WATCH: Iowa DOT releases raw video from I-35 pileup near Ames
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2018
- Raw video from Iowa DOT cameras on I-35 show how a deadly pileup unfolded during a heavy snow in Ames.
Read more on the incident from the Register's Luke Nozicka on DesMoinesRegister.com: dmreg.co/2BI7p2e
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I argued with my boss a dozen times about staying home in conditions like this. I stayed home whether he liked it or not. I told him I knew how to drive in bad conditions, it was the other drivers that worried me. Case closed.
True. Better to lose your piss ant job than your life...
My hats off to you.
Or to be person forced to go to work and dies on the way so the company get sued but she's dead.
Agree!
i dont think it has to do so much with the weather as it has to do with dumn azz people
The fact that people are STILL speeding like it isn’t snowing and black ice on the roads is flabbergasting SMH
I thought the same things. Some of these folks were flying as though nothing was going on.
IK!!!!!!!!!
You're right on the mark T Raw!
After watching this my flabber had never been so gasted.
That one cautious semi truck driver (before the idiot bus driver) should be rewarded!
I'll never understand why people can't understand the importance of adjusting your speed according to conditions
Common sense ain't very common.
Cause businesses still demand you show up for work and cause your boss don't wanna hear why you're an hour late?
@@Seven_Leaf well that's when you make a grown person decision and stay home.
Don't be part of the problem
That's because people are stupid
I was going to say exactly the same thing, but you beat me to it.
That person that got out and stood on the side of the road is nuts.
good way to die like a dumbass
You beat me to it by 2 weeks...lol. Although, I was going to say "stupid".
The only smart one out there. He got out of his vehicle rather than being compacted to death in metal and plastic.
@@nathanbrisson3888 Unless your car has already been hit & severely damaged in a collision, it is still the safest place to be to protect you against injury in a collision in conditions like this, unless you're driving something constructed before 1997. Modern cars have crumple zones, crush-resistant frames and air bags. The worst thing you can do is exit your vehicle and stand near where some 2- to 80-ton pile of steel and glass hurtling down the road at 40-55 miles per hour can veer off the road and impact your fragile human body. I used to drive a tow truck and have seen pileups like this one in Colorado where people who thought it was a good occasion for a stroll on the blacktop were carried away in pieces.
Must be a democrat
I'm sitting at computer slamming on my imaginary brakes
I'm steering for the weeds on the farrr right!
slamming on the brakes is the worst possible reaction. turns your tires into skis and you have no control
@@BushmanCanuck excellent idea...Google the "Smith System of Defensive driving". Leave yourself an out
and im going to cringe in the corner
Haha me too..these crazy people are driving so damn fast...geezz
I can't believe how FAST they are all going
EXACTLY!!!
Then you must live in cave. Driving too fast for the conditions and following too close is the rule on most highways. Add to that not paying close attention to what the hell you are doing, are all contributing factors to these pileups. That is not to say whiteouts and slick road areas will alone not cause a crash, but I do a hell of a lot of driving on freeways every day. People drive like assholes.
@@dougmacqueen1679 live in a cave? Really? You do know people live in places that they’ve probably never seen these types of weather. I do agree that people drive like assholes, but I still scratch my head to those who drive fast as hell on icy conditions, it’s plainly idiotic.
@@commanderhasbulla3732 No I didn't know that. Thanks for educating me.
Yep. You can rate persons level of intelligence by how they drive. No one drives the speed limit anymore. Follow too close. Always have to get in front of you. I think when buying a used car from someone, ask them how they drive
I’m impressed with how good semi drivers are at dodging
For real, some of them just flu right through without hitting anything
they need to slow down the most... And they have CBs.. that one Semi was driving much slower.. maybe he heard that there was a pileup and he had time to slow down. .Folks need to reallllly pay more attention.. I would rather drive 10 miles and be able to stop than die in a pileup.!
Here's a little tip: In winter driving conditions like this, if you find yourself passing trucks, you're probably going too fast for conditions.
good tip!
That's what I'm seeing here.
Dumbasses always try to outrun the semi's when they should be the ones leading because they are heavier (better traction) and they can see the road ahead x10 times better in a semi. Ill get people pass me all the time just to slow down 2miles in front of me once the weather gets bad again and I will end up going past them.. I blow the air horn at them all the time to let them know that was a dickhead move.
Yes stay in the truckers tracks ...and live longer.
Yes!
Slow down n learn from this footage.
"i cant see shit and its super snowy out, hurrrrr go faster"
Make sure to stay as close as possible to the car in front of you in bad weather, so you can rear end them when they need to stop.
You can go slower, but you don't want an 18 wheeler catching you up.
Wrong move shorty
They are probably lacking oxygen to the brain because of their mask.
@Braden Bass best comment😂😂😂😂
I don’t understand why people don’t slow down when conditions are like this! It’s nuts!
Because they're idiots!
Bunch of idiots that shouldn't have licenses
Did you ever see Fast and Furious? Mad Max?
I am so glad to see folks from up north can handle the snow and drive so well. Way to go drivers.
Who else breathed a sigh of relief at 3:39 when the semi managed to avoid everyone and slid off into the field?
Excellent luck or skill.
2 of them did, one right after the other.
They didn't slide off. They steered off to avoid killing someone. Even at their own peril. Truckers code.
