BRITS React to Best of WINTER FAILS | Car Sliding Crash, Road Rage, Snow Accidents Compilation USA

[@frederickthompson1546]

Detroiter here. I taught my wife and daughter to get a running start when approaching an intersection. Stop short if there's cross traffic, of course, but when clear, let speed and momentum get you through snow drifts and piles from cross plowing.

[@willowvons]

I spent 26 years in Alaska. I learned to look at approaching cars to see if the wheels were turning.

[@tigran914]

Dude super helpful

[@WillMuny]

That aint a problem up here this winter. I can mow my lawn if I wanted to right now.

[@willowvons]

@@WillMuny That's crazy.

[@WillMuny]

@@willowvons You can say that again. I live in Anchorage and the first snowfall happened on Oct 10th this year, 0.4 Inches. Since that time we have had a total of 30.5 Inches and it is almost all melted away. Since November 17th we have had 3.6 Inches of Snowfall. 3.6 Inches. Just this month we have had 7 days if 46 degrees or above. Though one good thing was New Years Eve. We had a clear sky and the Auroras at midnight. The fire works and the auroras at the same time?!?! It was Awesome and Special.

[@willowvons]

@ I moved up there in '64. Completely different climate!

[@brettboulette5106]

Your a good father to teach your son how 4 wheel drive works the way you explained it with his bike is exactly how my dad taught me

[@brynjulfharfager6671]

An old Volvo 240 on snow/ice covered forest roads is a good fun time. Brings back memories.

[@mrbaddog4749]

Just to clarify, having all wheel drive and snow tires does not mean you are safe from spinning out. It does reduce the risk and add some control if driving proper in poor conditions.

[@joekahno]

When I lived in the northern midwestern US we used to joke that the most common use for 4wd was to get you to the scene of the accident. Too many of the people who owned one used the extra traction as an excuse to go somewhere when the road conditions kept sane people at home.

[@dianebrown8046]

