Terrifying Michigan I-94 accident, 190+ vehicles 1 dead, 23 injured:

[CavaliersFTW]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDb_MENTSE0

This is ****ing scary, as someone who has to drive on a highway through horrible conditions every winter I can totally see how nobody could ever avoid this if/when it happens. When snow blows over any icy road you can't see and you can't control the vehicle to avoid things. Everyone who ever has to drive in conditions always be alert for stopped or spun out vehicles. RIP to the person who lost their life.

[Rake2204]

Just to put this out there — this clip is a year old. Today was the one-year anniversary. Er, yesterday was. Still a crazy accident regardless. Happened near my stomping grounds.

One of the craziest parts was the exploding fireworks truck... which sounds like a bad joke, but there was seriously a truck full of fireworks that went buck wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9xrVzF6Aw

Another angle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkJdQJkipLU

[CavaliersFTW]

[QUOTE=Rake2204]Just to put this out there

[BurningHammer]

Freezing rain is nasty, and we Torontorians just got one today.

Stay safe, people.

[Smook B]

Freezing rain is nasty, and we Torontorians just got one today.

Stay safe, people.

This sounds weird. :oldlol:

[Smook B]

This is why winter is my least favorite season.

[Rake2204]

oh shit I didn't even realize so used to seeing 2015 stillNo worries, don't blame you. Like I said, the area did a couple of "One year since the pile-up" stories so it's been re-trending today.

[CavaliersFTW]

No worries, don't blame you. Like I said, the area did a couple of "One year since the pile-up" stories so it's been re-trending today.
Yes I saw it first on facebook then looked to see if it was in OTC and didn't so I decided to post it. Still a worthy reminder for anyone who lives in areas that get snow how dangerous it is on the roads and to be alert and as careful as possible. The power behind those trucks colliding with stopped traffic is terrifying.

[Draz]

Dam that was scary asf

[FreezingTsmoove]

Dumbass mother****er thats why you get snow tires if you live in Michigan

Retards. Retards everywhere

[CavaliersFTW]

Dumbass mother****er thats why you get snow tires if you live in Michigan

Retards. Retards everywhere
Most people have snow tires in Michigan, and surrounding states.

As someone who always has snow tires, and drives on highways that experience terrible snow/ice conditions: Snow tires don't do jack on highway ice. Nothing does.

[FreezingTsmoove]

Most people have snow tires in Michigan, and surrounding states.

As someone who always has snow tires, and drives on highways that experience terrible snow/ice conditions: Snow tires don't do jack on highway ice. Nothing does.

Really because if you read the comments a bunch of Michigan men are saying no one has snow tires in Michigan

And thats why you drive slow. The retards in the video look like they are trying to drive at a normal highway speed. In NY everyone drives like a little bitch in the snow but for good reason. Its faster to walk than take the local bus when its snowing

[CavaliersFTW]

Really because if you read the comments a bunch of Michigan men are saying no one has snow tires in Michigan
A bunch of michigan people are also saying a majority does. Tires on cars in Michigan are going to be a lot better than the tires you find on cars in say, North Carolina. Whether they're all seasons or strictly winter.

And it does not make a spit of difference on ice. Snow tires are for snow. Not ice. And there isn't a tire in the world that helps you see better when snow blows over the highway in high wind and whites it out completely as was happening at the time of that accident.

[bluechox2]

this is old

[Rake2204]

I hate seeing deaths, the black SUV crashing head on to the edge of the semi did it for me.

God I pray that people learn from this and take full precaution when traveling in the snow, especially on the interstate.Interestingly, the single death from that accident was a semi-truck driver from Quebec. As bad as that SUV collision looks, they escaped with their life.


Really because if you read the comments a bunch of Michigan men are saying no one has snow tires in Michigan

And thats why you drive slow. The retards in the video look like they are trying to drive at a normal highway speed. In NY everyone drives like a little bitch in the snow but for good reason. Its faster to walk than take the local bus when its snowingTough to judge anything off of the comments of a few but in my own experience (Michigan native), I'm not sure I know anyone who changes out their tires come winter time. Is that what you mean by snow tires? Switching out to deeper treads for winter then back come spring? In that case, I suppose some of the off-roading types may do that but otherwise, I'd say it's more the exception than the rule.