@@bigdaddeo76 Does the "trucker's code" also include driving way too fast for the conditions?
@@JohnJ-fj2xe Of course not. But at least they chose to go off in the ditch rather than their mistake costing someone else their life.
Alot of folks hate truckers but this video is proof that we don't think twice about taking our rig off the road to avoid killing people. That's what makes our job so damn dangerous everything is fine and dandy one minute then all of a sudden you need to make a split second decision to put your life in jeopardy to avoid killing others. Keep on trucking and be safe out there.
Those were few of the smart drivers
Trucks could stop and the cars couldnt. Go figure.
Or.....or maybe you could try slowing your stupid ass down so you don't have hero it up by "taking your rig off the road"
Fucking moron
@@lawsonfan5797 You are driving about 45 in snowy weather and all of a sudden ahead it becomes apparent that the car in front of you is in fact not moving and you have a very small window to react. That's what he's talking about. No matter how fast you are going. Here let me go get a step storm and help you down off your high horse.
@@@zanepotter3659 That won't be a problem if you're paying attention and looking far enough ahead. It's called driving for the conditions. You see, then you won't have to be in a position to "take our rig off the road" because you will have time to slow down. When you see footage of massive pileups, it's because drivers refuse to slow down, they wanna blast down the road showing everybody how they "ain't scared" to drive in the snow. I won't say there will never be a situation where you might not be able to avoid hitting something but what I saw on this vid and in the 28 yrs I have been doing this job, is that the majority of these types of incidents could be avoided.
And don't you fret, I can get on and off my high horse just fine.
No step storm needed........
Being from Northern Ontario where we get a LOT of snow, I know what to do and what not to do when driving in these conditions. I always slow down and am on high alert. It still amazed me how some drivers just fly past me as if it’s a clear, dry day.
And you're being a massive hazardous obstacle by doing that. It isn't safe to do at all. Get off the highway if you don't want to drive highway speed.
@@iunnox666 Calm down tough guy. I said that I slow down. Slowing down for me is driving the speed limit. Get off your high horse.
@@dorothysmith3850 Sorry sweetie, but it's a completely reasonable assumption given what I've seen on Ontario roads. People going 60-80 for no reason on the highway, even in good conditions, is a common occurance.
Carful Dorthy, that ain't your Kansas...
I'm even sitting here praising God for every mile......
And my hat is off to ya
I won't go east of Winnipeg anymore ....
@@iunnox666 The people driving fast in bad conditions are a far greater hazard
If you ever come up upon a pile up like this, try to get around the outside so you're not the last one! Your life may depend on it!
And try not to hit the idiots walking around the outside.
We live 20 mts from this accident. The conditions were awful. I'll never understand why people drive so fast when they absolutely know they cannot see 25 ft ahead. It's so dangerous. Prayers for the injured
Bad weather's fault: 0% / Stupidity's Fault: 100%
Yes!
@Basil Ramel And, excessive speed, and sitting around thinking it is safe.
Yep. If you've lived in the Midwest for any amount of time, common sense tells you to slow the heck down in weather like this. But no, everyone is in a big damn hurry these days. Sad.
@Basil Ramel no Dumb ass drivers not maintaining speeds and following distances are to Blame. The weather has nothing to do with fault.
@Basil Ramel You just proved your stupidity with that answer? They were not driving for the conditions which makes them stupid and not the conditions. The law states that you drive according to the conditions. If you cannot see you slow the duck down.
This should be mandatory viewing during every drivers exam; the difference between 30 mph and 60 mph in bad weather.
MrWguts absolutely! But people will always speed no matter what the conditions are. it's sad
Exactly. 25 to 30 MPH max in those conditions.
John Halstead when I was in the police academy, we had to drive in close groups in wet conditions
Amen!!!!
I thought you were supposed to go faster in the snow?
I lived in Des Moines Iowa at the time of this storm and was driving back to my hometown of clear lake Iowa two hours north on I35 I was 30 minutes ahead of this pileup and I’m so thankful
The amount of people that get out of there cars in these pileups blow my mind. I get you were in an accident and get freaked out, but unless your car is on fire stay put. In all of these big pile ups over the past few years the fatalities are almost exclusively people that get crushed after exiting their vehicles.
Or best to run forward away from trouble, at least until the smashing has all stopped,
I'd be afraid of car fires 🔥
You are correct
No, if you can exit and flee the scene is best. Don't stay in your car and risk being smashed up like a sardine in a tin.
@@July-A7 What you do mean no? You should never get out of your car in one of these pileup unless staying present an immediate danger to your life. Google any of these crazy pile ups and you will see almost every fatality is from someone getting crushed after leaving their car. These are relatively low speed collisions where the kinetic energy is being absorbed/spread by the pile of vehicles, you're risk of being crushed inside you car is next to zero.
"I can barely see the hood of my car, let's gun it and get home already"
💯
No one had their hazard lights on
Someone in front of a line of vehicles “ everybody is moving along good let me check my brakes for no reason. They may have quit working.” Pile up ensues.
Oh my gosh, this is terrible to watch. I can't believe how fast these people were driving in icy conditions.
It’s capitalism
Same where I live. It only has to rain and out come even more idiots, racing through the streets literally glued to your rear bumper like they think it's their God-given right to force people off the road. Stupid, selfish and dangerous people.
