watch the "slide" show. 😊
You can spot the vehicles that are moving faster than the others, and those are the ones losing control.
Yep. And mostly pickup trucks
The bigger the truck the smaller the
@@beezer370
1) You're dumb.
2) I'd love to show you.
3) Most were RWD.
It doesn't matter how fast you go any sudden movements will cause you to slide as in slamming on the brakes or sudden steering wheel gestures
@@seanthe100 Sure, any vehicle can skid on ice, but it certainly matters (to the driver and other drivers) how heavy and how fast you are going when you hit ice. While taking to my son this morning, he drove past two fully flipped and two smashed into trees...all big pick-up trucks.
When crossing bridges and overpasses make sure you have enough speed to cost across them so let off the throttle before you get on them
Crazy that you can see an exact line of ice on the bridges. I don't think Texas does sand or gravel preventions
It's because of the expansion joints the bridge doesn't really connect so the ice doesn't travel but even if it did it probably wouldn't survive very long
2:20 that was smooth from that Truck driver.
Great use of a drone 👏 that was an awesome video
What if it was the drone that distracted the drivers?
No it wasn't the drone, that's just how we drive on ice
@@chris2fer1977 how do you know someone didn’t look up and saw a giant dji drone and got distracted?
Can’t fly a drone over moving cars.
Better use would be to tell people to slow down.Icy road.
All the cars that actually crashed were pickup trucks/SUVs so the bridge is really doing gods work
If dumbå§şęs could spell...
Never tap your breaks when you start to slide on Black Ice. Let up on the accelerater and steer through it. It also helps if you keep your speed down to begin with.
Brakes*
In Maine, we have signs that say 'Bridge freezes before roads'. This is why. The ground acts as a big heatsink, keeping the roads from freezing until it's been well below freezing for hours, even days, but because wind moves around a bridge they can freeze quickly. Might sound obvious - but it clearly wasn't to these drivers, and I've seen people do this in my mirrors! I *always* let off the gas and coast over bridges when it's even close to freezing, even if there's little snow, because tires also tend to pick up melted snow from the regular roadway and lay it down to freeze when they hit a bridge.
Sorry, we forget that ice can even exist here. It's so hot here that it's basically a miracle for a quarter inch of snow.
Yes we get hot here. But it gets very cold here as well.
For what 3-4 days
To be honest, they don't do much better normally.
And don't 😭😭
Few long time residents in DFW. Large % of adult residents are from snow states.
Nice save by the blue flatbed tow truck 👌
I thought they did pretty good at recovering. Watch MN, Minneapolis videos, they slide they crash and they should be used to slippery roads.
When your state can build 40 lanes but doesn't have any salt trucks
Hahaha that gotta get us off the road some how dawg
Why salt when we can just stay home for a couple days and wait until it's 70° again?
@@gingerman5123 cheese. Gotta make cheese and bread
@@gingerman5123 I'm sure the people crashing into the concrete barriers wish they were at home too
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Now I know to slow down if I ever see a drone hanging out by the road. It must be a footage trap for a good reason.
Excellent place to have cameras. Bridges are going to freeze first. Great demo of why you want to slow down ahead of time and not try to brake on ice. Better yet, y'all stay off the roads if they're not sanded or salted. ❄️🏒 🇨🇦
It’s a drone by the looks of it
@@stumpusMaximus And the drone operator apparently did NOTHING to warn people.
@@patmcbride9853 How? Bob up and down? Fly a banner?
years before cameras we responded to a wreck with a guy pulling two cord of fire wood in a trailer and the trailer slide side ways on a bridge and a guy in a vw hit the trailer and we had a fatality
@@williebeamish5879 Just how far away from the bridge do you think the operator is?
I see Texans practicing their stunt driving. Awesome.
And they are not good also likely slow learners
"Bridge Freezes Before Road"
I've seen these signs all my life.
🤣 those trucks needed to weigh their rears down and 4 wheel drive that area. But then again guess they think a pickup is good on ice, omg lol
Inertia doesn't care how many wheel-drive that the vehicle has.
Bridge overpasses are notorious for icing up in the northwest. Correct No erratic vehicle movement, basically ride it out trying to keep it straight 💯
I remember those days! Back in the '70s we had a lot of freezing weather.
Drone operator did a excellent job.👍👍
yup, reminds me of my days in Indiana. You can tell the RWD vehicles. Getting owned by the FWD minivan at the light was always a treat. Swore off RWD since then, been happier ever since lol.
If you don't c spray from the tires then it's frozen
Are you telling me that when the temp is below freezing that people don't realize the roads may be icy and they don't SLOW DOWN?? Insane!
