Look at it this way. These drivers drove road conditions and SLOWED DOWN so we aren't seeing crashed vehicles, semis sideways and fatalities causing the shutdown.
16 years longhauling back in th 80s & 90s and can imagine the difficulty trying to stay awake in situations like this. I'm betting those Electronic Log Books and all the new computerized trucks are going SPASTIC right about now...
@@bryanbennett972 I tried to limit it to 3 as it was just to hard to match all the receipts. My boss used to hand out several fresh log books when a driver entered the yard after a trip, Until he got Audited by the DOT. Then he said he didn't know we were doing it. He tried to get all bent out of shape when most of us wouldn't sign all the warning letters we received for each violation. I got to spend a week at home catching up on things before I got the phone call about the Hot Load and to not do it again...😎
@imd1b4u 😂 Unfortunately, your right . I know a bunch of good drivers that lived by that back in the late 80's. It was the only way to make good money. And the only reason you give up a normal life is for money.
We were stuck in this mess on Monday/Tuesday. Starting at 11:15 am Monday, it took us 12 hours to get from MP 162 to MP 192. The slowest going (0 to 5 mph) was at the beginning where the road conditions were generally clear. Oddly, near the end, with truckers parked in the outside lane, we starting moving faster than we had all day, and roads were slushy/icy at that point. Once the semi in me pulled to the right, the road ahead was suddenly clear of all other vehicles. Got it up to 50 mph and never looked back. What should have been a 3.5-hr trip back to my home in WA took 23 hours total.
My car has a cook stove and dehydrated food and water and a piss jar and cozy bedding. That would've been me in the middle of the highway with a full belly and sound asleep and cozy and warm.
@@UnCannyValley67it's part of a lot of people's winter car kits on the other side of the state. We always have a good blankets water, food, hand wipes, snacks, collapsible shovel.
Mostly came from southern Oregon and California. No real issues down there. Then they came into black ice conditions... on a stretch of I-5 with no exits... a bit south of Eugene. Yup. Stuck.
@@squidreuel It's not even semi-trucks that are rude. It's non-business vehicles in sedans and pickup trucks going 30 and 40 miles over the speed limit and zooming up to the back of your bumper to be obnoxious. Cintroberts above is exactly right.
That might not be a bad idea at all. I wouldn't mind learning it myself...But I'm wondering how they teach that when Oregon doesn't have that much weather that's as bad as this...At least in the lower Willamette valley (tho it's increasing 😖 ) Wouldn't you need plenty of bad weather to really teach it? Genuinely wondering.
This was a ICE storm. 1/2" black Ice... then later on covered later by snow. Then you have the I-5 uphills and downhills (Rice Hill etc). Unless you have good 4 wheel chains with ice breakers or 4 studded tires... there is nothing you can do in those conditions.
@Antfarmer you can always come over to the other side of the state. We have plenty of snow and ice all winter long for you to practice on. However I wouldn't trade your traffic for ours no way, no how.
Extremely rude drivers in California. But, this is why electric cars are not workable. You can shut it down, but you might freeze to death. And, if you keep it running, then the battery will die and you can freeze to death then.
My EV uses 3 kw to heat the cabin at a standstill. at that rate I can last 2-3 days, which is much longer than the average gas car can idle before running out of gas.
@@protovack That isn't reflecting what happened to driver's stuck on i95 in Virginia a couple years ago. I don't have an EV so cannot speak first hand, but people in Chicago's experience this week indicating that severe cold freezing weather really interferes with the batteries and the ability to charge them. I rented a hybrid and that would be my choice for the perfect balance. You save money on gas because the battery is charging when gas is used (so half of your driving is on electric produced by the car itself) and the real benefit is the value of time not lost being sidelined at a charging station, which is not needed with a hybrid. My son who was a Toyota auto technician called the hybrid the perfect choice. We made a trip across multiple states and the gasoline savings from driving the hybrid offset the entire cost of renting the vehicle for that trip.
