I watch cars slide down this hill every time there's a snow storm or ice. I love the song and hope it doesn't get taken down. Also, see my blog, Seen In Yonkers. www.tumblr.com/...
When I used to drive an 18-wheeler, there was a time when I had to do the inching thing down a mountain in Kentucky once and that was the most frightening experience of all. Luckily there was truck stop at the bottom of the mountain where I stayed until the snowstorm was over.
No studded tires allowed in Toronto, Ontario. I've been up steep hill with 4 winter tires and a FWD no problems. At the bluffs and twyn rivers. With about a 4-6 inches of snow. Winter tires do make a difference b.c you could never get up those 2 hills I mentioned without them after a major snow fall. Personal experience, 17 years driving. 4 years riding. Soon to join the GM club.
This is my favorite song done by Blood, Sweat and Tears. I don't think you could have found a more appropriate song for this video. Made it 10x more enjoyable. Thank You.
what suspense...reminds of a time some forty years ago in Topanga Canyon Ca. I was caught in a mud slide atop a five hundred foot descent and ....but thats another story..... truly enjoyed this one...
Actually the Odell Ave hill from Warburton Ave to N.Broadway is a scarier hill to manuever in rain, sleet, or snow must less ice! Ashburton from Warburton to Neperhan is a wild one too. A few years ago I was on the City Line 1 Bus coming up from 242nd Subway station and when it got to the Court house/Police Barracks on Bway it slid down from the Hospital all the way to the Neperhan/Main Street intersection and that wasn't even as steep as the other hills in Yonkers
ReadyOars You liar. I bet you are happy when it snows, just so you can watch cars slipping in sliding on that hill. I know I would if I had a view of that hill like you do!
This is Arthur St. at Warburton. There are definitely steeper, curvier hills in Yonkers. Try Morsemere or Macassin (sp?) a little further east. They are crazy steep.
I never knew this quiet part of Yonkers would have a video that gets hundreds of thousands of views. O.o I used to live a block from there. You're filming from an apartment building located on Arthur Street, just yards from Warburton Avenue.
Only if you had 4 winter tires, that would be a breeze to drive.
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Yep. And these people should understand not to drive when it's been snowing like that if they don't have proper winter tires... It's sort of funny to watch them struggle like that, but that's actually dangerous...
Pekka Kilpeläinen Winter tires don't make a big difference; I know, I'm from Canada. To go up that hill easily you would need 4WD and studded tires.
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VideosWorthSpreading Well, I'm an automotive engineer and car enthusiast (I guess you can call me one) from FInland. So I think I know something too. Winter tires make a world of difference when it snows. And I'm talking about proper winter tires, not any american style all-season stuff. For me, the best part about winter is driving. I'm not into skiing or skating or anything like that. I like driving in the snow and on ice. At the moment I have three cars: FWD, RWD and 4WD. My cars have had studded and studless winter tires. But always good ones. I don't think you need 4WD to get up that hill. It is kinda hard to tell just how steep it is from a video, but it seems totally manageable with a 2WD car on good tires. It doesn't even look icy, so studless tires would work pretty much as good as studded ones, as there isn't a thick sheet of ice for the studs to bite into. Looks snowy and slushy, which is bad enough with summer tires. There are many aspects to being a good driver. Especially in winter how you are able to handle your car is important. But at least as important is to understand the conditions and adapt to them. This seems a bit hard even for drivers in Finland these days, especially with new cars that have stability control systems and such. Drivers are losing their grip on reality. When you have summer tires on your car and it looks like that outside, adapting means take the bus. A good driver knows when not to drive.
Regardless of incline, if you're starting from the bottom of that hill without any momentum, chances are you aren't making it without a significant loss of traction all the way up. There is just too much snow for the tires not to spin until they grip the pavement. We have snow here half the year and get 6-12 feet of it, so I don't care if you just came out of Harvard with a degree in snowytractionology.
I live here, and I call this city the Icy Hills every time it snows for the obvious. It's why I own a Subaru. ...And stay to NY 100 if I want to drive.
This is Spinning Wheel by Blood Sweat and Tears. Their lead singer comes from Yonkers, so I thought it was appropriate!. ......no? DCT was born in the UK and raised in Canada? where did you get yonkers from?
lockdownrocks You don't need 4WD in the winter. Years ago I would put snow tires on all four wheels with a rear wheel drive vehicle with no problems. Snow tires in the front for cornering traction and of course in the rear for forward traction. My current vehicles are 4WD with snow tires for the winter and I have no trouble getting through except for the motorist I get behind with "all season" tires going about 20 m.p.h. in a 55 m.p.h. speed zone with 4WD! Snow tires are the answer!