❤ 65yr old from USA again ❤ seeing All 3 of you this reaction 😊 (PS Thank you Gaynor for reply on other post😊❤)...Have to reply on this one. 😀 😂...I'm VERY LUCKY, when young I grew up in area that had lots of snow ( 4to18 grew up near Finger Lakes area in New York state) AND was Lucky to have an Insane but Brilliant Drivers Ed teacher Who probably saved my life Many times..used to take us driving in snow and ice in the back parking lot by football field ( and where I lived then school didn't get canceled unless it was a foot or more) He'd do things like get us to try to "gun" it and brake...get us go slow get up speed go straight and brake..to get some speed up and turn wheel to make a spin & correct ( and if you didn't turn it, he would grab and do it. P.S have to tell you all our drivers Ed cars had dual controls Mr P wouldn't have done 1/2 stuff he did without he might have been insane but he wasn't crazy LOL)The WILDEST THING he did what he called a Beer Blast Run was 2-3 kids in back..(Horrible safety standards for this Age, bench seat,3 lap belts no shoulder belts front or back)Screaming, tossing things, putting windows up and down..AND Mr P would be front passenger side, changing the radio station,thumping on the dashboard and shouting directions and instructions 😂😂...The Man was unconventional teacher needed for unconventional "subject"...I KNOW his training has saved cars, limbs and probably life for me .. know others feel the same 2016..went to 40th High school reunion Horseheads High Great turn out after SO Long..over 200 old Farts from the 625 of Class of 76 showed up at Watkins Glen for it( know number of Graduating class because Super Nerd I was, I was Senior editor of Yearbook, 😂I probably had one of Longest lists of Non-Sports ( other than swimming & diving) activities in Yearbook LOL..ANYWAY Mr P ..passed few months before reunion..Many Storys we shared with ❤ about his classes and How they'd saved many of us...the Beer Blast Run..BUT we ALL agreed the BEST Thing he taught us...He called Birdwatching for Buttheads.. or The Dirty Dozen..eyes forward on road all times ,but occasionally dart eyes left, right, rear & back front like a bird ( the Dirty Dozen came from a count he had us do 1,2,3 4 5 6 7 8 eyes forward, quick glance 9 left ( he always said most accidents come from the left) 10 right, 11 rear 12 back to the front...Hope No One minds & know Overshare TOO long..BUT because of his training I've only been in one accident while driving ( was behind wheel in one... but stopped,.. back up I-95..Van Slammed into car behind me,he hit me ,I hit guy in front of me and he hit car in front of him..) Only time I was driving and got in accident was a miracle of Physics and Mr P's teaching. That my Mother and I weren't hurt..1977,Reading Pa, Thanksgiving, home from PennState visiting parents. Day after Thanksgiving, driving Mom to work at Boscov's East department store (Black Friday,EVERYONE who works retail works that day and Mom was working as manager for friend Dottie Eichhorn who was away)ANYWAY parents house not even 1/2 mile from store, but had ice && snow storms ..and 4 different downhill roads fed into area where entrance to shopping center is...I'm coming down hill about 5 cars away from entrance.....see car about 30-40 ft in front of me opposite direction skid and come sideways at me.....doing "Birdwatching"..before had noticed guy following too close behind even before....& I'd noticed cars starting to slide downhill one of roads to left..Don't know if it's Human Panic thing, but everything started to seem slow motion for 1st part...Car in front of me sliding sideways, car from left hill hits it,car in front gets spinned 180 ,still coming sideways, car that hit it, bounced back to left ended in ditch..& saw another car slide in to sideways car..was only REALLY detailed memory I have....All I REALLY remember after seeing everything coming,.my Mom SCREAMING for me to put on the brakes....Me yelling at my Mom to Shut Up...mind shut down, focus, hearing Mr P.... don't slam on brakes ..let off the gas,turn steering wheel easily ..I did, turned to right to drive up embankment on that side...downshifted ( was manual, Damn I miss those)another tip Mr P taught to regain control..doing that...got up the embankment before hit...rear bumper....Everything a Blur for while after..my car spun around like a top few times ( Mom Screaming) went over embankment and actually ended up in entrance drive to shopping center...😮..only damage to car, had drivers side rear corner bumper protector pulled off ,scratches on back body by it and scratch and dent on back bumper....THE HUGE Lucky was told after ( details from 2 neighbors and a State Trooper who witnessed, )..I Was Lucky I was pulling up embankment, I thought car coming at me clipped bumper & made me spin ..NO it was 3 cars,..was told car coming too fast behind actually started to go sideways hit my bumper 1st and the "front sideways " car and 2nd car it hit both hit at same time... one of the witnesses, neighbor, gotten stuck on top of one of the hills saw it all..said it looked like 3 stunt car drivers had perfectly timed their front ends to hit my back corner, he said I spun off like a pinball off a bumper arm..And THEN was Total Chaos..I slid into entrance and Everything happened behind..3 cars that hit me spun out..cars were already sliding and hitting each other in all directions they spun out into that...I remember sitting in the car, my Mom finally quiet, in ditch in entrance, both hyperventilating...My head & left shoulder hurting...getting out of the car, throwing up and passing out..had bad concussion...found out few days later immediate accident I was in .. (at beginning I was only 2nd car hit..found out 1st and mine only "cars " not totaled in it ) Ended up having 6 cars, 1pick up truck, 2 "box container" delivery trucks and 1 "Semi" 18 wheeler..Myself &5 others went to hospital..AGAIN HOPE you don't mind Long overshare ..BUT Had Big LOL this week over panic this week with the snow in Maryland...Only problem I had with snow, poor people who've never learned how to drive in it 😂AGAIN ❤the reactions and Hope you don't mind Long overshare, Happy New Year Gaynor, Daz and Aidan ❤❤

[@lindaslater7782]

I live in the Midwestern part of the United States, and ice and snow are common during the winter months. My oldest grandson is stationed in North Dakota, and besides a lot of snow, their highest temperature the onther day was -14° F. About a week ago, my youngest daughter, who lives in Southern Illinois, had to deal with a bad ice storm, cold weather, and snow a few days later. She was without power for 72 hrs. They're still getting snow and trees are still covered with ice. Fortunately, most states allow chains, but only a few still allow studded tires (which I owned when I lived in Utah). I wish my state still allowed studded tires. They do a good job gripping the ice. Back in the 1970s, I made 4 trips between Utah and Illinois during the winter and through the mountains. I saw many cars and trucks in the ditches, but my car got me through without any problems.