@@cgreen6420 hybrids are great, but more complicated with more maintenance. I prefer to keep it simple and go EV only for my main car. I have a gas silverado if I need it. I admit, I do need to do a bit more planning to road trip an EV when the weather is cold. But i've never come close to being stranded. My EV6 has been stone cold reliable through many road trips. Going on 2-3 years, 20k miles, i've never even really thought about, or worried about it. I keep my cabin as hot as I want, don't try "conserve" energy while driving at all, and it's been fine. You just have to know where the chargers are, since it is still early days. In fact my most frequent road trip route (down from seattle out to the oregon coast), there are more chargers than I need. Each trip I have to decide which one to skip, and which one to use. Not a bad choice to have!
If you are a serious trucker you know Glenwood Canyon on interstate 70 west of Denver. The canyon to this day is prone to rock slides. When major road reconstruction was going on in the canyon back in 1990, C.D.O.T. would wake all the truckers up with a 15 minute warning that the road was going to open up. This was done on the C.B. radio. There was no such thing as a trucker without a radio. It was usually a 2-3 hour delay. There are very few genuine truckers on the road now, and most don’t buy C.B. radios. O.D.O.T. should have shut I-5 down at milepost 99 where motorists would have a place to park, eat, restroom, and even hotels. O.D.O.T. is dysfunctional and way underfunded.
We have CB's in our trucks/cars for logging roads: the logging trucks have Right-of-Way, but in the USA there are lots of secondary highways I wouldn't want to be on without a CB. One guy in town my age has a shortwave along with a CB! Greetings from Canada. My old RV buddy had one of the last RADIO telephones in BC; permit was 600 a year and you could call in anywhere anytime. Coastal mountains ranges have NO cell and even GPS sometimes struggles up here: Canyons run north.south (like the Coq) and the satellites run east/west. NOT a combination that works well!
we kept our wood stoves, CB's, and even short waves up here in Canada. even GPS here sideways sometimes. don't count on it. and who ever powered GPS in snowmobiles and didn't set it up independant of a non-runner?? Not a winter guy for sure.
Not enough employees to keep roads passable...oh, and he said only two officers working long stretches of road...so much for defunding the police, huh?
We have to do that. I know they don't want to have that frame of mind, but we are going to have to. The Lord gives us wisdom. We didn't used to have security at every house, but now we do.
You would think people would be aware of these conditions or to prepare for ice , how does one not know what's going on with winter storms & to stay home & not allow themselves to be in these conditions without knowing the storm is coming
That is why you don't travel doing storms!! If You can stay at home do it!! I never travel when storms are coming!! Stay at home or in my Hotel till clears!! Never put Your self in trouble!! Your life is too important!!!! No matter what the cost!! Being stranded is no good only Your self is to blame!!l
This broadcast was a load of horse crap. I was stuck in that mess for 12+ hrs. Saw 1 cop once going south and not1 snow plow. Not 1. Also once moving didn't see any cars blocking the road and only 1 semi who fell asleep in the middle of the lane. Lots of trucks pulled on the shoulder but that's it. And we were pretty far back in the backup, so should have seen some of this if true. Oh and the worse part is that was a cell dead zone. So there was no way to know what the heck was going on. No message board in that area, no cell service. We were all in the dark. Didn't know if road if road was closed due to an accident or what. And I remember commenting to my husband about, if this was CA there would be news vans set up every few miles reporting on this. Not 1 to be seen.
If you drive you need food and water and blankets and make more stops so you have at least a 1/2 tanks of gas !😊 20 minutes on 20 minutes off all night !😊
Yup, they're trying to normalize this weather, getting people used to living with power outages and geoengineered weather catastrophes, slowly whittling down the planet's population of the weak and unprepared.
recommend a roadside huge hydraulic squish; the kind they use to make rebar: you get into this mess, you go to the chopper. your car goes for rebar. no exceptions.
Going to say one thing, we are in the last of our days before Christ comes back. Something has been happening in my life to indicate . Everyone, check as much as you can, and stay home when you can. Don't go as much, because you are going to see things that you have never seen before. We are in the labor pains for our time ending. As time progresses, it is going to get worse, and I don't want you all to be caught off guard.
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What a breath of fresh air! An on-scene reporter who can speak in full, composed sentences.
they are dumbing us down on purpose
she'll be behind a desk in front of the camera soon, you're right.
It's a, um, you know, rarity.
hey, they hired someone I don't need subtitles to understand!