You are correct. And a few points to keep in mind for going UP a snowy/icy incline: 1) have snow tires and / or chains if you're going to try that. That is the #1 reason people fail to go up hills in inclement weather. 2) don't keep hitting your brakes 3) Getting any momentum going on a slippery incline is next to impossible from a stationary position. If possible, NEVER come to a complete stop at the bottom of an icy/snowy hill. That means timing it so you're not trapped behind some f*&^%$#g idiot who doesn't know how to drive. 4) When all else fails, turn around and take an alternate course. You may be an hour late getting to work or home, but you won't have a crumpled car or end up dead.
What can he do to help? Go down there and push cars down an icy hill? Maybe he could place some signs up, even though all drivers here would be aware of the snow on the road. Maybe he can shovel the snow away, so some of it can melt and form ice/black ice on the road?
Nice bit of hill and good capture of the nightmare that is snow to a driver. I still hold to me belief that automatic gearboxes in cars are no good, especially in winter, like here. A Manual gearbox could be put in a low gear and the engine can brake cars coming down, instead of dancing down on the brakes, thus resulting in a steady descent, that and a good set of winter tyres.
@ReadyOars The cabbies have never been to Pittsburgh, PA then. I grew up there. I could likely find you ten hills like this, or steeper. in 10 minutes near where I grew up.
@WaffleBrother Hi, this is in Yonkers, NY, just north of NY City. All the cabbies say it's the second hilliest city in the country after San Francisco, though I'm not exactly sure what they mean. I think it means the roads are steepest, which I believe. There's one with over a 20% grade, which isn't even legal for a walking ramp.
Didn't see any accidents, noone was really stuck. Job well done by everybody looks like to me. Criticize them if you want to but they got through the hill.
Hey, I have a really good idea.Lets all get into the car and go driving.Yes I know there is ice and snow on the roads and we'll probably die, but what the hell,it'll be fun.
Great job. The combination of the perfect song (in so many ways) and the live sound. This is classic.
When I used to drive an 18-wheeler, there was a time when I had to do the inching thing down a mountain in Kentucky once and that was the most frightening experience of all. Luckily there was truck stop at the bottom of the mountain where I stayed until the snowstorm was over.
The music did it for me.
Great audio track, quite suitable!
Great song to go with this..thx for upload!!
Finally, someone gets it.
Exactly.
My Aunt Mary was a Fransiscan Nun at St Eugenes in Yonkers. I remember the snowy hilly roads.
LOVE THE SONG! very fitting!
thanks
No studded tires allowed in Toronto, Ontario. I've been up steep hill with 4 winter tires and a FWD no problems. At the bluffs and twyn rivers. With about a 4-6 inches of snow. Winter tires do make a difference b.c you could never get up those 2 hills I mentioned without them after a major snow fall. Personal experience, 17 years driving. 4 years riding. Soon to join the GM club.
This is my favorite song done by Blood, Sweat and Tears. I don't think you could have found a more appropriate song for this video. Made it 10x more enjoyable. Thank You.
thanks!
motu patlu
Entertainment for the day. Who needs tv during the winter months.
That song and this video... amazing!
@ReadyOars I am from SF and it means that you have a ton a steep hills in your area. I have to agree this is beautiful!
yes, Arthur Av. Surprise snow storm, which is why no one was prepared. Usually no one's prepared because they ignore the forecasts.
Gotta Love the Driver in the Red Solara. Fought all the way to the top just to turn around. Thumbs up.
@olaf2046 that's amazing. I saw a school bus full of kids go down this hill sideways. It didn't stop til it hit that wall.
what suspense...reminds of a time some forty years ago in Topanga Canyon Ca. I was caught in a mud slide atop a five hundred foot descent and ....but thats another story.....
truly enjoyed this one...
That's a perfect song for the video. thanks for sharing!
Excellent music choice.
Blood, Sweat and Tire Chains.
Music is: *Blood Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel*
Excellent choice! :-)
Actually David Clayton Thomas is a Canadian who was born in England but raised in Toronto.
Yeah, they're sliding uphill. Good job. As the title says, 'Cars Sliding Down a Snowy Hill' - they ARE sliding backwards down a snowy/icy hill.
OMG as soon as the song kicked in I lawl'd. Nice. ;)
Actually the Odell Ave hill from Warburton Ave to N.Broadway is a scarier hill to manuever in rain, sleet, or snow must less ice! Ashburton from Warburton to Neperhan is a wild one too. A few years ago I was on the City Line 1 Bus coming up from 242nd Subway station and when it got to the Court house/Police Barracks on Bway it slid down from the Hospital all the way to the Neperhan/Main Street intersection and that wasn't even as steep as the other hills in Yonkers
This is Spinning Wheel by Blood Sweat and Tears. Their lead singer comes from Yonkers, so I thought it was appropriate!.