You can see that one large truck was able to stop along w the other two cars behind it why didn’t couldn’t he others? Mainly bc the others were already driving too fast! ppl were already too stupid to drive on these type of conditions and they should have stopped at the closest hotel, restaurant or farm house r barn than to drive in these conditions and get killed! One stupid mistake
@@spithere4933 it doesn't have anything to do with capitalism. You should try living in a socialist economy and in the winter you still have to go to work. It has nothing to do with the kind of economy and everything to do with people just not driving safe. Smh!
AMEs IOWA idiot capital of USA corn holers at their best LOL
I am from this area. What you cannot see from this view are two critical facts. Just over the far horizon, there is a clover leaf interchange. Cars turning right have to drastically slow down to make a relatively sharp turn in bad conditions. The drastic difference in vehicle speeds is what is causing the pile up. The other factor that is not apparent in the video is that there is an overpass that crosses a rail line. That overpass is crowned and people's line of site is blocked. The cars coming into this pile up have just crossed the overpass.
I can't even process this .
Death toll : one killed, at least five injured (source: DMR )
Failure, on every possible level. It looks like mass psychosis.
Road: Not closed.
Speeds: Not reduced , even when they see a collision in front of them.
Truckers: Pro drivers, hauling ass on black ice, when they shouldn't have even started the engine today.
If there was no film, I wouldn't believe it.
PSA: always have a blanket, extra warm clothes and some water and food in your car in the Winter for moments like This. Even if you aren’t in an accident, you may be stuck on the road for HOURS.
Right! Plus a fairly large candle in a coffee can, matches, medication, first aid kit, flashlight, granola bars or sealed foods, TP, full tank of gas, boots, foot liners, wool socks, heavy gloves, hat & sleeping bag. Make sure the tailpipe is cleared. Those hand warmers are great for feet and hands.
Stay with your car. Do not set out walking. Stay in your car. Warm up when you absolutely must. Keep a phone charger in your car.
And a few empty plastic bottles to pee in!!!!!
@@jasong428 lol 😆 I was trying to find a way to say that 🤣🖐
My brother lived in Illinois and he always did this.
@@jasong428 absolutly in fact you can just pee out the door or by the door the blowing snow and the door and a long coat can hide you, lol. we got caught once in a stand still traffic and I had to go so my hubby ran through the center grass area to get to a resturant, never again. will have a way to go when we are not going.lol
It’s snowing with no visibility who in their right mind would be going that fast!!!
Um... no visibility, how then are we able to watch this carnage. People just don't pay close enough attention, and a factor of many other things.
@@toddolson573 What I ment was the pile up was in the foggy area and continued. We don’t know if all these cars were coming over a blind hill saw the cars piled up and couldn’t stop because of the speed they were traveling.
@@lucylulu1544 if there is ice on the road and fog and a hill, you gotta think there might be a accident ahead. Reduce speed idiot
Lot's of MORONS on the ROAD TODAY
Can't see lights. Why are large trucks allowed to drive in these conditions?
When I took driver's way back in high school in 1977, the first day of class the instructor wrote one huge word on the chalkboard in all capital letters:
SPEED
Releases RAW FOOTAGE. You can see this for EVERY highway and freeway, in real time. Just toss out the interstate and mile marker. What a DARING channel
I well remember that I was driving in conditions like that once in my life and was very blessed that the truckers banded together and gradually slowed everyone down and seeing that my car was so iced up ( I could hear them on the CB but they could not hear me) they formed a protective shield around me and guided me until I could pull off into a truck stop. Hats off to all the OTR drivers out there.
Unfortunately, over the last 20 to 25 years the drivers have all become part of that me generation, very very few of them have a radio anymore but would rather depend on that cell phone to tell them what's going on and that cell phone only tells them about 1/10 of what they need to know if that much...... I just came off the road after 27 and a half years out there I've seen it they drive like maniacs and I try to stay away from them... I'd hear some of them get on the radio said I know it all I've done it all and I key up and ask where you at driver he says why I said I want to know where so I can know to stay the hell away from where you at because right now you are the most dangerous driver out here they shut up after that... And I was fortunate enough to never get caught up in anything anywhere close to this, and when I was in this kind of weather I was parked so that if anything like this showed up I didn't have to worry about it I wasn't in it
@@theoriginaldab people do not realize that sometimes it is not worth driving in poor conditions. If one is not on their nerves when driving in such poor driving conditions, then definitely they are crazy.
can u play that tape (cb) on top this vid??
I had a truck driver guide me out of a severe snow storm. God bless them
@@ginakenyon5373 God is a monkey
Lesson: If you encounter a pile up don't sit and wait for it to clear!!! You're a sitting duck. Drive off to the side as quickly as you can if at all possible.
And if you can’t DONT get out of the car!! (unless it’s on fire) seeing the people standing in the road just watching and then having to dodge 18 wheelers made me want to scream!!
Trying to get through is a good idea as well. Put some wrecked cars behind you as a barrier against the cars still piling up.
It's not if you can get it stopped it's everyone behind u
Yes. Or walk. But leave the road!
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
Dad driving us on the other highway:
"Glad we're not heading in that direction..."
This is like that scene in Idiocracy where there is a bridge out with a pile of cars below it and everyone just keeps driving right off it.
As an OTR semi-driver who's been in such conditions many times, (in fact on this very section of road), this is a prime example of driving way too fast for conditions due to poor visibility and not simply just slick conditions.
