Good old Americans - know how to drive in the snow!

[TDIfurby]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp2sqrfGSPI

or perhaps not. I'm sure we get the odd snow induced accident in this country, but have yet to see anything quite on this scale though....

[carreauchompeur]

I love the rapid tactical exit of the FedEx truck!

[Flintstone]

TDIfurby said:

Good old Americans - know how to drive in the snow!

Yeah. Because we've shown what a nation of snow driving gods we are over the last couple of weeks

[Zed Ed]

Yes, and on the news, apparently their airports are shut , and they are struggling to drive. Lol.

[Captain Cadillac]

That HAS to be somewhere down south.. they just got a lot of snow which they are ill prepared to handle.

Besides, looks like ice. I got 16 inches of snow last night and the road here are clear and fine.

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

[Gixer]

Yes but didn't they get a 2-3 foot snow dump as opposed to 2-3 inches like we did. Let's see how long it takes them to reopen compared to our well managed Heathrow that of course managed back in 87 when we had loads and loads of snow.

[DR10]

That is Spokane in Washington where my wife was born. She knows that hill and says the hospital is at the top of it. Is like that every year apparently.

M

[Captain Cadillac]

Gixer said:

Yes but didn't they get a 2-3 foot snow dump as opposed to 2-3 inches like we did. Let's see how long it takes them to reopen compared to our well managed Heathrow that of course managed back in 87 when we had loads and loads of snow.

It really depends where you are over here. They did close the airports around NY City last night but that was mainly down to near zero visibility and the snow coming down faster than they could clear it (2-3 inches per hour). Airports are open now, roads are fine, etc. About 10-15 minutes south of me they got 29 inches apparently.

Meanwhile, I was in Atlanta once when about 4 inches fell and you'd think it was armageddon.

Just heard on TV, we supposedly got 21 inches.. maybe I ought to measure it.

[MDT]

I liked the black car at about 1:00 in who kept the power on did not stamp on the brakes and made it down with out too much drama.

one smart cookie who did not default too hit the brakes and close eyes.

[aeropilot]

Gixer said:

Let's see how long it takes them to reopen compared to our well managed Heathrow that of course managed back in 87 when we had loads and loads of snow.

'87 was barely a year after BAA was privatised, so not surprising it coped better back then.... and since '06 it's been owned by the Spanish, and things have gone downhill hugely since then at LHR.

[Pigeon]

Ah, that well known phrase "The snow in Spain falls mainly on other countries' airports"...?

[Lucas Ayde]

MDT said:

I liked the black car at about 1:00 in who kept the power on did not stamp on the brakes and made it down with out too much drama.

one smart cookie who did not default too hit the brakes and close eyes.

Hmmm, he looked to have got lucky to be honest.

There's a white pickup at 1:30 or so who makes it down under control despite having a large black pickup spinning out of control behind him and having to negotiate an oncoming car and get around the logjam near the bottom.

Obviously he was the one with proper winter tyres

[richcorsavxr]

love the lack of comon sence, couldn't someone walk up the hill and warn drivers not to come down?

[AnotherClarkey]

MDT said:

I liked the black car at about 1:00 in who kept the power on did not stamp on the brakes and made it down with out too much drama.

one smart cookie who did not default too hit the brakes and close eyes.

Yes, I think he or she was letting off the brakes occasionally, just enough to gain steerage and aim the car in the right general direction. Kept a cool head on.

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

MDT said:

I liked the black car at about 1:00 in who kept the power on did not stamp on the brakes and made it down with out too much drama.

one smart cookie who did not default too hit the brakes and close eyes.

It looked more like he/she was totally out of control and running on a heavy dose of luck to me!

[NoNeed]

Question is, who do they sue?

[NHK244V]

There was some bloody cool headed driving there, about the same ratio to panic reactions i see in the UK IE: rather low
But then ice is a totaly differant animal to snow, as a police driver once told me, "snow has a finite amount of grip, ice has an infinite amount of slip"

[TDIfurby]

Yes - the highlight of the video is the black (ford?) keeping a cool head!

[zakelwe]

So it starts off with a big car, then the cars get bigger, then a really big car comes along and to crown it all what looked like a grey car that needed to be articulated finally hoves into view bringing with it it's very own weather system. I guess that was filmed in America?

Considering the amount of metal they eventually made a very neat pile. Imagine the destruction on the inside as all those recently purchased burgers are tossed around like little ships at sea... which reminds me

"It's a helicopter, and it's coming this way. It's flying something behind it, I can't quite make it out, it's a large banner and it says, uh - Happy... Thaaaaanksss... giving! ... From ... W ... K ... R... P!! No parachutes yet. Can't be skydivers... I can't tell just yet what they are, but - Oh my God, Johnny, they're turkeys!! Johnny, can you get this? Oh, they're plunging to the earth right in front of our eyes! One just went through the windshield of a parked car! Oh, the humanity! The turkeys are hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement! Not since the Hindenburg tragedy has there been anything like this!"

Still one of the funniest things ever on US sitcoms.

Andy

[collateral]

Good derv cloud out the back of the 250 at the end