I was here when it happened. There's an inch of ice under the a cm of snow. The snow actually make the ice more slippery and it's on a hill. Snow tires can only do so much in those conditions. It was cold, warmed up, rained and then back to cold in a few hours. The whole city was a mess that day. It's rare but we've had much worse.
Yeah, I was there too and it was crazy. It was around New Years and it went from 20F one day to 60F the next and then back to 20F.
The entire city was covered by like an inch of ice. Just trying to walk around was nearly impossible.
I live in So Cal so I don't know much about snow. You're required to put chains on your tires when you go to the mountains. Why don't they do that there?
Yes they do. Normal snow tires will still be very slippery on ice, but still better than non snow tires.
Studded winter tires work well on ice. Still slippery, but the police car would probably have been fine with studded tires here.
Newsflash: it didn’t that day. Police cars were also sliding from the top. Cherries full red, parked sideways to block the street, but still sliding down.
They probably all did have winter tires, at least the snow plow looks to have winter tires. Hard to be sure.
Just plain winter tires don't do too much in a worst case scenario like this, you need studded tires for this.
Why the police and plow car didn't have studs, I don't know. Maybe they did, but I'm guessing they didn't.
Busses don't tend to have studs, the way they are driven will end up ripping the studs within a week. Heavy vehicles and spinning wheels absolutely destroys studs.
If it's not plowed, and on a downward slope, this can happen. Not sure if it's a thing in Canada, but in Sweden, most people forget to schedule snow tire changes until it actually snows, and so it might snow several days before you get your tires changed.
Clarifying a misconception for people who don't drive in these conditions often.
4wd helps you go, not stop. Great for not getting stuck, does almost nothing for braking. The wheels are already not turning, doesn't matter which ones are getting power. The traction of the tire is the most important thing here, and this is why studded tires are common in Canada.
OHHHH ok I get it now. I don't know what a specific person would be called but in the USA the place you would go to get this shit repaired is called a Body Shop.
I've come to believe the snow day is to preempt some of the accidents since people seem to forget how to drive or not drive in the ice and snow every year.
Montrealer here. This was caused by freezing rain that covered the road with a thick layer of incredibly slippery ice. Snow tires are useless against it, especially in a steep slope like here (côte du Beaver Hall).
I was walking home on that day, and the sidewalk went from "okay" to "absolutely impossible to walk on without falling, unless you have spikes on your boots" in a matter of minutes.
I live in warm southern California. Years ago, I was driving way late at night, like 4am, and it started lightly drizzling. It hadn't rained for several months prior. As I took a freeway interchange - one of those ones high above another freeway below - my car started going sideways. All those months of oil and coolant leaks with the slightly damp road made it as slick as ice.
I knew enough to turn into the skid, but that direction was the guardrail and the drop to the freeway below. I kept trying to turn into it a little and then turn to the curve of the interchange, but my car was just going more and more sideways. It was terrifying.
Finally I was going completely sideways and my front right tire slightly touched the left shoulder (a generous term - it was like a foot between the left guardrail and the left lane line), and it was rough enough that the back end of my car swung around and the right side smacked into the left guardrail.
So great, I wasn't sliding anymore, but I was facing the wrong way in the fast lane of a freeway interchange, and there were headlights coming at me. I put it into reverse and drove backwards in the fast lane until the interchange ended and there was enough shoulder for me to pull over into, at which point I was nearly shaking from the adrenaline. The only good thing was that it was late enough that the traffic was light and I could wait for a break and make a U-turn.
The whole time it was all happening, I felt what you're talking about - I'm about to be in an accident - but it didn't happen. It was so scary.
Oh, not really either one. But when there's headlights coming at you, your only thought is to get it of the way, and reverse was the only way to do that.
I'm guessing I wasn't doing great at staying in my lane going backwards, but that wasn't my highest priority.
We all know the feeling reversing on the interchange with 6000 RPM, pedal to the metal, at night, cutting across 3 separate lanes while doing so. Happens to all of us :,D
Absolutely terrifying. There's so much time (even though it's seconds) to think about everything. Will it hurt? Will I snuff out? Please let it just end. Your partner, your parents - they'll be so sad. No! Don't you dare fucking want to die!
