Video: icy bridge in Knoxville TN takes out RWD trucks & SUV's

[RH77]

Originally Posted by DifferentPointofView

Oh, this is hilarious, you guys are gonna love this.

My friend was in his Camero today, and he decided to try and "drift" around a back road this morning. He had NO Idea how they did the art of drifting, just that they skid sideways.

Well... He Definitely got sideways. He ended up in a ditch, getting a concussion and wrecking the Camero and not drifting. Yea... hes dumb, and He's only had his license for less than a month?

Drifters... they take that "Completely out of control" Feeling and make it a sport.
My solution, (we're talking trucks going out of control remember?... trucks and autocross...) is... borrow the neighbors truck " Or... take a drifting course! Maybe that's some advise my friend could have used...

Sucks for your friend! Hard lesson, I guess.

I remember 5-odd years ago when I did autocross, some guy had a Dodge Dakota R/T V-8. That guy had a handle on "loss of control" and posted some great times. We wanted to see him in a Vette or something with those skillz! It was almost like the rear wheels had a steering mechanism...

BUT, for the rest of the population, practicing in an abandoned lot is the best bet -- just wait for snow or rain. I recall having rented a Nissan Titan V-8 (last vehicle on the rental lot) and gave it a bit too much punch when turning left (wet roads). WOAH! Luckily I recovered without ditching it, but there's a rude awakening. There's a lot to say about FWD when you're used to it, and RWD when you're not. Definitely not worth a concussion. I had more fun today in a Chevy Aveo-5 in a snowy lot just drifting into a parking spot. Short wheel base =

RH77

[bennelson]

You guys are all making me laugh WAY too much!

I learned to drive in a Chevy Sprectrum with bald tires on icy Wisconsin winter roads. I am the king of counter-steer!

Main thing with ice and snow is just to not freak out. Just keeping on rolling is almost always the best thing.


PS - 4-wheel drive doesn't make you STOP any better!

[DifferentPointofView]

No.. lol, no it doesn't. But it does help when you get out of hairy situations (like when you get stuck your rear wheels stuck on a 11" tree stump in your cousins yard, and that wheel sinks into the ground.) or when your on roads with lots of snow or mud and getting stuck involves calling someone to help push or finding someone with a winch (never has happened to me yet, fortunately).

[bennelson]

Hey, I LOVE 4 wheel drive guys when I am stuck in a ditch.



Last winter, a 4-wheeler slid off the road and into my yard (I wasn't at home at the time)

The guy decided to put it it 4-wheel drive to get himself out. Left 4 huge tire-sized wholes straight down into the dirt, still had to call a tow truck.

A nice post-it note was left on my door by a cop explaining all this.

[johnpr]

you know, reading this is sad as an avid 4 wheeler i see all these people who buy sport uts for no known reason (never use the cargo space, complain if there is a spec of dirt on it, you get the idea) and they then act like they are king of the road. they obviously never learned to drive in bad weather, or believe that there ego gives them magical powers of control and then they go and smash up there vehicle because of this, then what do they blame, not themselves as the world would tremble with the great cry of the god they made themselves out to be but the ice was the vandal which attacked them as though an inanimate object has such power to jump out unexpectedly....
such a shame

btw, if a person is driving in poor road conditions they should know how to control there vehicle regardless of whether its fwd or rwd (ive seen many fwd vehicles in the ditches out here when we have bad storms but the suvs have worse recks, just a little less frequently around here)

[johnpr]

just a note my last comment about fwd vs suv is just observation from some of my recent trips. just a funny side note when i moved back to Wisconsin from Florida i only had my trans am, i happened to move up here in the middle of a big storm and had to run some errands so i was a funny site driving sideways down a 3 lane road (there wasn't any traffic though due to the storm) thats just kindof an illustration though about learning how to drive your vehicle in adverse weather.