Traction. You just don't appreciate it until its gone.
I had a choice of watching this video, or a watching an ice cube melt..... I chose this one.
thanks for you support! ice sucks!
ReadyOars
You liar. I bet you are happy when it snows, just so you can watch cars slipping in sliding on that hill. I know I would if I had a view of that hill like you do!
This is Arthur St. at Warburton. There are definitely steeper, curvier hills in Yonkers. Try Morsemere or Macassin (sp?) a little further east. They are crazy steep.
LOL, the driver at 3:51 must love to know you were recording him on video, with that music.
I never knew this quiet part of Yonkers would have a video that gets hundreds of thousands of views. O.o I used to live a block from there. You're filming from an apartment building located on Arthur Street, just yards from Warburton Avenue.
that's right. I'm a little amazed, myself.
soundtrack is perfect
Love the song with the video!
Interesting technique from the red(and white) car
A front wheel drive would help with traction since they are better in the snow.
Dude the song you picked.....................LOL
well this is interesting.. worrying, but interesting. It's like watching a whole other species, their technique amazes me..
Levon Avetisian XD
Daniel Kemnitz
It is NY. You are watching a whole other species.
Only if you had 4 winter tires, that would be a breeze to drive.
Yep. And these people should understand not to drive when it's been snowing like that if they don't have proper winter tires...
It's sort of funny to watch them struggle like that, but that's actually dangerous...
Pekka Kilpeläinen Winter tires don't make a big difference; I know, I'm from Canada. To go up that hill easily you would need 4WD and studded tires.
VideosWorthSpreading Well, I'm an automotive engineer and car enthusiast (I guess you can call me one) from FInland. So I think I know something too.
Winter tires make a world of difference when it snows. And I'm talking about proper winter tires, not any american style all-season stuff. For me, the best part about winter is driving. I'm not into skiing or skating or anything like that. I like driving in the snow and on ice. At the moment I have three cars: FWD, RWD and 4WD. My cars have had studded and studless winter tires. But always good ones.
I don't think you need 4WD to get up that hill. It is kinda hard to tell just how steep it is from a video, but it seems totally manageable with a 2WD car on good tires. It doesn't even look icy, so studless tires would work pretty much as good as studded ones, as there isn't a thick sheet of ice for the studs to bite into. Looks snowy and slushy, which is bad enough with summer tires.
There are many aspects to being a good driver. Especially in winter how you are able to handle your car is important. But at least as important is to understand the conditions and adapt to them. This seems a bit hard even for drivers in Finland these days, especially with new cars that have stability control systems and such. Drivers are losing their grip on reality. When you have summer tires on your car and it looks like that outside, adapting means take the bus. A good driver knows when not to drive.
Regardless of incline, if you're starting from the bottom of that hill without any momentum, chances are you aren't making it without a significant loss of traction all the way up. There is just too much snow for the tires not to spin until they grip the pavement. We have snow here half the year and get 6-12 feet of it, so I don't care if you just came out of Harvard with a degree in snowytractionology.
VideosWorthSpreading Are studded tires legal in Canada now? I know there was a long time when they weren't. Which province?
Serves 'em right! Stay out of Yonkeez when it snows! Or just about any other time!
You picked the right song for right video! This is so fucking funny to watch haha love watching vids when cars loses control on ice :D
this is my favorite response so far!
I live here, and I call this city the Icy Hills every time it snows for the obvious. It's why I own a Subaru.
...And stay to NY 100 if I want to drive.
This is Spinning Wheel by Blood Sweat and Tears. Their lead singer comes from Yonkers, so I thought it was appropriate!. ......no? DCT was born in the UK and raised in Canada? where did you get yonkers from?
I was talking with a guy on the phone who said he was his best friend. Maybe he wasn't!
Very nice choice of music.
Ewer heard about snow-tyres..? We use them 6 months of a year here in Finland, it helps a lot.
If people are going to insist that the don't need 4WD in the winter, then I insist you stay home till the streets are cleared of snow.
lockdownrocks You don't need 4WD in the winter. Years ago I would put snow tires on all four wheels with a rear wheel drive vehicle with no problems. Snow tires in the front for cornering traction and of course in the rear for forward traction. My current vehicles are 4WD with snow tires for the winter and I have no trouble getting through except for the motorist I get behind with "all season" tires going about 20 m.p.h. in a 55 m.p.h. speed zone with 4WD! Snow tires are the answer!
+lockdownrocks Good tires help you much more than 4WD.
4WD doesn't improve braking or cornering at all, but snow tires do.
@showlowly Yes, the date's at the end, October 29, 2011. Kind of a surprise, right?
that's why i love my wrx sti
Those cars are going UP a hill....not down.