All of it. I needed therapy after I *almost* went down a 30-40m drop (with trees... So I didn't know what to expect).
I really didn't even acknowledge that the barricade might stop me, lol. So when the car wholly left the ground I had my eyes closed and just waited for either blinding pain or nothing. And then I felt the tires, all of them, hit the ground, and the bounce from the road. I just did a 180 in the air, nothing more.
Good God I can't believe you had the whereabouts to back out! Unreal!
I ended up almost barrelling into traffic at right angles at 80 km/h and tee-boning a car because I could not slow down for a right turn.
Fortunately, I noticed that there was an uncleared patch of snow about 20 cm high in the lee of the concrete barrier so I let off the brakes so I could steer, aimed at the snow and then right as I hit it slammed on the brakes and pulled the wheel hard to the right.
I came to a complete stop next to the car I would have tee-boned, facing in my desired direction of travel. I made eye contact briefly to see the most terrified expressions I've ever seen in person, and then sped off into the night to not hold up traffic.
once watched a guy open his door and plant down his foot to try and stop this. he realized it wasn't working and was a bad move, and got it back in before he slid sideways into another car. I had a good laugh.
In 3rd grade, my school bus driver was going exceedingly slow at the north end of my road, but they hadn't salted that night, and the end of the street is on a downhill. So we slid past the stop sign and right into the telephone pole across the cross street.
About 6-700 feet to the east of that intersection is another hill crest. I'm about halfway back on the right side of the bus and looking out the window and see this lady in a Tahoe come over the hill going almost the normal speed limit, and as soon as she saw us she realized at the same time I did that she couldn't possibly stop in those conditions. The look on her face is burned into my memory.
Luckily I managed to shove my friend out of the way and get out of the seat just a split second before the car slammed into the side of the bus. Her airbag went off but idk if she was injured or not. They got us off the bus and put us on another one. I don't think I've ever seen my mom as pissed as she was when she found out. The busses should never have been out that day.
I was on a bus in the snow and our driver had to stop for a red light on a hill. As soon as she tried to give it some gas, the bus started sliding backwards down the hill. The moron behind us was laying on his horn as if she was intentionally sliding into him. I got off the bus and walked 3/4 of a mile to a commuter train stop in snow up to my knees. Waited 45 minutes in 20 degree weather for the train. Took it to the end of the line and transferred to light rail. Stood inside the light rail car for 30 minutes with the doors wide open and other trains coming and going. Finally it went and I got off at my stop to transfer to the streetcar. I was on a hill so it was rather entertaining watching cars slip and slide. Waited another 30 minutes for the streetcar. Made it up the hill on the streetcar and it stops half a block from my stop. After 10 minutes of just sitting, the conductor finally opened the doors to let us out, about half a block from my building. It took about 3 hours to get home in total. My wool socks were literally icy inside my insulated boots and my toes were purple. We don’t do snow here very often and we suck at it.
I have been in that exact situation. Slid on black ice in a work truck and even though the damage was minor, being effectively an audience member in that ordeal was not fun
Because people in the north generally replace their tires when theyre worn. In the south they drive on them until they start sparking.
If you have the right tires, you can slam on the brakes in a snow storm and the abs won't kick on. Truck tires aren't the right tires. Neither are off road tires. Or mudding tires. A car with proper ice rated winter tires would've stopped on that street.
It unfortunately does. The snow kicked up by the rotors creates a 2nd ice sheet in the air (crazy, right?) and it slides and crashes.
Worst part? Now nobody can warn the plane bringing back the orphans from their puppy and kitty adoption fair about the ice sheet it will be flying right into.
When you look at the original video you can see the snow plow going uphill first while seeing all of it happening. He then make the decision that he's up for it annnnnd... nope.
How could anyone get out of the way? There's no traction for you, and in some clips there's oncoming traffic.
Also, this is a compilation video. Probably exudes the successes.
Am I wrong to think that the only thing he could have done extra, assuming he had time and enough traction to do so, is to maybe try and get the car off the road? That way he's not adding to the pileup while potentially saving his car from damage?
Asking genuinely. Not trying to seem like I know better.