[@richardhofackerfr.9656]

To address your son's disbelief in the thickness of the ice and snow... As snow falls and ice builds you can get something that we in Alaska and I am sure other northern places call Hard-Pack. Hard-Pack is a mixture of ice and snow that is packed by constant traffic until it becomes a hard thick ice, constantly packed down by passing vehicles. I have seen the Hard-Pack thicker than the curbs at the side of the roads. It can get thicker and higher in long heavy-snow winters and in parking lots. I actually chipped through some in a residential neighborhood where I lived and it was about 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) thick, almost a foot thick.

[@douglascampbell9809]

Now you see why big pick up trucks are so popular where it snows in the US.

[@marcmcpherson6960]

TBH, big pick up trucks are the first thing in a ditch, snowbank, or kissing a guardrail here when it snows. I'm in Ohio and my FWD compact car has weathered many a winter with no problems.

[@7enty7en83]

@@marcmcpherson6960 i think a lot of truck drivers tend to turn off the 4x4 mode to save on gas

[@TheMaxmurphy1973]

We had 11 inches in one day here in cincinnati last week...i got stuck on Interstate 71,had to dig my car out,took 2 hours

[@katinacarson-hunwi7297]

I live in Central Ohio and we didn’t get the snow like you all did in Southern Ohio. Also, I was fortunate and didn’t have to be out in it.

[@pattaccone]

11:52 that was Canada , outside of Toronto A few times we get hammered in the winter

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

I have a small car that has All wheel drive. Its an infiniti G35X. Put it in “Snow” mode and I never slid or got stuck. I drove right out of being blocked in by 2 ft of snow from a snow plow clearing my street and blocking me in. Had no problem getting out without shovelling lol. Some smaller cars are beasts in the snow.

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

Same when my bmw 5 series all wheel drive. I've actually driven on ice with no problem. Of course I'm not speeding but I have never been stuck while driving pass so many stuck vehicles.

[@marcmcpherson6960]

My Fiesta hatchback was a beast in snow. It didn't have AWD, it was FWD only with a manual transmission. With good tires, you couldn't tell that it was FWD in the snow.

[@andrew348]

My Mazda Miata floats over snow. I've never been stuck. When it snows I just turn on antigravity

[@destinyreelly2974]

I have a Q50. All wheel drive is crucial! Like my dad always said, “just take it slow, sweetheart”. ❤

[@cp368productions2]

0:52 that's normal in the winter before the salt melts the snow. As long as your tires stay in the almost bare part you are fine.

[@rvt_h3d]

4:20 is a perfect example of why you should never stop to let someone merge at an intersection. I've seen so many accidents happen this way.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Since winter tyres were invented in Finland in 1934, here are some Finnish winter driving videos for comparison: "Kalle Rovanperä - first year of rally driving at age of 8", "Kalle Rovanperä - ikää 11 vuotta ja vauhtia yli 200 km/h (Teknavi 2012)", "Rallying in Finland, Winter 2017 by JPeltsi", "Best onboard moments - Arctic Rally Finland - Special - jedrek555", "The Fastest Tractor (Full length) New Guinness World Record, Juha Kankkunen & Nokian Heavy Tyres", "EPIC WINTER MOPED", "Motomadness Jeppis 3 - Winter edit", "EnduroGP Finland 2018 - Recap", "Enduro On The Ice", "Ice Road Oulu-Hailuoto", "Ice Road Racing Orivesi 2018 (FINLAND)", "Crazy-Mike tekee 360 asteen kiepautuksen linja-autolla (2009)" and "Markku Alén & Teknavin nopeusennätys jäällä - Osa 2".

[@SuperBigblue19]

I live in the PNW and when it snows which is rare on the west side, I just stay home for a day. It is hilly terrain with lots of bad drivers and lots of up & downhill traffic lights. One year it took me 7hrs to drive about 25miles after 4 inches got dumped right before the commute. It doesn't matter if you're an expert driver you just can't get through all the congestion until the traffic thins out on day 2.