And easy for the eye's to look at and she is very intelligent also 😊😊😊😊
Look at it this way. These drivers drove road conditions and SLOWED DOWN so we aren't seeing crashed vehicles, semis sideways and fatalities causing the shutdown.
this is a great example of why it’s important to keep your car filled with gas and or electricity! 15 hours? Wow, no bathroom … food …
Unless you have an electric vehicle, then you better start walking.
Bathroom shoulders..😂😂😂
@@willskolyeah because gas powered cars never run out of gas
But gas powered cars don't lose range when it's cold like a EV. Now do they?
@@willskol the heating in the electric car drains the battery
16 years longhauling back in th 80s & 90s and can imagine the difficulty trying to stay awake in situations like this. I'm betting those Electronic Log Books and all the new computerized trucks are going SPASTIC right about now...
I had to keep 4 paper log books when I ran cross country back in the 1970's to stay Legal.
@@bryanbennett972 I tried to limit it to 3 as it was just to hard to match all the receipts. My boss used to hand out several fresh log books when a driver entered the yard after a trip, Until he got Audited by the DOT. Then he said he didn't know we were doing it. He tried to get all bent out of shape when most of us wouldn't sign all the warning letters we received for each violation. I got to spend a week at home catching up on things before I got the phone call about the Hot Load and to not do it again...😎
@imd1b4u 😂 Unfortunately, your right .
I know a bunch of good drivers that lived by that back in the late 80's.
It was the only way to make good money. And the only reason you give up a normal life is for money.
The reporter definitely practiced at 5 years old with a family member taping. 🤣
With a last name like Singh have to wonder just how many languages she might know well. Star quality coming up.
I-5 is a nightmare under "normal" conditions.
We were stuck in this mess on Monday/Tuesday. Starting at 11:15 am Monday, it took us 12 hours to get from MP 162 to MP 192. The slowest going (0 to 5 mph) was at the beginning where the road conditions were generally clear. Oddly, near the end, with truckers parked in the outside lane, we starting moving faster than we had all day, and roads were slushy/icy at that point. Once the semi in me pulled to the right, the road ahead was suddenly clear of all other vehicles. Got it up to 50 mph and never looked back. What should have been a 3.5-hr trip back to my home in WA took 23 hours total.
My car has a cook stove and dehydrated food and water and a piss jar and cozy bedding. That would've been me in the middle of the highway with a full belly and sound asleep and cozy and warm.
@@UnCannyValley67 no, just making $124k per year sitting on my couch and working about 20 hours per week so lots of money for fun toys.
Amen! They have to change their mind about life now! Days we had, are gone! Our time is ending, and no president is going to make it better.
maybe it's just the fact that that person prepares. Like we do here in the north.
@@UnCannyValley67it's part of a lot of people's winter car kits on the other side of the state. We always have a good blankets water, food, hand wipes, snacks, collapsible shovel.
@@dorisevans7693Hate to see this happening. Have to agree with you.
What are people doing on the roads? Stay home!
Work?
@@secondchance6603 Some work but not all...
Everybody feels that their wants are desperately needed
Mostly came from southern Oregon and California. No real issues down there.
Then they came into black ice conditions... on a stretch of I-5 with no exits... a bit south of Eugene. Yup. Stuck.
You are INSANE 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎
Wherever you are, wherever you go, dont you eat that yellow snow. 🙋
I love it because a lot of these drivers are always in a big hurry and very rude normally.
Time sensitive freight, being late on a Walmart load isn't good they will reschedule you for another day
@@squidreuel It's not even semi-trucks that are rude. It's non-business vehicles in sedans and pickup trucks going 30 and 40 miles over the speed limit and zooming up to the back of your bumper to be obnoxious. Cintroberts above is exactly right.
@@TonetareDon’t drive in the left passing lane and you won’t have this problem.
In the Midwest in driver's ed in high school they teach you how to drive on the ice and snow. I really wish Oregon would teach that too.
That might not be a bad idea at all. I wouldn't mind learning it myself...But I'm wondering how they teach that when Oregon doesn't have that much weather that's as bad as this...At least in the lower Willamette valley (tho it's increasing 😖 ) Wouldn't you need plenty of bad weather to really teach it? Genuinely wondering.