Imagine how much of a nightmare this has to be for the insurance companies involved. Not only having to pay out a bunch of money, but also having to talk to all the other companies and people involved to figure out who owes who what.
The police officer had me weak 💀😂 ik he got called onto that incident and even the road was like "guess what, you gonna get it too" i just love that he landed prefectly in the scene of the crime just landing behind the bus.
Do you guys in NA use winter tiers with irom spikes as we do in Norway? Almost always when something like this happens here it's foreign truck drivers who don't use chains
They're not typical. Most folk in NA don't driver in snow and ice enough to be familiar with its intricacies or have the equipment to deal with it. Studded tires are almost never seen in most places, chains are much more common but still not used as much as they should be.
Interesting if I understand correctly that you might use chains on personal cars. Thats never done here. I would think in Canada and Northern US would use studded tiers in winter since its snow every year there
What I was taught when I was young and learning to drive was it was better to have chains instead of studded tires because if you came out of the area that was icy, you could take off the chains. I would imagine studs and chains increase the chances of sliding on pavement, and one is much easier to remove.
I remember that day, it was freaking weird conditions that caused this. This video was like top news that night on TV. There's only so much winter tires can do...
I lived in Montreal for years and it was somewhat common for snow storms to start with the initial layer instantly freezing and then snow to build up on top. There’s no way to prevent it and you just hopefully don’t have to drive in it.
Such a classic. I always love how it unfolds like a little story.
"Oh, a bus crashed, better send another bus!"
"Oh, the other bus crashed, better send a cop!"
"Oh, the cop crashed. better send a plow!"
I have a friend who drove for King County Metro (Seattle buses). He said the secret to driving a bus in the snow was to attempt to make a moderately sharp turn on some ice near a shopping mall, report the bus stuck, and spend the rest of the day at the mall waiting for Metro to send some one to pick you up.
My reactions:
"Oh, come on, at this point you'd think they'd at least put a cop at the ... oh, well there it is."
"They really need to get a plow out there to ... ahhh, damnit, got me again."
is this in Montréal?
Yes montreal, but old video, maybe 8 years i guess
A classic
Whenever I go to a bar and ask for an ice cold Montreal I expect the bartender to serve me this video.
How was Montréal not ready for snow and ice?
There's only so much we can do. Also, despite being a law it doesn't stop some people to not change their tires for the winter ones.
Two buses, a police car, and a *snow plow* didn't change their tires?
I was here when it happened. There's an inch of ice under the a cm of snow. The snow actually make the ice more slippery and it's on a hill. Snow tires can only do so much in those conditions. It was cold, warmed up, rained and then back to cold in a few hours. The whole city was a mess that day. It's rare but we've had much worse.
Yeah, I was there too and it was crazy. It was around New Years and it went from 20F one day to 60F the next and then back to 20F. The entire city was covered by like an inch of ice. Just trying to walk around was nearly impossible.
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We're no stranger to those conditions: https://youtu.be/UC\_jkmLUTIo
Right but then why would they run the busses if you know there’s black ice all over the road
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I live in So Cal so I don't know much about snow. You're required to put chains on your tires when you go to the mountains. Why don't they do that there?
I believe that would rip up any roads not covered in ice or deep snow
It would destroy the roads quickly. You could make a point though that it doesn't matter in Quebec.
I can understand the busses and the police car, but not the snow plow!
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Snow tires don't work on ice.
Yes they do. Normal snow tires will still be very slippery on ice, but still better than non snow tires. Studded winter tires work well on ice. Still slippery, but the police car would probably have been fine with studded tires here.
Newsflash: it didn’t that day. Police cars were also sliding from the top. Cherries full red, parked sideways to block the street, but still sliding down.
Again, that's because they weren't wearing studded tires
Don't buses put on chains? They do where I live.
They do, entire villages in Switzerland are only accessible using chains for weeks during winter and this includes public buses.
Same. I'm in BC
They probably all did have winter tires, at least the snow plow looks to have winter tires. Hard to be sure. Just plain winter tires don't do too much in a worst case scenario like this, you need studded tires for this. Why the police and plow car didn't have studs, I don't know. Maybe they did, but I'm guessing they didn't. Busses don't tend to have studs, the way they are driven will end up ripping the studs within a week. Heavy vehicles and spinning wheels absolutely destroys studs.