[@SusanCote-n7z]

Yes! Also, with all the water between the Olympics and Cascades, the Seattle snow is WET

[@Paul-y7u5s]

The problem with four wheel drive drivers is they think that they can go anywhere but in those conditions it only gets them farther into the ditch or trees. And yes people forget how to drive no matter what they drive snow tires or not and they forget traction control on or off when they set out to drive or just don't know how to use it properly to use it

[@Jfrog1337]

Im American and this just looks like a load of fun to me lol

[@tyinyvr]

I live in Vancouver Canada. We haven't had snow here let for this winter. We only get snow maybe 2-3 times a year. Just to remind everyone that we live in Canada. Nobody knows how to drive in snow. Everyone only has all seasons tires. No snow tires. I just say home until the snow melts away.

[@lori6115]

This surprises me! No snow in Vancouver??

[@daleswanson1784]

Many people never learned how to drive in snow and ice; don’t use the correct tires and/or chains. People are often too worried about time and drive too fast. I grew up driving in snow and icy conditions long before traction control was invented and when mist didn’t even have a licking rear differential meaning they really only have one wheel drive. I’ve driven in bumper deep snow, blizzards and crappy weather more than I wanted too. I only ever got stuck stranded twice, both times in a government vehicle when I had no choice but to try and reach our destination. Both were during the winter bomb of 1978 around Buffalo, NY. In many parts of the US, snow tires are required after a certain date.

[@syx3s]

at my cottage in northern ontario it's not abnormal to have five feet of snow and for the ice on the lakes to be three feet thick.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Daz, you should look for Live Storm Media videos. especially lake effect snow in Erie Pa. and Buffalo New York. More than two meters of snow on the ground. After that look for this video, Major snow- storm Buffalo Buffalo south towns Travel disruptions plows cars trucks in ditches. Promise you will like it.

[@wesleywright6458]

We got stuck in the mud, after a spring rain storm. We usually get a storm right before summer starts, and it’s usually during the county fair. This guy in a big truck towed three of our family members cars out of the mud. Majority of the parking is in a dirt lot. I don’t like driving in snow or mud. I was on the interstate crossing the mountains leaving Southern California, they shut down the roads for five hours! We couldn’t turn around, we just had to wait.

[@allenhill1223]

Sure was a nightmare in Kansas City. It was minus 2 foot snow. I have all wheel drive but nothing will save you with this ice😮

[@johnferguson6686]

I live in Canada and you'd think that people that are born and raised here would know to adjust their driving for winter... but No, they don't. Many people who buy an all wheel drive or a true 4 wheel drive vehicle, for the first time, think they are invincible or immune to any driving condition. it doesn't matter what you have, None will stop on black ice.

[@YOSHI450R]

If you have a two wheel drive vehicle carrying a bag a Sand, Salt or Kitty litter can be a life saver a handful can get you moving again

[@sharis9095]

The only thing that surprised me was at the end when they're pushing and digging out... no one had a shovel? Everyone car in the winter should have a small shovel.

[@StayProteus]

First long distance trip I took on my own was something like a 6 hour drive through a record breaking snow/ice etc storm when I was 16 and only a couple months after getting my license… I think it was a freak storm (sometime in early 2013) but the trip was from central Texas to a small town in north Texas so traffic wasn’t that bad but when the ice and stuff really started coming down even with defrost on max I had ice buildup on the sides of the windshield and at that time I don’t think I knew how to turn on the mirror defrosters so yeah it got interesting and I ended up just kicking it in 4 wheel drive and riding with both passenger tires on the dirt when visibility got bad and there wasn’t a clear path free of ice etc but I don’t think I ever went off the road unintentionally or anything. The hardest part was finding a gas station that would sell dip to me when I was running low and then checking into a hotel at 16 by myself but even then I got it done eventually

[@cricketd2932]

Would love to see y'all do..the best of Al Bundy...Married with Children

[@officeblokedaz]

@cricketd2932 we did

[@cricketd2932]

@@officeblokedaz thanks...I'll go back and watch

[@thatoneguy592]

Gosh i hate when it snows in Florida.. oh wait😂

[@AnnieM1971]

The majority of winter accidents can be prevented or at least not as bad if people would just slow down. I'd rather be late for work than to total my vehicle!