This was a ICE storm. 1/2" black Ice... then later on covered later by snow. Then you have the I-5 uphills and downhills (Rice Hill etc). Unless you have good 4 wheel chains with ice breakers or 4 studded tires... there is nothing you can do in those conditions.
They do. Stay home. There really IS no way to drive on ice that is safe. Well, unless you own a tracked vehicle.
Oh sure , on ice 👎 Your a clown
@Antfarmer you can always come over to the other side of the state. We have plenty of snow and ice all winter long for you to practice on. However I wouldn't trade your traffic for ours no way, no how.
Can you imagine all those cars beong EVs?
Chicago is a mess 😂😂😂
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People would freeze to death, and all the vehicles would have zero charge. It would take weeks to clear them all
Just stopped by target 🎯 park lot north of Sacramento and saw a woman busy charging her VW EV, most likely she will be there for a while😂
😂😂😂😂😂 Very true!!!! 😅😅😅
People just don’t drive 🤦♀️
Extremely rude drivers in California. But, this is why electric cars are not workable. You can shut it down, but you might freeze to death. And, if you keep it running, then the battery will die and you can freeze to death then.
My EV uses 3 kw to heat the cabin at a standstill. at that rate I can last 2-3 days, which is much longer than the average gas car can idle before running out of gas.
Well, unless you've already traveled 250 miles on the highway and have a battery pack 80% discharged.@@protovack
They are cruising, the new law in California as of Jan 1, 2024 is that you can now cruise the highways and not get ticketed
@@protovack That isn't reflecting what happened to driver's stuck on i95 in Virginia a couple years ago. I don't have an EV so cannot speak first hand, but people in Chicago's experience this week indicating that severe cold freezing weather really interferes with the batteries and the ability to charge them. I rented a hybrid and that would be my choice for the perfect balance. You save money on gas because the battery is charging when gas is used (so half of your driving is on electric produced by the car itself) and the real benefit is the value of time not lost being sidelined at a charging station, which is not needed with a hybrid. My son who was a Toyota auto technician called the hybrid the perfect choice. We made a trip across multiple states and the gasoline savings from driving the hybrid offset the entire cost of renting the vehicle for that trip.
@@cgreen6420 hybrids are great, but more complicated with more maintenance. I prefer to keep it simple and go EV only for my main car. I have a gas silverado if I need it. I admit, I do need to do a bit more planning to road trip an EV when the weather is cold. But i've never come close to being stranded. My EV6 has been stone cold reliable through many road trips. Going on 2-3 years, 20k miles, i've never even really thought about, or worried about it. I keep my cabin as hot as I want, don't try "conserve" energy while driving at all, and it's been fine. You just have to know where the chargers are, since it is still early days. In fact my most frequent road trip route (down from seattle out to the oregon coast), there are more chargers than I need. Each trip I have to decide which one to skip, and which one to use. Not a bad choice to have!
When they say “Stay off the roads if at all possible,” they MEAN it! Jeez!
Praying for everyone ❤ from Texas 👍
When these people are told and believe ‘snow is a thing of the past’ and well there you go.
two weeks ago the winter was the warmest in the Columbia valley in memory and most records. then last week the COLDEST in memory or most records.
Yikes! Best to stay off the roads in these conditions
They are cruising, the new law in California as of Jan 1, 2024 is that you can now cruise the highways and not get ticketed
If you are a serious trucker you know Glenwood Canyon on interstate 70 west of Denver. The canyon to this day is prone to rock slides. When major road reconstruction was going on in the canyon back in 1990, C.D.O.T. would wake all the truckers up with a 15 minute warning that the road was going to open up. This was done on the C.B. radio. There was no such thing as a trucker without a radio. It was usually a 2-3 hour delay. There are very few genuine truckers on the road now, and most don’t buy C.B. radios. O.D.O.T. should have shut I-5 down at milepost 99 where motorists would have a place to park, eat, restroom, and even hotels. O.D.O.T. is dysfunctional and way underfunded.
COME ON MAN.....BUTTAGUGGGGE HAS THIS ALL UNDER CONTROL!
@@southtownsjoe32FDT
I am a trucker and can tell you that CB radios are worthless anymore ... unless you can speak 14 different languages ...