In Texas we get snow and ice maybe one day or two at most throughout the year.. most of these people involved can barely drive as it is without hitting a tree and when you mix ice something is for sure to go wrong..
@@NsyShwl Few locals in DFW. A high percentage of DFW residents are from snow states.
@@lisasdfwhightechworld9946 not true.. as someone who has lived in Dallas-Fort Worth all his life I can say that a majority are locals.. I was even there the day that they had that huge pileup on the toll road near downtown Fort Worth.. I was supposed to get on the toll but something about people speeding during icy conditions on a two lane toll road that made me stay away.. while I was on the highway off of I35W and spur 280 I could see the 18wheelers that were crashing into each other and other vehicles.. it was a horrible day with crashed cars everywhere.. I stopped and did my best to help but Texas DPS told us to just keep going because being pulled over on the shoulder could have been dangerous.. I stopped driving for like a week after seeing that traumatic experience..
If barry sotero had penned the phrase ''Bridge surface freezes before road surface'' he would have been worthy of the Nobel Prize
OK Texans , When you get freezing rain or snow there's a thing called black ice especially over passes . Does Texas have any salt trucks? Here in the Midwest we are familiar with it , they get out the night before and start salting everything .
There are salt truck but mostly on NTTA paid toll roads because they have the funds but still nowhere near enough units. All other streets and highways like these are taken care of by local municipalities or TXDot. However those resources are even more scarce due to the rarity and not enough importance when it comes to budgeting.
I've been here 3 years now. Every winter, they've never salted any of the roads near me. Texas acts like other places haven't figured out there's a solution to the problem yet.
I just feel bad for you all😔 It's like they don't care about saving lives .Just a little bit of salting and sand will prevent this.
Most of it is brine now.
@@tommyboyGT350 What makes you think that Texas has salt or sand trucks in the first place? Or even places to store that stuff? So, a 500 foot section of road freezes, and you want to rust out everyone's car.
If this overpass had been in Chicago, it would have been salted long before the road iced up.
Dallas started treating the roads Monday morning. This doesn't happen very often so cities don't spend money on trucks, plows, etc. Of course Chicago would do it differently, it's a constant there.
But it is not in Chicago, so what is your point?
@@clayrichardson6033 That "Them Texans" should learn from Chicago's experience with treating icy roads.
Idiot Texans will spend money helping the NRA and try to force woman to give birth but can't salt their roads.
You know it! And here in Minnesota too!
Bridge builder: Oh you wanted Tarmac? I thought you said Ice Rink!
Great save ramp truck
The problem with DFW is drivers is u have so many of them (in top 6 metro areas in US), they are always in a hurry/they SPEED..n bcuz in a hurry they TAILGATE, n they don't take ice into consideration, crash Crash CRASH🤣
I've seen Texas go through enough ice storms within the last decade. You would think they would be out spreading salt a.s.a.p. If there out of salt, then order salt throughout the summer. Rather be safe than sorry, peoples lives depends on the salt.
Danny
I was thinking the same thing... it seems they need this to happen so they can have some disaster to report on the news. They've been "Advertising" this event for days...
Well, it's a HUGE area. 250,000 miles of highways alone.
@@KB-ke3fi If any other state can do it. Why not Texas?
@@KB-ke3fi If Alaska can use salt, Texas can too. Alaska is bigger than Texas. This is just poor planning.
Salt loses it's effectiveness under 27 degrees.
As a life long Floridian of years 60 years I've never had to deal with this SMDH
That was cooooool👌🏼👌🏼
When crossing iceie bridges slip in neutral and hold straight and no braking
Neutral? Or just maintain constant speed (cruise control)?
@@cancelled_user Just coast with your foot off the petal, cruise control with ice is a good way to kill yourself.
@@cancelled_user foot off accelerator, never use cruise control in icy conditions.
@@cancelled_user nope. Neutral. Especially in front wheel drive. You want to stop the front wheels from pulling you. You'll have enough momentum to keep you going. No Cruise control in ice or rain.
Driving over frozen overpasses is dangerous because many drivers do not know how to drive over them in Texas. Especially truck drivers and owners of cars that have rear wheel drive only. They think that should keep accelerating. Just put it in neutral and DO NOT use your brakes. I also noticed that none of the bridges were treated with sand or anything in the Dallas and surrounding areas. Every year north Texas cities have always taken pre-emptive action to minimize these dangers. Did they all decide to drop the ball together? Excellent place to have cameras? Excellent place to have treated the roads ahead of time.
I was thinking the same thing... it seems they need this to happen so they can have some disaster to report on the news. They've been "Advertising" this event for days...
