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MetroMPG 02-14-2018 04:36 PM

Video: Iowa I-35 snowy highway multi-vehicle pile-up
 
Holy cow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QCmuqS0Kac

Eyes up & adjust speed as needed!

Yup, just as soon as I finish my Facebook update.

UFO 02-14-2018 06:18 PM

WTH? The visibility does not look like it's that bad, and a lot of folks slowed down, but others hit that pile with a lot of speed.

redpoint5 02-14-2018 06:53 PM

Why did people just park their cars on the road rather than continue on? Did the guys at the front get stuck?

ksa8907 02-14-2018 06:55 PM

Similar thing happened a couple years ago near indiana/michigan border.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zg8Iec-uG_c

Frank Lee 02-14-2018 06:58 PM

Makes the Rushins look competent in comparison.

Some were able to stop safely while it appears some never even glanced up from their phones. :rolleyes:

Xist 02-15-2018 11:00 AM

At 3:36 a semi comes through twice.

That was an emotional roller coaster. I kept waiting for the crash to start, but then I realized there was already a pile-up in the top left, so I restarted the video. I was relieved each time someone avoided the accident, but then someone plowed into them.

Today I learned that you never avoid an accident until you are clear, keep on moving!

gone-ot 02-15-2018 11:12 AM

Speed commensurate with conditions? Nope!

Xist 02-15-2018 11:55 AM

1 Attachment(s)
This is the selfie the first driver took half a second before the accident:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1518713702

MetroMPG 02-15-2018 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xist (Post 561443)
Today I learned that you never avoid an accident until you are clear, keep on moving!

Yup. Anytime you EVER have to slow down or stop on a highway/freeway, you should immediately be on red alert for getting rear-ended.

I would have driven off that highway or along the shoulder as far as possible. I've done it before.

I avoided getting pancaked by a transport truck by taking to the shoulder on a highway after entering a construction zone where traffic went from 2 to 1 lane and 100 to ~10 km/h. A couple of other cars I passed followed me when they saw what was coming. The truck ended up stopped in the space we had just vacated.

MetroMPG 02-15-2018 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ksa8907 (Post 561416)
Similar thing happened a couple years ago near indiana/michigan border.

That was terrifying.


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