We have CB's in our trucks/cars for logging roads: the logging trucks have Right-of-Way, but in the USA there are lots of secondary highways I wouldn't want to be on without a CB. One guy in town my age has a shortwave along with a CB! Greetings from Canada. My old RV buddy had one of the last RADIO telephones in BC; permit was 600 a year and you could call in anywhere anytime. Coastal mountains ranges have NO cell and even GPS sometimes struggles up here: Canyons run north.south (like the Coq) and the satellites run east/west. NOT a combination that works well!
CB' are worthless. As soon as you T u get stepped on by Spanish speakers. I don't monitor anymore as it sounds like the UN. RIP US.
I was in this disaster with no cell phone and data coverage. Absolute joke.
we kept our wood stoves, CB's, and even short waves up here in Canada. even GPS here sideways sometimes. don't count on it. and who ever powered GPS in snowmobiles and didn't set it up independant of a non-runner?? Not a winter guy for sure.
other states just push the cars out of the way you can tow them later
look at the vid: there's no real place to push the cars. but it's a great idea.
It's the slinky effect.
This is when you gotta have a full tank of gas, fully charged battery, food, water, blankets, flares and toilet paper!
If you don't need to go to work, STAY HOME.
I'm retired, I knew it was coming. Stocked up, stayed home. Not worth it.
OMG !!! This is crazy why is ODOT failing on basic road grit or deicer ? Who's in charge of this once a year bc basic condition?
Oregon voted for this.....Democrats...
It doesn’t work when it keeps snowing
@@lazynow1dufus
Not enough employees to keep roads passable...oh, and he said only two officers working long stretches of road...so much for defunding the police, huh?
Can't use salt. It's harmful to the environment and road surfaces...
Troopers should have used megaphones to get the drivers alerted! 🤷♀️🤷♀️
That’s plenty of officers. Driven it many times!! Come on!!
Air Horn time (boat alert). Wakes up the bears and the dead.
I know that curve. Used to drive back and forth from Marin to Portland. I fly now.
well, Jennifer is a beauty and charismatic as well. sounds like she grew up around lots of boys. what was this about again?
Something about weather somewhere. Not sure. Great eyes.
We wouldn't want to Salt the roads. This should be unacceptable for an interstate highway!
stay home during weather events. People are so stupid
Love the eyes
We have to do that. I know they don't want to have that frame of mind, but we are going to have to. The Lord gives us wisdom. We didn't used to have security at every house, but now we do.
Truckers falling asleep, thats funny i remember them days, wonder how thats working with the ELDs
what a dumpster fire.
How many electric cars were there
And the Teslas don't start, no chargers to move some vehicles.
This is normal , plan ahead .
12 to 17 hours in an electric vehicle, in this weather. Hmmm. Not me!
This happens on I40 in New Mexico every day even when its sunny.
they've been talking this would happen for almost a week, what like ODOT was behind the ball? Can't perform? Viagra wont help...
I bicycle commute went to the store today with no problems cars are not so great
I prefer electric scooter
"cars are not so great"
San Francisco to Seattle on a bicycle. Okay, it will take you a while to get there!
Thanks.☃️
You would think people would be aware of these conditions or to prepare for ice , how does one not know what's going on with winter storms & to stay home & not allow themselves to be in these conditions without knowing the storm is coming
This is why you keep your tank filled or check the weather.
People, GTFO out of the way
Snuggle time; haven't moved my AWD in five days, walking to work tomorrow a.m.
How are your electric vehicles working for you
as bad as a carriage with no horse
Did you really have to show the guy taking a piss ?
Wake em up.. We're used to it.
Truckers have to nap while they can.
That is why you don't travel doing storms!! If You can stay at home do it!! I never travel when storms are coming!! Stay at home or in my Hotel till clears!! Never put Your self in trouble!! Your life is too important!!!! No matter what the cost!! Being stranded is no good only Your self is to blame!!l
Crazy!
The highwsy dept does that so the Fed's measure for the next increase in Carbon & Fuel taxes
It is a choice between icy roads or using salt.
EV drivers should've been interviewed.
Terribly exposed video, jesus. Yall remind me of video production class in like 8th grade.