Kudos to the 2 drivers that put there trucks in the median to keep from killing someone
100% agree, live in Alberta, Canada and there lots of pick-up drivers driving like they have explosive diarrhea in Winter.
Tell that to your fellow OTR semi-drivers!
Prime example of why CBs can save lives. Those two trucks that arrived and took the ditch midway through the vid should have known about the pile up 2 miles before they got there.
@@bennyedmondson8919 - Please get a handle on the difference between there, their, and they're before offering any more of your idiocy. Thank you, that is all.
Several inches of snow. Freezing temperatures. Everything is white. Visibility low. Should I slow down? Ummm, nope...
Sounds like Californians while driving when it rains. Still driving 80mph with a less than 2 second following distance, then they honk at you when you are driving at the speed limit or slower with a 7 second following distance. Seems to me like almost all the vehicles were driving way too fast and too close to each other to be able to stop on time.
Also, why do the roads look like that?! What was IDOT doing!?
Edit: Oh... Missing the I apparently.
Edit2: IDOT (Iowa Department Of Transportation)
You can see form the video the people who were paying attention and those who weren't. So easy to pick them out.
You will never see a more satisfying IQ test administrated than this.
The fact that drivers of 18 wheelers are going this fast in these conditions is mind boggling.
It’s astounding how many drivers have absolutely no idea how to turn on their hazard flashers.
I doubt youd be able to see them anyway.
How do you know they did not. You cannot even see the brake lights in this video.
Unfortunately most drivers do not watch far enough ahead and only watch the tail of the vehicle in front of them, by then it is too late.
It's the very first thing you do, to warn others behind you! I was thinking the same thing. Plus, all those people walking around in the likely path of cars was ridiculous!
That's a great point.
@@captglenn100 I tend to look 3-5 cars ahead of me when there's substantial traffic when driving in normal conditions. Always be weary of your surroundings.
Part of me is thinking “why tf were you driving so fast.” And the other part is feeling empathy for everyone involved
the smart people stay home , and the idiots go driving . you see a pile up slow down they drive like idiots in that state .
I don't feel sorry for them at all.
I can't feel empathy for idiots
@Mary Last yes !! I totally agree but there is no excuse for this ignorance !! Therefore I don't and won't feel empathy for thier ignorant stupidity caused
@Mary Last I'm a long haul truck big rigg driver own my own business I've driven every where this is preventable 100 %
Honestly jaw dropping how fast people go in those conditions.
This is one of the best videos on UA-cam that I have seen. It’s really brought cheer to the end of my holiday 😊
This was anxiety producing. Everyone was driving too fast!!
I agree. One of the first things a driver is supposed to learn is drive according to conditions.
Way to fast for conditions
Fr it’s stupid look at the semis big dummy I swear I’m a cdl driver and pisses me off when it snowing hard the the semi drive pass like it’s nothing then u drive down the road and see them stuck
Oddly satisfying as they say on boobtube
@@dopeboy5199 don't forget the 4 wheelers, brother
I don't get it, why was so many drivers going that fast with zero visibility and icy conditions, its like they where all compelled to accelerate
Think THIS is bad? Look at all the Russian dashtop videos! Slowing down and not looking ahead was never taught!
@@azmike3572 take in mind that in Russia, drivers are REQUIRED to have a dash cam.
That is why we see so many accident videos from there.
rbagel55, thanks for that info. I didn't know it was mandatory. I read the dashcams helps sort out fault in accidents with insurance companies there.
Growing up in South Dakota i can definitively tell you Iowegians are retarded drivers. Idiots Out Walking Around.
@@dmikebuechler 😁😂
Unbelievable how fast people driving for that condition
Every single one of them are now cursing themselves for not driving more slowly, for not paying attention and NOT driving for the obvious weather conditions.
What blows my mind is that some cars approach the accident scene at full speed.....WOW!
Probably texting
Eye Yam Sofa King Stew Paid not everyone does, only the ignorant. Which in this case is mainly about 90% of the drivers.
+Eye Yam No I don't drive like that in bad weather, we just had some bad weather in my area and when I went home that night I was driving like 25mph (speed limit is 45mph) Yes there were other people going faster but there was also some going slower then me.
Should be alot slower and moving past!!! ***safety first***
Why did they go too fast in this weather??? SMH
White SUV driver on the far right was the smartest of the bunch. If your car is not incapacitated, get the heck out of there, no matter where you have to go!!!!
Elisha then not to mention right away there's dipshits out walking around checking shit out.
Absolutely!!! You do not want to become the pressed ham in a Peterbilt sammitch!
I would expect most people out there to be driving big pickup trucks with 4wd that could just drive out of the ditch
True, but then it's a good thing the right shoulder was clear when some of those semis came through.
They just seat there!
i was driving down a mountain once in conditions very similar to this (it was blizzarding but we had to get home so we could go to work the next day!). everything was fine, hunky-dory. then, a bright red pickup flew past on the left and flew past the semi i was settled in behind, lost control just as they passed, and slid right into the semi's path. i remember seeing the pickup disappear and then every light that semi had fried my eyes!! i somehow managed to slow down and watch as the semi flew off the road and sent so much snow up that the world went white. all i could think of was the now invisible pickup somewhere ahead of me, and the fact that i literally could not see farther than my windshield.
after the snow cleared, i was able to see that not only had both pickup and semi made it through without flipping, but they were both completely unscathed. the fast action of the semi sending themselves off the road onto a slippery grass median probably saved my life, the semi's, and the pickup's.
use. the. median.