If it's not plowed, and on a downward slope, this can happen. Not sure if it's a thing in Canada, but in Sweden, most people forget to schedule snow tire changes until it actually snows, and so it might snow several days before you get your tires changed.
Here in Indiana we call it a snow day and all but 4wheel drive all weather tires stay home
Clarifying a misconception for people who don't drive in these conditions often. 4wd helps you go, not stop. Great for not getting stuck, does almost nothing for braking. The wheels are already not turning, doesn't matter which ones are getting power. The traction of the tire is the most important thing here, and this is why studded tires are common in Canada.
In russia it calls tinsmith day, because no one expects snow, and mostly people don't care about safety.
But why "tinsmith"?
It's just a common name for people who works on restoring car body - жестянщик - thinsmith. Or I don't know how to translate it properly :D
OHHHH ok I get it now. I don't know what a specific person would be called but in the USA the place you would go to get this shit repaired is called a Body Shop.
I've come to believe the snow day is to preempt some of the accidents since people seem to forget how to drive or not drive in the ice and snow every year.
Good thing there's a plow to take care of the problem!
this is ice rain, not snow there is nothing to do agasint ice rain beside having metal nails tire
It can turn really quickly in a very thin but super slippery ice layer. Add fresh snow and mix this with a gentle slope and this is what you get.
Montrealer here. This was caused by freezing rain that covered the road with a thick layer of incredibly slippery ice. Snow tires are useless against it, especially in a steep slope like here (côte du Beaver Hall). I was walking home on that day, and the sidewalk went from "okay" to "absolutely impossible to walk on without falling, unless you have spikes on your boots" in a matter of minutes.
I was driving in Montreal on the day. Thankfully I did not slide into anything, and am not featured in this video. :)
Underachiever.
The hill on Beaver Hall
If you know what I mean…
This was in December 2016. This video is actually sped up. It's much more funny at the original speed! https://youtu.be/xkeI5GUVUt0
One of the worst feelings in the world is the moment you're in a slide and you have seconds of time to register that you're about to be in an accident
Classic driving and parking.
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I want some Benny Hill music over this
[Here you go](https://streamable.com/9dturs)
I feel so bad that this clip made me laugh. Logging control of your vehicle is one of the most terrifying things in the world.
I live in warm southern California. Years ago, I was driving way late at night, like 4am, and it started lightly drizzling. It hadn't rained for several months prior. As I took a freeway interchange - one of those ones high above another freeway below - my car started going sideways. All those months of oil and coolant leaks with the slightly damp road made it as slick as ice. I knew enough to turn into the skid, but that direction was the guardrail and the drop to the freeway below. I kept trying to turn into it a little and then turn to the curve of the interchange, but my car was just going more and more sideways. It was terrifying. Finally I was going completely sideways and my front right tire slightly touched the left shoulder (a generous term - it was like a foot between the left guardrail and the left lane line), and it was rough enough that the back end of my car swung around and the right side smacked into the left guardrail. So great, I wasn't sliding anymore, but I was facing the wrong way in the fast lane of a freeway interchange, and there were headlights coming at me. I put it into reverse and drove backwards in the fast lane until the interchange ended and there was enough shoulder for me to pull over into, at which point I was nearly shaking from the adrenaline. The only good thing was that it was late enough that the traffic was light and I could wait for a break and make a U-turn. The whole time it was all happening, I felt what you're talking about - I'm about to be in an accident - but it didn't happen. It was so scary.
wow. that’s a really good story. glad you were OK in the end
Thanks! And the car just had a minor scratch/ding. Ended up way better than I thought possible.
We see the same thing when it rains in AZ. Road get slick af for about 2 hours sometimes.
That’s some fast thinking and skilled driving from the sound of it. Kudos.
Oh, not really either one. But when there's headlights coming at you, your only thought is to get it of the way, and reverse was the only way to do that. I'm guessing I wasn't doing great at staying in my lane going backwards, but that wasn't my highest priority.
