Every week I watch Ice Road Truckers...

[0836whimper]

....but they never crash through the ice, despite the commentary always suggesting they could at any point.

Boring when it doesn't. The most that has gone wrong so far is a rusty bolt that won't come off.

And there's two series of this so far.

[tinman0]

Ice Road Truckers = whiny bhy bunch of women who complain about everything

Deadliest Catch - now thats proper reality tv!

[The Black Duke]

Why if it is so dangerous don't they wear dry suits and thermals underneath and have special breathing apparatus in the cab to help them escape?

[voyds9]

The Black Duke said:

Why if it is so dangerous don't they wear dry suits and thermals underneath and have special breathing apparatus in the cab to help them escape?

Probably for the same reason sailors traditionally didn't learn to swim. Rescue that far away it will only prolong death.

iirc in first series a truck did go partially through the ice.

[Steamer]

Shhhhhh!!! Your spoiling it!

.... as if the over dubbed ice cracking sounds arn't scary enough!

[miniman]

It's a good show, eh?

[andy_s]

My young boys love it since teletubbies finished.

Edited by andy_s on Wednesday 21st January 20:20

[y2blade]

Hugh "the polar bks" Rowland drowns in the last show of the series

HTH

[0836whimper]

Oh No ! There's a driver stranded in a massive blizzard and the ads have just come on.

Do you think :

A. Help gets there too late and he expires, and several lorries plunge into the ice for good measure

B. Help gets there in plenty of time and everybody is none the worse for the experience

[Raffles]

These American shows (Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers, Blood Sweat and Rigs...) are great in that the over-dramatisation is entertainment in itself.

I work on the rigs and Blood, Sweat and Rigs makes it all look so much more exciting than it actually is!

[Digby]

0836whimper said:

....but they never crash through the ice, despite the commentary always suggesting they could at any point.

Boring when it doesn't. The most that has gone wrong so far is a rusty bolt that won't come off.

And there's two series of this so far.

Random google wafflings...

"I know Wayne from Arctic Divers and he has been in the NWT as a rescue diver and recovery diver for almost 20 years now and he also verifies that not 1 single freight hauling trick driver has ever gone through the ice and drowned"


Truck driver deaths on the Ice Road.
Once and for all, let's set the record straight. Although "Ice Road Truckers" implies the number is 39, in reality, since the Ice Road(s), west between Yellowknife and Echo Bay Mines on Great Bear Lake, and East, between Yellowknife and the Diamond Mines (Ekati, Diavik and Snap Lake etc) were constructed, from about 1973 to the present day (Feb 2008), there have been NO truck driver deaths directly attributed to hauling freight on those Ice (Winter) Roads


Etc etc etc..

[FourWheelDrift]

Ok for one programme but a whole series or two, come on. It's just as rubbish as Axe Men. Same old, same old.

[dave_s13]

voyds9 said:

The Black Duke said:

Why if it is so dangerous don't they wear dry suits and thermals underneath and have special breathing apparatus in the cab to help them escape?

Probably for the same reason sailors traditionally didn't learn to swim. Rescue that far away it will only prolong death.

iirc in first series a truck did go partially through the ice.

I doubt that is why sailors didn't used to learn how to swim, I may well be wrong though?

More likely that "in them days" you didn't routinely have bus loads of primary school kids being ferried to the local baths for a pi$$ in the pool.

[R5GTTGAZ]

They had a road planer go through the ice once.

[speedfreaky]

There have been bodies recovered ,ie walkers ,support personnel ,road builders ,etc ,but no drivers have ever died on the Ice Roads .So when Wayne said he haid been on 39 body dives ,he wasnt telling lies ,he was just being "economical with the facts"

HTH

[0836whimper]

I'm watching again (it's rubbish, but slightly addictive). Let's see what banal events happen this week.

[Westy Pre-Lit]

And it's all done on 36" of ICE as you probably know to well by now.

[istoo]

ah something i can coment on... just driven through an sheets of ice in Dallas this morning, over 700 crashes just in Dallas last night. RWD torque monsters just fall of the road constantly, preparing the trucks for cold weather, maybe a good truck volvo scania which is a little more winterised might help its like taking a land rover F1 racing!


This has to be one of the most memorable drives ever

[andy400]

dave_s13 said:

voyds9 said:

The Black Duke said:

Why if it is so dangerous don't they wear dry suits and thermals underneath and have special breathing apparatus in the cab to help them escape?

Probably for the same reason sailors traditionally didn't learn to swim. Rescue that far away it will only prolong death.

iirc in first series a truck did go partially through the ice.

I doubt that is why sailors didn't used to learn how to swim, I may well be wrong though?

More likely that "in them days" you didn't routinely have bus loads of primary school kids being ferried to the local baths for a pi$$ in the pool.

Sailors can't swim = more keen to fight to keep the ship afloat....

[funk odyssey]

dave_s13 said:

voyds9 said:

The Black Duke said:

Why if it is so dangerous don't they wear dry suits and thermals underneath and have special breathing apparatus in the cab to help them escape?

Probably for the same reason sailors traditionally didn't learn to swim. Rescue that far away it will only prolong death.

iirc in first series a truck did go partially through the ice.

I doubt that is why sailors didn't used to learn how to swim, I may well be wrong though?

'tis true

was still the case in my grandad's generation