3:33 Besides the 2x truckers, the white SUV on the right was probably the smartest passenger vehicle driver. They pulled ALL THE WAY to the right avoiding any collision with other vehicles 👏👏👏👍👍
I''d be creeping along at 40 mph with the blinkers on, like the ol' lady I am!
valkyrie1066 your blinkers are a hazard! Drive at 40 if you choose activate blinkers when there is a danger.
I've done it in hard rain and on ivy roads.
valkyrie1066 40 is way too fast!
Iron Monster really my point 6 months ago was don’t use them if not necessary. Too many people ride around when it sprinkling with their hazards on.
In Europe (and most of the world tbh) using your blinkers to sign danger or bad conditions is very useful.
In America however, it is a hazard, since the blinkers, directional lights ánd break lights often are the exact same red colour, making them all the more confusing on the road.
What blows me away the most is how fast these people are traveling on those road conditions.
It's Iowa
How fast they are going, period.
Don't know why it's so shocking. World filled with idiots.. no common sense.
@@ScorpionZam and your point is?.. They are being beyond stupid and going too fast for those conditions. Case Closed!!!
@@dmeckola7678 It's how it is there during the winter. I would say perhaps southern Minnesota is worse, but Iowa is definitely up there with stupid winter drivers
"Here I am driving in terrible winter conditions, icy roads covered with snow and low visibility and plenty of other traffic. I better not slow down for safety".
My drivers Ed teacher made it very clear: going vs stopping in snow are two vastly different things. Just because you can GO at that speed doesn't mean you can stop at that speed.
I have a feeling the last truck and two buses worked together to slow down vehicles behind them as they had already heard about the pileup. I've seen this in person before.
Respect
I was thinking about the same thing.
@@Akashpagol I was, too.
The problem is that there will be idiots behind them who didn't get the memo and might plow into them, and then carnage continues.
Yes but they are blocking the little cars so really there protecting the people in the front
Once upon a time, 35 years ago, I was driving an empty semi on 22x, south of Calgary at 4 in the morning and came over a hill to find a car parked in the middle of the road. Icy road with no shoulder and my choice was hit the car or take the field. I rhubarbed it. Then I hiked to the car to find it running with the driver laying across the seat. I knew that if he got away my boss would think I fell asleep at the wheel and fire me. I set out flares before the crest of the hill to warn any drivers to slow down, then I let the air out of all the tires on the car so he couldn't drive away. Then I hiked down the road a mile or so to a gas station and used the phone to call the RCMP. They showed up before the guy could get away and busted him for impaired driving. It took the rest of the day to get the rig back on the road but I kept the job. It's the only time in over 40 years of driving semi's that I had to do that, and I was very aware of keeping the angle right so I didn't roll over, but after hitting the brakes and locking everything up, I knew my only option was the field. If I'd hit that car I would have killed him.
When I first started driving for a living in 1969, an old guy told me you can't call yourself a trucker till you've rolled one. I think I can call myself a trucker because I've never rolled one.
I'd say that was a professional move ya made on that call to the mounties.
And I will have to agree with you
A professional trucker is one that survives the ride.
Kudos to you for making it out unscathed
Kevin Parker You should have kept it on the road and eliminated one problem of the road! But....I can tell you have common sense, which is lacking amongst many others out there!
abe mathiau Please take a look at the video on my channel. I'm driving from Fort Mcmurray to Calgary in a semi in the winter. Road conditions are limited visibility and fresh snow on top of ice with a nasty crosswind from my right. Pay attention to the speedometer. Now apologize for calling me a jackass.
e greenie And he would spend the rest of his life lamenting that he took someone's life when he could have avoided doing so.....idiot
Jackie Campbell
Lets play this out. Say you are driving down the road behind Kevin and you see everything as its happening, the car stopped in the road and Kevin taking the field to avoid hitting it. Now that Kevin is in the field and you are stopped there saying "Wow! What the hell just happened?? What do I do"??, and the person in the car hears all the commotion and wakes up. He looks at what he just caused, starts his car(if it wasn't running) and takes off flying down the road drunk as hell. Now, you leave after checking on the truck driver and as your ass is driving down the road, in a couple miles, you come upon the next wreck that the drunk caused and you say "Wow! What the fuck?!?! Its the same car from where the truck is and he hit someone head on! Oh my, that other car is so fucked up, you cant even tell it was a car. Nobody can be alive in there!". Then you hear screaming coming from the person in the other car, "help me, somebody please help me". Now the car catches on fire and before any fire dept can get there, the car absolutely burned to nothing, with the person still trapped inside and being burned alive, on top of all their other injuries. Of course, the drunk driver survives (like they always do). Now the fire dept, cops and ambulance roll up, get whats left of the fire out while the cops are questioning you. They find the drivers wallet in his back pocket and they hand it to the cops to identify the victim and, being curious,as I'm sure you are, you ask if they can tell you who it was. They tell you "it was a teenage boy. A Mr. Campbell from just up the road". You noticed I used YOUR last name because it was YOUR son coming home from work and that was screaming while being burned alive! And you in turn would be saying the same thing I did....."That truck driver should have killed that stupid drunk when he had the chance!! Now my son's dead!" Boo hoo😭boo hoo😭waaa waaa waaaa😭....dumbass!