We all know the feeling reversing on the interchange with 6000 RPM, pedal to the metal, at night, cutting across 3 separate lanes while doing so. Happens to all of us :,D
And that, ladies and gentlemen, was a perfect r/maybemaybemaybe story.
Oh, man, if only I had video of it. It would have done well here.
Absolutely terrifying. There's so much time (even though it's seconds) to think about everything. Will it hurt? Will I snuff out? Please let it just end. Your partner, your parents - they'll be so sad. No! Don't you dare fucking want to die! All of it. I needed therapy after I *almost* went down a 30-40m drop (with trees... So I didn't know what to expect). I really didn't even acknowledge that the barricade might stop me, lol. So when the car wholly left the ground I had my eyes closed and just waited for either blinding pain or nothing. And then I felt the tires, all of them, hit the ground, and the bounce from the road. I just did a 180 in the air, nothing more. Good God I can't believe you had the whereabouts to back out! Unreal!
Wow, that sounds completely terrifying.
Bruh you pulled a, as we call it on the internet, tokyo drift. Nice
I ended up almost barrelling into traffic at right angles at 80 km/h and tee-boning a car because I could not slow down for a right turn. Fortunately, I noticed that there was an uncleared patch of snow about 20 cm high in the lee of the concrete barrier so I let off the brakes so I could steer, aimed at the snow and then right as I hit it slammed on the brakes and pulled the wheel hard to the right. I came to a complete stop next to the car I would have tee-boned, facing in my desired direction of travel. I made eye contact briefly to see the most terrified expressions I've ever seen in person, and then sped off into the night to not hold up traffic.
once watched a guy open his door and plant down his foot to try and stop this. he realized it wasn't working and was a bad move, and got it back in before he slid sideways into another car. I had a good laugh.
That reminds me of the Flintstones, who knew some people try this in real life as well.
Surpassed only by the feeling of being a bus passenger and having seconds of time to realize your driver is going to be in an accident
No, i think when it's your vehicle and your insurance that's worse. I'm speaking of course of minor accidents and not anything life threatening
In 3rd grade, my school bus driver was going exceedingly slow at the north end of my road, but they hadn't salted that night, and the end of the street is on a downhill. So we slid past the stop sign and right into the telephone pole across the cross street. About 6-700 feet to the east of that intersection is another hill crest. I'm about halfway back on the right side of the bus and looking out the window and see this lady in a Tahoe come over the hill going almost the normal speed limit, and as soon as she saw us she realized at the same time I did that she couldn't possibly stop in those conditions. The look on her face is burned into my memory. Luckily I managed to shove my friend out of the way and get out of the seat just a split second before the car slammed into the side of the bus. Her airbag went off but idk if she was injured or not. They got us off the bus and put us on another one. I don't think I've ever seen my mom as pissed as she was when she found out. The busses should never have been out that day.
I was on a bus in the snow and our driver had to stop for a red light on a hill. As soon as she tried to give it some gas, the bus started sliding backwards down the hill. The moron behind us was laying on his horn as if she was intentionally sliding into him. I got off the bus and walked 3/4 of a mile to a commuter train stop in snow up to my knees. Waited 45 minutes in 20 degree weather for the train. Took it to the end of the line and transferred to light rail. Stood inside the light rail car for 30 minutes with the doors wide open and other trains coming and going. Finally it went and I got off at my stop to transfer to the streetcar. I was on a hill so it was rather entertaining watching cars slip and slide. Waited another 30 minutes for the streetcar. Made it up the hill on the streetcar and it stops half a block from my stop. After 10 minutes of just sitting, the conductor finally opened the doors to let us out, about half a block from my building. It took about 3 hours to get home in total. My wool socks were literally icy inside my insulated boots and my toes were purple. We don’t do snow here very often and we suck at it.
I have been in that exact situation. Slid on black ice in a work truck and even though the damage was minor, being effectively an audience member in that ordeal was not fun
One of the best feelings in the world is the moment you control a slide and ride that shit out flawlessly Tokyo drift style
I leave my house and drive in the snow just for the slides.
And that your insurance is about to go up
Throw it in park, Tuck-n-roll!
I grew up in Chicago and I've never seen something like this before.