This was unexpected so they didn't have time to treat the roads. They mostly pretreat a few days in advance and don't have many if any sand spreaders. Too much concrete for salt, it would destroy the road.
"My truck has 4 wheel drive, I don't need to worry about a little ice!" 😂😂😂
you will still loose traction and will slide. doesn't matter if you even have weight or stud tires or A/T. I've seen plenty of 4x4s spin out, also depends on the driver as well, and no, not because you're a "good driver" it's the common sense behind it. Think before you drive.
You may have four wheel drive, but what about the vehicles behind you, beside you and ahead of you? It always makes me chuckle how some people think their truck makes them practically invulnerable. I once watched with an overwhelming sense of Schadenfreude as a big 4X4 slid slideways down the hill in front of my house and bashed the curb. 😎
@@alanhigh8125 agreed. I've seen it so many times I've lost count.
Not gonna lie, that 1st slide/drift by the white car looked kinda fun!! Plus, they didn't wreck their stuff!!
No acceleration, no breaks, no turning on overpasses. Keep it straight and neutral.
It also helps if they put the dam phones down when driving to
And get their head out of there __ _ s
I’m from Texas and just drove through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio etc last week and it was business as usual. This is definitely something that Texas can’t handle unless you live in the Amarillo or Lubbock area.
Ah, Texans, and their Outstanding driving skills.......................
Love seeing this . Here in the winter if you can’t drive on ice then stay home
When you are on icy roads drive slow, keep your feet off the brakes, take your foot off the throttle and let your vehicle ride over the ice. Easier said than done. This is something you must do in icy conditions.
"Drive slow?" In Texas? 🤣That's a good one. What's next? After passing merge back to the right? 🤣
And look at the direction you want to go if you start losing friction, your steering wheel movement will have a better chance of recovery if you look in that direction than if you look at what you can hit
That ice rink overpass is at Arlington, Interstate 30. I grew up in CT & NJ. Moved to DFW in 2016. Texas as a state, cannot justify spending millions in each county, city etc on snow removal assets. Especially DFW. Thousands of miles of roadways, elevated roadways, highlands, grasslands, marshes, swamps, prairies and very little high elevated areas in this region. DFW sits in a bowl, moisture gets trapped here very easily and the high winds doesn’t help when it’s freezing and below freezing.
Maybe DFW being " in a bowl" is the reason why they spend millions. 🤔
Like a toilet bowl?
@@secoady so spend a little to keep traffic moving. Life don't stop because of ice. Some of these situations are not known for their condition until you are in it. Weather reports or not, life don't stop and when 20 mph sometimes is too fast. DFW area spends on the airport and the luxury of a few that dont have to get in it.
No one knows what speeding is when 25 is too fast for an excuse by DFW not to invest in a winter roadway...unless its at the airport.
How about a little sand/dirt/salt/deicer a plow or blower once every 4 or 5 years.
Hey, watch out there, watch that guard rail. Its right on the street to get home. Who cares? It certainly ain't DFW area. Ice dont come with a specific speed marker to coast across. Some days are 35. Some are 25. Others are 40.
Which day was yours?
Life don't stop.
Well wtf are they spending the tax revenue on? Btw, some sand & a truck to spread it with isn't as expensive as you make it seem. The bs they put down in the north which cancer deaths 5 year old vehicles is what's expensive. It's impossible to see out of windows & use mirrors with that white film. It destroys electronic connectors & just about everything else it contacts. Sometimes in winter, you can't do 90mph. Get over it.
I just love that 9 out of 10 times it's a truck or SUV that think they are invincible...
A fool and his Brakes, perfect movie title
Make sure you have good tread on your tires! And always slow down when coming onto bridges!
Mostly pickups! Maybe due to wight distribution 🤔
Bridge decks usually freeze first when temp is at or below freezing. Take the cruise off and slow down in those conditions.
That tow truck driver nailed that drift perfectly.
The trucks around the 2:40 mark are perfectly matched lmao
Just about every vehicle that lost control in this video was RWD
Ummm why? In Chicago that would be just another day
Really felt big homies win after that epic slide.
Serves them right. 👍
We’re going to make it to work even if it kills us…
Doesn’t even look like the bridge was pre treated.
They probably washed the road off with water when the temperature dropped, lol
I doubt they have salt trucks
@@crismcdonough2804 usually there is some sort of liquid de-icer applied to bridges and overpasses before an ice event. Salt/Sand generally comes after - at least from my limited Texas winter experience.
People, you need to slow way down when it’s icy out and don’t touch your brakes! Coming from someone who lives in northern BC Canada and drives in this type of weather every winter. 🙀
That 370z driver was so happy he kept it out of the barrier