I can’t believe it. If you can’t see how can you justify speeding. Incredible stupidity.
As a Canadian. Driving in this weather without winter tires is SUICIDAL...
Loved the quick thinking of the person in the small car, who was quick thinking enough to veer off into the hedges. They then drove into a farmer's track to stay safely out the way.
1:36 that truck going off the road was the smartest move that driver made in a long time.
Truck drivers make intelligent decisions every 15 seconds or less when there are four-wheelers nearby.
@@earladams2836 Thank you for standing up for truckers.
Excellent reactions by both of them !
@@LG-pj4qh Thank you. I drove (3rd career) commercially from age 66 to 76. I actually miss it. Avg approx 90K year.
And you know that as a fact? Do you care to share some evidence to back your statement Mr. Nick? Do you know these Semi drivers personally?
So eerie to watch it all from a distance in silence
Imagine you’re the guy driving cautiously and you see this huge pileup and have to stop and can’t get to where you’re going
I’d be pulling off onto the grass ASAP to avoid being hit
Cant believe how dumb some are. Guy in red p/u sat behind semi un damaged for ever. Lots of roads to get off. Drive into bushes ,anywhere...
None of these idiots can see the pile up ahead yet they are all coming in doing 90mph down a snowy icy highway.
Better to try to pick your way through the wreck if you can. Put some wrecked vehicles between you and the others still coming. If the road is blocked then drive way over as far as you can.
@msE Mae you can get to where the grass would be.
@@frenchvanilla7109 it was 91...geesh
First batch, Slows down and everything seems ok
Then came like 20 cars who felt that 80mph was fine in these conditions.
They give licenses out too easily these days
In my opinion they should retest everyone on some type of basis
At least there is video of who lost control of their car first to cause the accident/s. Who had very good control, and who was smart to go up the hill and not hit anyone. I was very scared for the ppl out of the cars n here comes a semi. Not a good choice. Not as bad as the one in TX a week ago tho. Thankfully
I know, right? I had to check my playback speed. For a minute I thought it must be at 1.5x, but no! Instead it was at least 70mph!
What do you do if you're at the end? Stay in car or get out and run off the road?
How fast does something like this get cleared?
Being in an active pileup looks like one of the scariest things to live through
tudorjason and yet at the same time I can’t look away
I was driving north through OKC years ago and they had just gotten a butt load of freezing rain ( a bit rare for the area) . Just north of the city there was a long, straight decline followed by a long straight incline. When I came over the crest of the hill it looked like a freaking skating rink. Cars and trucks sliding every which way, all across both Lanes, the median and the ditches. Crashes happening everywhere. I know how to drive in bad conditions...no heavy breaking or sudden changes. I aimed my car down the center of our two lanes and just tried to breathe. Car swerving right in front and behind me. Somehow or another I made it all the way through untouched. Good driving, yes, but a huge amount of just plain old luck as well.
It's amazing to me just how fast they are going and how many aren't paying attention to what is ahead of them. Those two truckers were the most quick reacting.
Its what we do all day every day . I've got 3 million miles and zero accidents . You shouldn't be traveling more than 15 mph in those conditions . And you should be looking for a place to park not getting to your destination . That stretch of I-35 is notorious for black ice .
The truckers were sitting higher up and could see over the road spray.
The truckers reacted quickly but calmly.
Do people not see break lights ahead and start slowing down before they reach the other cars?
@@LW-wg4ny If you break your brake lights, you're not going to see anything.
“It should be safe if I just stay here at a dead stop in the middle of this snow and ice covered highway.” Probably went to Harvard.
I'm not sure if it was the quality of the camera but, there are no headlights on and no hazard lights were used upon the first cars accident.
I was cringing so hard at the speeds some of these vehicles looked to be reaching.
Especially the few late ones who didn't seem to slow down at all and really plowed into the stopped vehicles.
lolocaust probably all Hillary and Bernie supporters....
My thoughts exactly. If your visibility is restricted because of the weather conditions drive accordingly. Of course at some point you have to make the decision not to drive but some people will drive in anything.
Yea, some of them seem to be going way too fast and/or not paying attention.
Galaxy2517 that's a good program right there
"Yeah, hello, Boss, I'm gonna be late for work today, in fact I'm not going to make it at all. You'll see why on the evening news."
Snowy as hell, icy roads, bad visibility. Yep, a 2-second gap should be good.
There is never ever an emergency when you should be out of your house in this kind of weather. You are warned at least 3 days in advance by TV and Radio stations.
Pretty much every single driver was going WAY TOO FAST. In poor conditions like this, SLOW DOWN!!! 100% preventable
Absolutely agree - with road conditions like that I'm amazed at the speed.
They were all pissed new England fans😣
NO! some of them were able to stop in time, only to get rear ended by the schmuck behind them who was driving to fast, see other comments if this happens in front of you and your car is still able to move you're best to get off the roadway if you can.
yep sometimes it's safer to drive a little faster than you should as not to get taken out by other drivers that may be driving to fast. There is no one "safe" speed for a condition it will vary from vehicle to vehicle and driver to driver. if you're not comfortable driving a the speed the interstate is moving you might be safer taking a county or state highway.