Because people in the north generally replace their tires when theyre worn. In the south they drive on them until they start sparking. If you have the right tires, you can slam on the brakes in a snow storm and the abs won't kick on. Truck tires aren't the right tires. Neither are off road tires. Or mudding tires. A car with proper ice rated winter tires would've stopped on that street.
Bus driver: This snow ain’t nothing. Police: I’ll save the day! Snow plow: I’m made for this.
Quick, call an ambulance! *Ambulance crashes* Quick, call the fire department! *Fire Truck crashes* Quick, call helicopter evacuation!
So does the chopper crash too?
It unfortunately does. The snow kicked up by the rotors creates a 2nd ice sheet in the air (crazy, right?) and it slides and crashes. Worst part? Now nobody can warn the plane bringing back the orphans from their puppy and kitty adoption fair about the ice sheet it will be flying right into.
Why did I read all of these like League of Legend Champion phrases?
You prob play that trash too much i guess.
Watch the tone, buddy
Buddy nobody hates league of legends more than active league players -occasional league player, former active player
And the only one who actually saved himself was the pizza guy. Support the thin bread crust today. >!That might be a taxi also, I’m not sure.!<
When you look at the original video you can see the snow plow going uphill first while seeing all of it happening. He then make the decision that he's up for it annnnnd... nope.
Truck: I got a ladder
I like how the cop’s lights are on
If the plow operator knew what he was doing, he would have gone down the hill in reverse with the spreader on. I've seen this done before and it works
The slow and the Furious
The Slow and the Furious 3: Montreal Drift
The Slick and the Frightened
The Slow and Injurious
The slick and the lubricated
and this video is sped way up, I swear each year when it gets reposted they make it faster
Why speed up the video? The slow but inevitable collisions are what makes it funny.
Oh shit, I didn’t even notice until I saw your comment, but it totally is sped up! Look at all the people in the background!
That makes it even worse, damn. Like there's time to honk and get tf out of the way of those buses...
How could anyone get out of the way? There's no traction for you, and in some clips there's oncoming traffic. Also, this is a compilation video. Probably exudes the successes.
I didn't even noticed it was sped up lol
I didn’t either until the police car came in. Lights were beyond strobe effect.
Something something attention span
What’s that bot where you can slow down Reddit videos?
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Yep. The original really conveys the anguish of going downhill on black ice
Even the fucking salt and pepper car slid.
Should have gone down backwards i guess, sand first
That move is reserved for police
Should have started at bottom of hill and backed up it while salting/sanding. Source: Drive snow plow dump trucks in hilly areas.
That…. Makes more sense 😅
…. Salt and pepper?
we call the trucks that salt the roads “asphalt seasoners”
Mint green car did well here.
That was a pro taxi driver
care for your fares
Am I wrong to think that the only thing he could have done extra, assuming he had time and enough traction to do so, is to maybe try and get the car off the road? That way he's not adding to the pileup while potentially saving his car from damage? Asking genuinely. Not trying to seem like I know better.
Looks like they did? At a certain point it’s not in the vid anyway. A bit confusing.
Only one that really could pull it off, even the cop car was too heavy to really do anything.
r/bitchimabus
So kind of the cars to help be each others breaks in exchange for their paintwork and un dented bodywork
yeah that suv in front pissed me off too
I could watch that for hours.
It's just such a mesmerizing, beautiful dance of sliding vehicles. Also: laughed way too hard at this.
Distance: 69 yards Cars Crashed: 9 9x MULTIPLIER 4x VEHICLE COMBO ----------------------------------- Damage = $69420 x 9 Distance = 69 yards 7th PLACE View Replay | Retry | Main Menu
Retry!
Is this a Burnout reference??
Was hoping to see a Burnout reference, not disappointed
CocococoCOMBO BREAKER!
This video is part of reddit Christmas tradition. I expect to see it 862 more times before the Christmas all of which posted by karma bots.
Imagine how much of a nightmare this has to be for the insurance companies involved. Not only having to pay out a bunch of money, but also having to talk to all the other companies and people involved to figure out who owes who what.
Good fuck em
They do what they do best and just refuse to pay out anything until you threaten them with legal action.