[@thomaszach43]

Aiden said most vehicles have four wheels 😭😭😭😭

[@rg20322]

I'm up north in NH and people drive like total idiots in the snow and ice driving way too fast. Folks in SUV's think they can do 80 MPH in a snowstorm and then you find them off the road in the woods a few miles up.

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

If you go off road just gotta ride it out like the guy w his calm wife…The moment you panic and slam the breaks and turn is when tragedies happen. Just ride it out best you can. Steer your way clear when possible. Dont slam on the br-akes. Dont overturn the steering wheel.

[@markmartineau1015]

Kudos to the wife ,her talking calmly helps to keep him calm too.

[@cdfdesantis699]

Don't matter to ice if a vehicle's got 4WD OR snow tires - ice just laughs.

[@stephanjones3239]

People don't think. It's 4-wheel DRIVE not 4-wheel STOP.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

That is the problem they think I have AWD I can just drive as normal. You cannot drive on snowy icy roads in the winter like you do in summer. The grip level is just not there. I don't care how many wheels have power. It may help with traction to go but it doesn't do a damn thing when it comes to sliding and stopping. I miss those days when people had common sense. They need to slow down buy themselves winter tires. Maybe even have them studded.

[@JIMBEARRI]

A lot of these videos seem to be in areas that don't often get heavy snow. In the Southern US, an inch or two of snow will shut down a city for days. Up north, it's merely a minor inconvenience.

[@debneuweiler9867]

I know you lived in New Jersey for sometime..do don’t knower winter driving?..unless your lying. You outdid have to know what driving in the winter was like..in New Jersey..I’ve lived here 38 yrs..are you telling me that you never experrienced a massive snow ..if you saystorm?

[@rngod2121]

I drove big rigs for over 3 decades. This is one of the more epic examples of people driving too fast for winter conditions (combination of frozen surfaces and limited visibility): kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4KmnqiniJV-l8Usi=LjyDwaZrI06Sx5Aw

[@pebblehilllane]

Do you have four-wheel drive, as in REAL four-wheel drive with front and rear lockers or both front and rear are open and you really only have one tire, both front and rear, to drive you so in a way you still are in a two-wheel drive vehicle, or is it an all-wheel-drive (AWD) vehicle? There is a big difference in capabilities between the designs of different vehicles. Many people believe their AWD vehicle is a true four-wheel drive vehicle and are led to believe they are far more capable than they are. Many see some small AWD vehicle that's called an SUV and think it's very capable but between it's light weight and low ground clearance and tires and MANY modern high tech bits and bobs that can, and often do, work against a driver in snow and or ice. - Additional: Pickup truck rear ends are very light and notorious for sliding and spinning out because of it. Unless there is weight added to the bed the rear tires will not get near the traction they would otherwise get. A pickup truck, four-wheel drive or not, does not mean it's capable of handling ice and or snow unless the driver knows how to drive in ice and or snow.

[@Ginoulmer]

Some of these drivers are just dumb. The one sliding down the hill has a curb right next to them that you just put your wheels against and it stops you. I've done it many times. You get some scratches on your rims or crash into someone. Most of them just drive way to slow. I got around Montana in the winter for many years with just a rear wheel drive car and got stuck a few times but in 55 years I have never wrecked a car. I've had idiot drivers hit me many times though

[@bradkirchhoff5703]

When snow gets too heavy on roads cities NEED to shut down stop lights and have them turn into stop signs by going into blinking mode. Most ppl that get stuck on urban roads get stuck sitting at a stoplight bc they lose all momentum for an entire minute. When you turn stoplights into stop signs traffic can move more fluidly bc nobody is stopped for too long so they can kinda keep rolling just a bit. This is how you keep from getting stuck and how you learn to drive in bad weather.