Matt B watch in 2x speed
My dad just made me watch this for driving advice- he said that if in a situation like that, either drive up the side as far as possible like the rightmost driver at 2:45 or just get off the road and drive as far away as possible like the car in the field at 3:45 and then call 911. Don't just stop and sit there, you'll just become the next person to get rear-ended.
The 1st Keeper Of Tales You'd think that would be common sense but people act stupid in emergency situations. Also some cars are so damaged they can't move out of the way.
And you shouldn't get out of your vehicle unless 1. it's on fire or 2. it's clear and you can run as fast as you can off of the roads and to safety. And hope that no cars will be hit and go in your direction.
That's pretty good advice. You drive, and have your passenger call 911. Remember to get the highway mile marker number so first responders know which exit to use.
The 1st Keeper Of Tales I hope he also told you dont get beside a tractor- trailer & just sit there, pass him & get on down the road. Also dont pass it then step on your brakes like SO MANY cars do for some unexplained reason!!!😡
your dad is a smart man and is right
everyone if ever encountering in this situation, be the person in the white suv that knew enough to pull off to the furthest side off the road.
Driving like it's summer is an annual early winter tradition in Canada.
*Icy and Snowy*
"Let's speed everyone"
Same as the crash that happened on 35 in Texas this week, semi's going 70mph+ on black ice 😒
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I think most except a few pay for most the damages. That one truck driver should get a medal for safe driving.
My eyes were sprained just watching this. If there are any lawyers watching this, let's take it to court.
If you're trying to sue humanity for being stupid, I'll take a piece of that pie.
A clear example of how adjusting your speed accordingly to the weather conditions makes a big difference. Those that did came to a full stop well before the accident. Only to be rear ended shortle after by the morons that thought they were invincible
3:37 That semi driver had so great driving skills to avoid hitting anyone
Skill?
If he had skill he/she wouldn't have been caught up in it.
You are mixing up ambition/skill.
@@vtwin1979 Complacent to be going that fast, skill to avoid it.
@@vtwin1979 so you’re saying if you were driving in this, and unexpectedly YOU get caught up in something like this, you would just ram through everyone?? it’s people like you bro. obviously he’s driving that big truck, the pileup came out of no where, the roads are slick, you can’t just fucking stop.. that driver did exactly what he should of done to save everyone else from getting hit by him/her.
and if you look at it again he isn’t going nearly as fast as everyone else.
@@haleyrohrbaugh4057
He wasn't driving to the conditions otherwise he wouldnt have crashed.
Other trucks stopped without issue. That just proves it.
its almost as if you cant drive 65 mph in a blizzard
Living in Ohio, I have driven in this kind of weather a lot. These cars should be able to see the slowdown ahead and/or pile up in enough time to start to slow down. People everywhere are simply driving too maniacal these days. This is an insurance nightmare! I hope no one was seriously hurt. 😱
I'm sure there were people injured.
The last time I checked, snow, ice & low visibility means slow down & take it easy NOT speed up & get reckless! !!
They can't hear you
They don't care.
It's all about them and what they want regardless of who gets hurt. Making excuses, failing to take responsibility for one's actions and blame shifting is very popular these days. If you're really good at it, you can get elected President by like minded twits.
mipilot30: Let us not forget that they also think they are immune to crippling injury or death.
Haven't you all heard that white stuff means you get better traction, the more there is the faster you can go....
I was another thread and a guy (I'm betting he was young) was really defending speeding. Saying it is not speed that causes accidents/loss of life. Bad drivers cause accidents/loss of life. I responded with some examples. Manly that very minor moves can be recovered and not cause an accident but add speed, reaction time is way less, ability to recover is way less and impact is way more extreme whereas loss of life is way higher. He called me names and called me a nag and go nag my husband. Lol. I let him get to me bc I have to drive on the same road as these people.
When I said hitting gravel at a normal speed you can recover. But add speed and you lose control very easy, spin flip etc. He thought I proved his point re only bad drivers would hit gravel and that proves bad drivers are to blame as he originally said. There are all kinds of unpredictable situations that can cause an accident that does not include other drivers.
I am so frustrated with all this. Accidents have risen, deaths have risen. Insurance costs have risen all because of yes bad drivers or arrogant drives who think they are invincible.
Am I wrong? How can anyone defend speeding.
Oh and he brought up the "highway in Germany" um you mean the Autobahn lol. I had researched this long ago bc of peoples belief that speed doesnt kill and after he made these statements. 35% of all drivers in Germany drive on the Autobahn. 11% of all car accidents in Germany are on the Autobahn. Now the population is very high there but I still think this is a high number. And contrary to popular belief there is a suggested speed limit on the Autobahn (I didn't know this) but it is not a law. I don't tolerate speeding at all. Arogance and impatience does not belong on our roads and highways. How many people have to die in completely avoidable "accidents".....no it's choices.
Speed Kills... Hard to believe that people drive so fast in these bad weather conditions.
They don't learn.
I drive fast on flat, dry roads. I know how to drive well. Not race car well but better than most. In snow? HELL no.
Honestly grouping up will kill you faster then speed. I would rather drive fast or slow what ever it takes to not be close. Ill take a trip into the ditch over the back of a semi any day.
Speed doesn’t kill. It’s that sudden stop that kills.
@@roxxigirl1320 sudden anything. Even a flat bottom sled will ho straight down a hill where momentum takes it as long as nothing is in the way.
And this is why you'll never convince me to move back to a snowy state lol.
