Winter storm strands Arizona drivers on I-40 overnight

A series of crashes overnight closed I-40 near Kingman. Hundreds of drivers were stranded in their vehicles for up to 12 hours. Luckily, there were no major injuries

[@ziggy2shus624]

Back in the 1930s, people on US 66 in that area would have to wait days for the muddy road to dry out after a rainstorm. The US 66 was mostly dirt in those days.

[@muffs55mercury61]

True. Most historians never mention that virtually all of 66 (except when you drop down into the Mojave desert) was prone to snowstorms and blizzards. Even by the 1940s when it was all paved it was dangerous in that kind of weather with it being unlit and unable to see the shoulder and traffic was heavy even then.

[@kimmohr5041]

I live off grid right near the accident west of Kingman, it pays to know your surroundings. We just jump off the highway take the dirt roads home.

[@catfan5756]

If you live off the grid how are you on youtube? Off the grid doesn't mean just electricity.

[@CoolMan1000]

@@catfan5756 Off the grid people have wifi and electricity but ok

[@catfan5756]

@@CoolMan1000 off the grid means not hooked up to the internet. You can generate your own electricity. But internet access is by definition is on the grid. You two are the only ones I have ever heard of that think you can be off the grid and have internet access.

[@ILGuy2012]

@@catfan5756 Technically, off grid means not connected to the electrical power grid. Many people living off grid have solar power, and if they have a smart phone, they can connect to the internet via their phone.

[@catfan5756]

@@ILGuy2012 I know that but most people consider living off the grid to be without a electrical line and without internet access. I used to not have any internet access but I had a power line and everyone considered that to be off the grid. The internet is also a grid of servers located in various places.

[@carolguyer2230]

This is why you should always have your emergency kit on board.

[@jrayner21679]

Why else would you have your emergency kit? People say the stupidest things sometimes. What’s in that emergency kit that would help these people stranded? Curious what yours has in it, medical supplies aside. what else can you bring with you a tent?

[@markdaniel8740]

Seems that a crash on westbound 40 would not close the eastbound lanes from lake Havasu to Kingman

[@Sevisstillalive]

carry a MRE and a survival kit switch the summer and winter one out and ur good to go. A few MRE's can last for couple days

[@catfan5756]

MRE will go bad quickly in a hot car. The need climate control. Read the package.

[@xr6lad]

@@catfan5756 yes because you have climate control during battle crossing deserts etc. There’s a mini fridge in every tank

[@navmarroaming2292]

It seems a fair trade to wait vs being the guy in wreck.

[@Tikipunch9]

I think everyone is getting hit by this winter storm.

[@DrunkenGuitarGuy]

what a stupid thing to say!

[@davidmunro6939]

Imagine how people in Canada and Russia deal with months of deep snow and cold? The quickest way home is to drive slow and leave lots of distance between you and the speed demons.

[@pattiwilloby4867]

Carry heavy quilts and water in trunk , maybe a snacking bag.... you just never know right ?

[@xr6lad]

@@pattiwilloby4867 exactly. Heat or cold when in places like this with distances between towns that you travel regularly (or even a road trip) have a small plastic crate in the trunk with drinks, energy snacks, a light weight blanket (the car itself will provide some additional warmth), torch, even pet treats if you travel with an animal to tide your over for up to 24-48 hours. It’s like having a medical kit in the home.

[@dewaynemiguel3349]

Wasnt the same for westbound a truck driver was killed

[@kitno5]

Was that the driver in the green cab?

[@dewaynemiguel3349]

@@kitno5 I think the truck was a goldish colour

[@Sevisstillalive]

Lady seemed kinda selfish in a way maybe just my vibe of her .

[@archlich4489]

She wanted someone to pray for.

[@christywandover71]

It’s easy to drive in if you grew up doing it. We moved from Massachusetts Arizona and 2 winters with no freezing weather. When it snowed today we contemplated staying home. LOL

[@tretreh4456]

When a potential storm threat is happening on the news and the media I don't give a damn what job I work at I ain't coming to work cuz I ain't going to be stuck out here in this s***

[@BeyondChange]

Not to say anything, but come on... That News Host at the beginning was Smoking Hot!

[@jaysmith179]

Global warming lol.

[@kelleymoon8191]

Something as drivers we go thru this a lot

[@misterdeplorable2088]

If the crash caused the wait then the title to this video is garbage...mislesding ... I watched it expecting to see a storm and I saw crash instead holding up traffic.

[@Primarch19th]

Yupp. DPS at it's finest. But, they have all those overheard signs saying: "Feel sick? Stay home" "Wash your hands and keep Arizona safe" "Get Hammered? Get Nailed". Ya. All good quotes, except do your damn job and protect the public. 12 hours on a State Highway? Ya, make a sign about that DPS.

[@aimeemanjarres9503]

ADOT manages the overhead signs and places the quotes on them. :/

[@Primarch19th]

@@aimeemanjarres9503 O.K. But, I bet there is some yahoo making $150,000 a year making up slogans to "distract" drivers

[@willsimpkins7278]

I've been there and done that. That's why I live on the Gulf Coast!!!