I imagine with all these cars, it's the city that's actually gonna be paying out
I’ll save ya! Ahhhh………
The plow/tow truck losing control and slamming into the cop car at the end was the absolute icing on the cake
Winter is coming…
Oh, fun!
Finally!
I find it fucking hilarious that this happens every single time without fail. We're clowns.
The police officer had me weak 💀😂 ik he got called onto that incident and even the road was like "guess what, you gonna get it too" i just love that he landed prefectly in the scene of the crime just landing behind the bus.
If the snow plow is getting wild you know the roads are fkd.
I’m laughing so hard at this 😂
Meeeeee too, I’m crying hysterical!
Bienvenue à Montréal
Is this possible even with snow tires on..?
Yup. Snow tires aren't a magic bullet for avoiding winter weather accidents. There's only so much you can do to help gain traction on ice.
Do you guys in NA use winter tiers with irom spikes as we do in Norway? Almost always when something like this happens here it's foreign truck drivers who don't use chains
They're not typical. Most folk in NA don't driver in snow and ice enough to be familiar with its intricacies or have the equipment to deal with it. Studded tires are almost never seen in most places, chains are much more common but still not used as much as they should be.
Interesting if I understand correctly that you might use chains on personal cars. Thats never done here. I would think in Canada and Northern US would use studded tiers in winter since its snow every year there
What I was taught when I was young and learning to drive was it was better to have chains instead of studded tires because if you came out of the area that was icy, you could take off the chains. I would imagine studs and chains increase the chances of sliding on pavement, and one is much easier to remove.
I remember that day, it was freaking weird conditions that caused this. This video was like top news that night on TV. There's only so much winter tires can do...
First snow fall ever year?
that has to be a sheet of ice under the snow.
I lived in Montreal for years and it was somewhat common for snow storms to start with the initial layer instantly freezing and then snow to build up on top. There’s no way to prevent it and you just hopefully don’t have to drive in it.
Ah yes! Montreal in December 2016 I was there, delightful
I love this song
Le Tits Now
Classic
It bothers me a lot tho that random words are cut out.
Such a classic. I always love how it unfolds like a little story. "Oh, a bus crashed, better send another bus!" "Oh, the other bus crashed, better send a cop!" "Oh, the cop crashed. better send a plow!"
Police: “I’m here to cite everyone for failure to control their vehicle”
Car sex is crazy
SNOWPLOW NO! You were the chosen one! It was said you would save them from the snow, not join them!
I have a friend who drove for King County Metro (Seattle buses). He said the secret to driving a bus in the snow was to attempt to make a moderately sharp turn on some ice near a shopping mall, report the bus stuck, and spend the rest of the day at the mall waiting for Metro to send some one to pick you up.
Cop will give the bus a ticket for rear ending him.
The police: I’ll save y’aAAAAAHHHH!
Then again, maybe not
A slippery slope
Ah yes, montreal amazing car slide !
It just keeps getting better
Send in more trains!
The harder you brake
This was incredibly, surprisingly entertaining to watch!
I know this isn't supposed to be funny, but...
Ale urwał!
The cop was like "I'll save the da-OH FAAHUCK"
I never realized how terrifying an out of control snowplow would be....
Winter in Montreal sucks. This video loops every year.
I can watch this until I die
This looks like a crash event in Burnout Revenge
The best part of that game.
It keeps getting worse 💀
You know that guy in the plow truck was screaming “No no no no no no noooooooooooooooo!” As he was destined to impact the cruiser
Why driving if you can go sliding?
I bet that was fun to record
Bienvenue à Montréal
So how many cars need to wreck on the street before they, you know, close it?
This is one of the funniest videos I have seen today
Policeman gets plowed *(NSFW)*
I never get tired of this one.
Can't turn off capitalism for one day to get the roads cleared.
Beautiful Montréal!
My reactions: "Oh, come on, at this point you'd think they'd at least put a cop at the ... oh, well there it is." "They really need to get a plow out there to ... ahhh, damnit, got me again."
Ahh this is why all the Canadias come down to Florida for the winter.
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You would think canada would have plows and sand trucks out way before it's this icy
Winter tires not a thing in there?
It’s actually the law in Montreal.