Damn, I have relatives around there. It's really amazing, I expect the car/suv drivers to be dipshits, but what are those truck drivers doing cruising along at 35 or 40 in a snowstorm? If you can't see slow the hell down.
The first ~20 cars I feel bad for. After that, nothing. This is Darwanism at work bro. Let it take its place. I drive EXACTLY the speed limit. Weather conditions -10%, 20% for shit like this.
The world is overpopulated as it is. Go ahead. Drive 20+ on snow-days. Fucking losers.
Snowfall can suddenly happen, but it can only settle if you have sub-zero temperatures (the ground has to be cold enough not to melt the snow), at which point you should already be driving with caution (and "dead slow" if you notice ice). Once the snow starts to fall you should be driving "dead slow", because you should be prepared for other drivers who are an order of magnitude stupider than you are, as well as the multitude of other stupid things that can just happen (another vehicle's engine failure, a deer runs out in the road, etc).Snow squalls like this come out of nowhere. You slow down and you get rear-ended. You speed up you read-end someone. All you can do is maintain the flow of traffic. No amount of cautious driving could've really prevented this. You must not live in Michigan
If traffic is moving at 40mph under those conditions, which also happened to be near white-out conditions, are you in more or less danger going 20mph or perhaps even 10mph? Anyone? Are you more or less of a danger to the drivers around you? Anyone?
Only a complete idiot doesn't take note of the fact that some people are driving 10-20mph.
Yet, the road is full of idiots, so what do you do? Do you prefer rear ending someone in front, or getting rear ended from behind? What he's saying is there isn't a clearcut answer. Any possible choice that doesn't include teleportation has a good chance of negative consequences.
Snowfall can suddenly happen, but it can only settle if you have sub-zero temperatures (the ground has to be cold enough not to melt the snow), at which point you should already be driving with caution (and "dead slow" if you notice ice). Once the snow starts to fall you should be driving "dead slow", because you should be prepared for other drivers who are an order of magnitude stupider than you are, as well as the multitude of other stupid things that can just happen (another vehicle's engine failure, a deer runs out in the road, etc).
That logic suggests that everyone should drive as fast as they possibly can to avoid getting rear-ended. Let's all drive as stupidly as possible because 150-vehicle pile-ups are inevitable.
No, that logic suggests you drive at the going rate of speed, whether that's fast, or slow. You can theorize all you want, but here in the real world, we deal with real world conditions.
I think they're full of crap saying it's 150 cars.
You realise that is probably how the pile-up occurred, don't you?
Long straight road, poor visibility. Cars are probably driving at a distance so that they can see the car in front, but they're keeping their distance. However, the speed is still too high, so when something happens to the vehicle in front, they all plow into each other.
It really is as simple as that. Assuming that the person at the front is driving at a sensible speed is stupid because there's no basis for the assumption.
ah yes, couch quarterback.
Or, you know, someone who grew up with this sort of weather, this type of accidents that occasionally happen, and the common sense to know that you can be more help actually helping, than standing around with your thumb up your ass?
Oh, and I edited out my last statement, while you were posting yours, after I realized it might have been a bit harsh. Now, after seeing your reply, maybe it wasn't, after all.
Or, you know, someone who grew up with this sort of weather, this type of accidents that occasionally happen, and the common sense to know that you can be more help actually helping, than standing around with your thumb up your ass?
Oh, and I edited out my last statement, while you were posting yours, after I realized it might have been a bit harsh. Now, after seeing your reply, maybe it wasn't, after all.
I drove through there last weekend, I'm glad my race wasn't yesterday or I might have been in that wreck.
D**n that's nuts. Yeah first video ive seen where the filmer realizes, hey maybe i should help instead of filming