[@SoapinTrucker]

Yeah being wiped out by a hurricane is not a problem......

[@willsimpkins7278]

@@SoapinTrucker well the main difference is we have time to leave made for the hurricane hit. Last I heard nobody ever froze to death down here

[@DanKirchner5150]

lake have to poo city

[@comfeefort]

LMAO! Who wants a Fudgecicle?

[@Cute.yuliaaa]

I was in that I was stuck for 13 hours

[@VindictiveRaider]

You call that a storm? 😆 love Canada 🇨🇦

[@bradforward850]

Waze app

[@shakirabells6955]

be safe every one drive slow if you can

[@planetaryqueen9469]

Prior to 2013 all truckers had a d use radio scanner to communicate with each other's and was even require by companies

[@rzorNvme]

God

[@goreanlady806]

Why do you people get out in that stuff???

[@antoniocioci8537]

Hello from Abruzzo (Gran Sasso )😉

[@semiretired6033]

My parents are from Caserta. Hello from Montreal Canada 🇨🇦.

[@aisurksoowl]

Yea i live in kingman people see snow, have no idea how to drive and we end up with this😂

[@michaelhargis7036]

"Shame on the mess"!

[@jhorne18]

Look at all these stinking trucks! The US needs to nationalize and expand the rail system to carry this cargo, rather than allowing its roads to be so dangeriously overcrowded and suffering the damage caused by these heavy behemoths with their often incompetent drivers.

[@SuperGoodison]

Are you trying to sound stupid or is that the everyday you.

[@mattmoschkau84]

Yeah.... the rails are already moving trailers in volumes so high they can barely keep up. Why not just say quit buying stuff, that might work faster.

[@markdaniel8740]

You would then be complaining about the trains blocking the roads.

[@jhorne18]

@@mattmoschkau84 Thumbs uup on your comments! You are right about everyone buying too much of what they do not want. Blame consumerism, advertising, and the growth/production-oriented capitalism. This is one reason for global warming, resource depletion, and general environmental deterioration. Add overpopulation. The railroads DO need work, though; that DO think you'll agree,

[@SirFoodie1904]

That goes both ways with four wheelers, I been driving for 14 years after discharged from the US Army(Honorable Active) but my luck came to an end two weeks ago because some very intelligent four wheeler believes in out running my truck when I was turning left. After I got off the I-10 west bound AZ/CA state line,so there isn’t room for any vehicle to squeeze by on the left. But this driver decided to squeezed by my truck while my focus was on the traffic to my left/right and straight away. Than I heard that crunch sound to my left, as I turned to my left and looked over my shoulder, there was a vehicle wedged underneath my trailer, the top was completely cut off by my trailer. The driver was fortunate enough to dug her down or she could have been head less. The female driver got off her vehicle and began yelling and screaming at me as I stopped immediately to make sure the driver was okay. She began cursing at me and accusing me of running her over. While all the drama unfold, two Arizona State Troopers witnesses the accident. The two officers walked towards me and the lady. The female driver tells the troopers that I hit her that it was my fault for not give her the right of ways. The two officers told her that she’s was the one that needs to stay behind the truck that she tries to squeeze behind my trailer and was wedged in between the cement blocks. The officers showed her the video footage. Than she calms down. We exchanged information than the officers asked if she needed medical attention,but the lady refused. Also to say stinking trucks, nowadays the vast majority of the trucks on the runs with Diesel Exhaust Fluid or (DEF) with is water base that is use to treat those black stinky dirty smokes you used to see back in the days. Nowadays if you see those trucks with those black smoke,it won’t take long the drivers and or the owners will be cited by the DOT officers and that the vehicle will be banned and sited for owning a tractor that isn’t compliance with federal regulations. The fines could get quite costly,Especially in the State of California. If any older trucks you see in California that are build before 2009 or older ,those trucks must have a DPF. Diesel Particulate Filters in order to operate in California. That’s why more and more trucking companies are going out of business at a staggering rates.

[@kevinmaloy1628]

TAKE Route 66 ! ........ DUMMIES !!!!!! ..............

[@garyaugustus1009]

Wow...unless someone has a predispositional illness, people have gotten a lot softer through the years... Stuck overnight in an automobile is dramatically newsworthy? 12 HOURS...!

[@johnmichaelpeters]

Imagine the poor person that had a 1 mille run to get to work... How many of these folks were essential workers and how does this happen Gov Dufus.

[@gnic5722]

WAZE best app for driving, it would have immediately routed people around the crash scene. Hope all the people involved make it home safely at some point.

[@butternut741]

Doug ducey fails again

[@catfan5756]

I didn't realize he controlled the weather and was driving one of big rigs. Only person to fail was you.

[@DrunkenGuitarGuy]

"we could be praying for them" sorry but i have news for you! when you're dead, you're dead! scary but true!

[@paintedpony2935]

Do you take candy from children too? Your self-obsessed, condescending opinions are unwanted.