But even then, as Cavs said, I think most relent from going the snow tire route in Michigan because, as a relatively flat state with acceptable plowing patterns in the lower peninsula, roads are typically either going to be fair enough for regular tires to proceed carefully or bad/icy enough where it wouldn't matter what kind of tires your car has. I mean, I'm certain snow tires would be better than standard tires, just not enough for the standard non-backcountry Michigan driver to make it worth buying a new set for the season.

As for the speed of those in the accident, I think it was a mix of a number of factors. It's tougher to accommodate for conditions than one may believe at times. Snow squalls and the sudden development of black ice are troublesome in particular. Not to mention, 50 miles per hour on the highway (20 below speed limit) often feels slow and safe until one comes upon a massive pile-up, at which point it's going to look like you're careening in at 100 mph when seen from a stationary camera.

On Christmas Even three years ago, I was making a two-hour drive across the state. Began the trip with clean weather, clean roads. Traffic moving at 70+ on highways. Flurries began to fall around Battle Creek (flurries, not white-out/blizzard/ect.) and less than a mile after the weather's start, there was carnage everywhere on the highway — I recall one pick-up truck already wrapped around a tree 100 feet off the highway with patrons out and staring at the damage.

Something about the climate in this very small stretch resulted in no apparent snow sticking, but the entire highway was suddenly black ice, meaning the cars that'd been able to go 70 comfortably for the past 100 miles were suddenly stuck on ice with little to no warning (standard flurries on clean roads usually have little impact on conditions).

Anyway, there was a three car pile-up sitting in the middle of the highway as I tried to pump my breaks (barely working on ice) and I ended up having to use a controlled slide to squeeze through the gap in the middle of the accident. Completely helpless feeling and despite being an overly cautious winter driver my whole life (to the derision of many), I had no chance on that one.

Sometimes that's just how it is.

[DeuceWallaces]

SW Michigan is about the worst combination you can get for driving during storms. West enough to be in a lake effect area, north enough to be cold as shit at times, and because it's a lake plain the blowing and drifting is horrific.

[GOBB]

Seems like they were going too fast given the conditions. I'm lost at why they didnt reduce their speeds prior to even getting to the point of the crash. Even trucks were flying, only one I saw went at a responsible speed.

[Rake2204]

Seems like they were going too fast given the conditions. I'm lost at why they didnt reduce their speeds prior to even getting to the point of the crash. Even trucks were flying, only one I saw went at a responsible speed.Right on. Granted, as long as at least a few of those cars were going too fast and kicked the accident off in the first place, I think it was going to be a rough one regardless.

Still, I think there's a lot of group-think on the highways, in Michigan anyway. Where a few cars go fast and make the slow ones think they're holding things up, so the slow ones speed up a little and so on and so forth.

Either way, state police handed out 63 tickets, the majority of which were for driving too fast in conditions, after spending almost three months reviewing tape and evidence following that pile-up. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/03/more_than_60_drivers_in_michig.html

[BurningHammer]

This sounds weird. :oldlol:
Torontonians :banghead:

[GOBB]

Right on. Granted, as long as at least a few of those cars were going too fast and kicked the accident off in the first place, I think it was going to be a rough one regardless.

Still, I think there's a lot of group-think on the highways, in Michigan anyway. Where a few cars go fast and make the slow ones think they're holding things up, so the slow ones speed up a little and so on and so forth.

Either way, state police handed out 63 tickets, the majority of which were for driving too fast in conditions, after spending almost three months reviewing tape and evidence following that pile-up. http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/03/more_than_60_drivers_in_michig.html


Oh wow. And I actually approve the ticketing.

[RedBlackAttack]

That was about as scary as a video can get, because most of us can relate to that uneasy feeling of driving on the highway in bad conditions. No, 50mph may not feel like you're going fast when you're on an interstate, but try coming to a complete stop at that speed on icy roadways.

Living in NE Ohio -- and in the "snow belt" for some time -- I've been in my share of scary accidents. Thankfully, I was never seriously injured, but I totaled a vehicle once going around a particularly treacherous bend and took out someone's mailbox on a different occasion. Those were roads that you'd never really go more than 25mph on, though, and so I was able to walk away despite having lost control of the vehicle.

Let me tell you... when you hit ice on a bend, there is no recovery. It doesn't matter if you have snow tires or low profile rubber bands... you're f#cked. There is no more helpless feeling in the world than feeling a potential issue, trying to steer out of it, not succeeding, tapping your breaks and going into a spin.

These poor people never had a chance.