UNCUT: Ice Rink On Spokane's South Hill; Vehicles Pile-up Crashing Down The Hill

UNCUT: Ice Rink On Spokane's South Hill; Vehicles Pile-up Crashing Down The Hill

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[mmccul3797]

@ruthven78 Unfortunaly when you live on the hill you have to come down. The city hasn't installed elevators yet so we have to prepare our selves for these conditions when you have hills like this. Chains may work but most people only use them in last resort situations since they have driving limitations and are hard on tires and can risk serous body damage if they break. I had to almost stop to wait for the drivers coming up the hill. I needed to use the uphill lane to get around the pile up.

[mmccul3797]

@mmccul3797 I own 3 Toyota 4x4 trucks and this one is the only one with studded tires and I can tell a night and day difference going from one truck to the other in very slick conditions. The video can't be disputed. Out of control in a pile up or in control and steer around the mess and be on your way without injury or insurance claims. Many accidents are blamed on loss of traction or control in poor conditions. Studs can be difference in arriving safe or having a serious accident.

[Mojoe12321]

I'm terrified of going up this hill in the summer. It should be closed during the winter, even if its a big inconvenience, so is a smashed up car!

[Sanosuke004]

Its nice to know these drivers are doing a piss poor job of driving on black ice.. Oh well. Another day at work for towing companies! :D

[swedishiron]

MAGNETO at work!

[darkedgex]

@ruthven78 Studded tires are proven to perform better in icy conditions. Let me be 100% clear here: ICY CONDITIONS. Not dry conditions. Not on bare pavement. Not on compact snow or slush. ON ICE. And on this particular instance, I'd bet studded tires would have kept most of those drivers out of trouble. Outlawing them would be like outlawing airbags: senseless. We live in a portion of the country that has regular snow every year, and we need to budget for road repairs because of it.

[darkedgex]

@ruthven78 You're an idiot. They DID say how much was left, and it was *substantial*. They only used maybe 30% of their entire budget last season (I can't quote an exact figure, but remembered them saying it wasn't just a few nickles and a dime they found floating around the cab of a deicer truck).

The roads are the CITIES RESPONSIBILITY. It is their JOB to maintain them or block them off if they're unsafe. STOP TRYING TO DEFEND THE CITY AND BLAME THE DRIVERS.

[jackotatty]

So funny

Watched with my family and we all were laughing

Lol

[kris1379tina]

such ignorance in the comments. were any of you there? do any of you know the conditions? instead of calling them all idiots maybe you should have learned that you should walk a mile in someone's shoes before you judge.

of course there's the "oh I would have done this..." or "I would never have done that..." how do any of you know that none of that happened???

I really don't know the conditions, I really wouldn't want to find out either. I just hope that nobody was hurt.

[scatpack01]

well if you live at the top and the only way is down, and it's icy, and you come down knowing your gonna slide like these idiots, then plan on crashing at the bottom.

[lorenzvc]

the black car at 0:48 ... that driver 's got some balls , and is i think the smartest of em all. dont try to break , it just doesnt work. just calm down and go down in neutral