You are correct.
And a few points to keep in mind for going UP a snowy/icy incline:
1) have snow tires and / or chains if you're going to try that. That is the #1 reason people fail to go up hills in inclement weather.
2) don't keep hitting your brakes
3) Getting any momentum going on a slippery incline is next to impossible from a stationary position. If possible, NEVER come to a complete stop at the bottom of an icy/snowy hill. That means timing it so you're not trapped behind some f*&^%$#g idiot who doesn't know how to drive.
4) When all else fails, turn around and take an alternate course. You may be an hour late getting to work or home, but you won't have a crumpled car or end up dead.
Arthur Av in Yonkers. Thanks for asking!
Come over to Norway in the winter time, we teach I teach you how to drive in the snow!
Summer tires dont woork on snow, dont you know that?
That red car at the end parks in my building on Warburton.
great music LOL!
Best part is the Blood, Sweat, and Tears! I think I'll have to come try and tackle this road at some point!
What a road. Great song
Some people aren't too bright. Scratch that, *most* people aren't too bright.
E -class snow king
excellent choice of music....looll
no more weight doesn't matter, it's the tire size and surface area.
Wish people could drive. I'd be up there in 2 seconds. Plus my truck is a 2wd with mismatched all season tires!
Winter tires are but small piece of the equation. You still have to know what to do!
What can he do to help? Go down there and push cars down an icy hill? Maybe he could place some signs up, even though all drivers here would be aware of the snow on the road. Maybe he can shovel the snow away, so some of it can melt and form ice/black ice on the road?
Nice bit of hill and good capture of the nightmare that is snow to a driver. I still hold to me belief that automatic gearboxes in cars are no good, especially in winter, like here. A Manual gearbox could be put in a low gear and the engine can brake cars coming down, instead of dancing down on the brakes, thus resulting in a steady descent, that and a good set of winter tyres.
You KNOW you stayed to watch the whole video because of Blood, Sweat, & Tears... don't deny it!!!
Lol love the song choice. :D
such a crazy street ,wheres the plowingguy?
While browsing snow/ice sliding fun, I've gone from Squirrel Hill to Yonkers. This county needs some better names.
4-wheeldrive + low gear ratio + proper winter-tires (and always have snowchains in your car just in case) = no problem.
Note: Those who are driving an automatic, practice using your 1st and 2nd gears without the brakes. You'll be amazed.
This is entertaining though.
Haha, awesome vid and awesome tunes buddy
@ReadyOars The cabbies have never been to Pittsburgh, PA then. I grew up there. I could likely find you ten hills like this, or steeper. in 10 minutes near where I grew up.
0:33 video+music=epic!
music explains everything~~
you could use this vid to sell your house..fun winters
most rescue vehicles r made for any terrain just incase for emergency to get anywhere they can.
Great old tune.
High gear, low speed - that always worked for me.
exactly, to keep the engine at low revvs
At first I thought that was sarcasm, but now I'm worried you are all going to die. haha
@WaffleBrother Hi, this is in Yonkers, NY, just north of NY City. All the cabbies say it's the second hilliest city in the country after San Francisco, though I'm not exactly sure what they mean. I think it means the roads are steepest, which I believe. There's one with over a 20% grade, which isn't even legal for a walking ramp.
Snow tires folks snow tires!
Brought to you by all-season tires.
In Italy, we usually use winter tyres!
the firetruck made it look easy !
Gear down,stay on dry snow for traction, slow and easy...stay off hills...easy
OMG I live right there by Arthur Rd on Warburton!
Might have been too considerate for you to put down the camera for a sec and call the highway dep to come sand? lol
The red Toyota at 2:42 cracked me up!
Didn't see any accidents, noone was really stuck. Job well done by everybody looks like to me. Criticize them if you want to but they got through the hill.
this makes me laugh because my driveway looks exactly like this and I go up and down it with no issues while everyone else gets stuck.
great video
ROADS LIKE THIS IN THE UK WOULD BE EITHER GRITTED OR CLOSED
the most accurate comment yet.
In finland this weather is still "Great weather" :DDD Place where everyone would drift is that corner : )
BUY SOME SWOW TIRES!!!!!
Lol caps and Swow haha :-) No offence man :-)
snow brings fun
I live 5 min away from that hill it does suck during winter
Hey, I have a really good idea.Lets all get into the car and go driving.Yes I know there is ice and snow on the roads and we'll probably die, but what the hell,it'll be fun.
The red Solara needs to put the car into Neutral.
Why dont people use chains for the tires?? It helping me out when im going a hill full of snow!
0:03 my favorite moving vehicle!
You just gotta love RWD!