Stuck in a car with Jennifer for seventeen hours . . .
People stay off the roads
Stuck?... overnight?... in the cold?... no biggie! wake me when alls good gang... I'm taking a nap 🎉
It’s winter!! Duh!!!!!!
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Here's a thought. Stay home 😅
Heaven forbid that ODOT would have sprayed the road to melt the ice.
Oregon is so stupid
We know the storms are coming..... Why are people out driving in this shit?????
Imagine when it's all electric? People would freeze to death and all the batteries would be dead. How long to move all the electric cars? ....
Figures... Theres a FedEx truck involved 😂
They should use brine like what they do on the east coast
duh, we are so smrt, weres homer?😢
Yeah, of course they are asleep. What else is there to do for 15 hours?? That's why trucks have bunks.
Oh yah! Great EV auto weather, a little lighting and you're ready to roll or explode. Ok a very long extension cord would help!
EVs can last much longer than gas while stranded in traffic, if both vehicles start full. If you are down to the wire, then yea its an issue.
Houston texas to lacey wa via eugene oh well if you wanted to go the long way round you won
yeah she's from Oregon.
Was wondering if anyone else caught that.
This broadcast was a load of horse crap.
I was stuck in that mess for 12+ hrs. Saw 1 cop once going south and not1 snow plow. Not 1. Also once moving didn't see any cars blocking the road and only 1 semi who fell asleep in the middle of the lane. Lots of trucks pulled on the shoulder but that's it. And we were pretty far back in the backup, so should have seen some of this if true.
Oh and the worse part is that was a cell dead zone. So there was no way to know what the heck was going on. No message board in that area, no cell service. We were all in the dark. Didn't know if road if road was closed due to an accident or what. And I remember commenting to my husband about, if this was CA there would be news vans set up every few miles reporting on this. Not 1 to be seen.
Maybe stay home next time or plan better
This Jennifer Singh reporter, my goodness, you have incredibly beautiful eyes! That unique color, is amazing!
Someone at odot needs to be fired for not doing more.
I don’t watch abc
Oregon, California, Washington drivers are the worse drivers on the roads so pathetic
How are those electric vehicles looking now?
as bad as a carriage with no horse
Strom winter 🌨️🌨️❄️❄️☃️❄️
If you drive you need food and water and blankets and make more stops so you have at least a 1/2 tanks of gas !😊
20 minutes on 20 minutes off all night !😊
LIKE THIS WAS LAST FORTNIGHT OK
Don't eat or drink the snow it's poisonous
Lol…Make America Sleep Again
WOW
damn those truckers, lol KEZI, junior league for CNN.
Hi Jennifer👋
Shut offyour entineto save gas, you arealreaxy wearing a jacket and should have a blanket or towel in your car.
all that global warming is bad for traffic
What a joke!!!
Stop
What a Joke. This is only the beginning.
Yup, they're trying to normalize this weather, getting people used to living with power outages and geoengineered weather catastrophes, slowly whittling down the planet's population of the weak and unprepared.
More proof that the Earth is warming
Is this Trumps fault?
ODOT needs to bring Port-a-Potties when that happens, and emergency gas for folks who use theirs up idling with car heaters on.
You are joking right?
If they had the ability to bring port-a-potties and fuel to people they would have had the ability to clear the roads.
recommend a roadside huge hydraulic squish; the kind they use to make rebar: you get into this mess, you go to the chopper. your car goes for rebar. no exceptions.
Going to say one thing, we are in the last of our days before Christ comes back. Something has been happening in my life to indicate . Everyone, check as much as you can, and stay home when you can. Don't go as much, because you are going to see things that you have never seen before. We are in the labor pains for our time ending. As time progresses, it is going to get worse, and I don't want you all to be caught off guard.
Right you care lol😅😅
thats a lot for a sandwich board.
Back under your rock.
De fund the police department we don't need traffic police now maybe we will
RE- fund the police force thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇲 love to you and your families
Respect our Police❤
Only in California. No way to make a U turn.
That was Oregon
Wow you're a moron
@@susanlovesjava4961 I see lots of room to make a U turn in a car, and no traffic southbound.
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Hopefully no one has a Tesla 🤭
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DOT Oregon very LAZY