Can't believe people were driving that fast in a snow storm!
3:45 absolutely amazing work by these 2 truckers! They saved many lives thinking quickly the way they did.
Exactly what I thought
The fine art of controlled ditching.
@@josephastier7421 Yes, it should be taught,many rollovers happen from overcorrecting when headed towards a ditch. The ditch is your friend same as runaway ramp is
They saved many lives I’m sure of it.
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I drive a LOT of miles each year - in the midwest, especially. I can't even count the number of pileups like these that I've witnessed first-hand. Thankfully (knock on wood) I've always managed to avoid collision or contact. One thing that is consistent in almost every case is a civilian driver who - instead of slowing down - tries to take another lane last minute. It always - always - accelerates the issue. Just slow the hell down, pay attention, and be prepared to stop. Period!
Well said n thank you.
Evidence that Iowa is full of dumbasses lol.
@@M.C.G. Two WEEKS ago, I was driving in conditions very similar to this. The right lane was relatively clear, and the left lane was snow covered. A white Corvette was behind me, and traffic was moving about 45-50 mph. The Corvette decided to pass me on the left - in the fresh snow. The driver sped up to about 60-65 mph, and a truck decided to follow his lead. It was almost 6:00 pm, so light was low, but I could still see - plainly - with the naked eye. After the Corvette and truck passed me, I saw the Corvette trying - desperately - to get back into the right lane. He tried multiple times, and then just went for it, as the pickup truck was right on his ass. The Corvette swerved back-and-forth, like a fish, and then went BACKWARDS into the ditch to the right. The truck behind him lost control, and went into the median between the east and west highways. Both vehicles became incapacitated. Yeah - it sounds easy, because it IS easy.! Slow the fuck down. 45 miles in ONE hour beats the shit out of ZERO miles in 6 hours.
Just as all those trucks did as well
@@M.C.G. ...it really is that simple! It use to be that you had to be one car length for every ten miles per hour you were driving, I don’t think that’s even on the driving test anymore BUT it should be
Here’s the reason why I’ll never move to the Midwest:
It's like a double whammy. Getting in a pile up and being in Ames Iowa.
They are driving like it's a dry, warm, sunny day - that's what caused this.
Car after car was speeding too fast for the conditions
All of that could of been prevented. Driving to fast caused all that.
@@rickarnold6513
The source of the cause before the others drove too fast are the drivers way down the street who had stopped in the middle of the street. If they never stopped, than this would have never happened. They'd still be driving without any wrecks to begin with. So all of that could have been prevented if the drivers were still driving in the very front. But, the speeding is the second cause. The third cause is the drivers decided to drive in the fog instead of staying home until it all cleared away. Their decision to drive in the first place, caused themselves to get in this situation.
@@marciturner4570 you have no idea why they stopped. They didn't just stop for no reason. And if people knew how to drive they would never thought there would be a pile up behind them.
This is why you slow down. Bc you never know what is up ahead and need to stop. Speed is the primary reason.
I feel bad for the ones who were going an appropriate speed and were able to stop and avoid an accident only to be rear ended by a car that was going too fast and couldn't stop.
I can't beleive how many people defend speeding.
The ones who were able to stop proves speeding is what caused the collision. Only the speeders couldn't stop.
@@Michelle-fi3ze
That's why you drive slow. Not stop and stay put in the middle of the road for long period of time. There were no stoplight to stop at. If you are going to stop and stay there that long, pull over to the shoulder on the right.
@@marciturner4570 you can,t see well enough to know why they stopped I was thinking that they had stopped because their vehicles had collided and been disabled or they most likely would have got their vehicles off the highway.
So I'm a truck driver, and I end up in these kind of conditions at least once a year it seems.
I just remember this one time in Wyoming, I was doing literally 35 mph, flashers on,, trying to make it to the next truck stop so I could shut down, because I actually do not care if whatever I'm hauling gets there on time.
Anyway, I got flipped off for driving so slow by another trucker, blew his horn and everything, and then he jack knifed across the road. I pulled on the shoulder and went around, and I saw no less than 3 other trucks go into the ditch on either side because they were all doing 55+(probably 80 tbh, they always are).
Anyway, I encountered the guy who jack knifed at the truck stop later that night. He had no idea who I was, and he told me the story of how the "idiot" going way too slow caused him to crash. He'd been driving for 99 years, driven a million miles in reverse, all that sh*t. He was invincible, and it was my fault.
Idk man. I just refuse to drive on roads like this. Too many people think nothing bad can ever happen to them.
3:34 is terrifying.. 2 minutes of this video is far worth more than hours of driver training. This video should be mandatory before getting a license to drive in Northern States.
Why drive so effing fast on what is essentially a one lane road where there's limited visibility? Good grief.
4:07 dude was like "screw this I'm gtfoh"
I was cheering for that dude. I woulda skeedaddled way sooner though!
I see this shit every winter. All day every day that the weather is bad. Been trucking for 46 years and it ain’t getting better. It’s getting worse.
In the USAF stationed at Offutt AFB back in the day and scared shitless to drive in conditions like this. On top of the speeding, you'd see people driving their cars after a fresh snowfall and a mountain of snow on their cars with only a 12" "porthole" scraped out on their windshield and otherwise no visibility to speak of.
Madness! Madness!
Can anyone say, “too fast for conditions”?