[Traffic Camera] Seattle Drivers vs the Snow - Round 2!
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- Filmed 2/10/19 and 2/11/19. *Full title so people don't get mad: Seattle Drivers vs the snow, ice, steep hills and not enough plows.*
Seattle was hit with a total of 4 "Snow Events" over the past two weeks; in this video, I recorded people trying to drive during the last two. Lots of issues on the West Seattle Bridge, but downtown was no cakewalk either. As for the 45th St Viaduct ... why would you even attempt it in the snow?
Thanks for watching!
Music:
Semper Fidelis (1890) and Anchors Aweigh (1921), by the Unites States Marine Band. Via the TH-cam Audio Library.
"We blocked the road off with Lime Bikes, Police tape, and cones." I love it
And they make fun of us in the East because we close schools for an inch. We have Lime and Lemon Bikes!!!!!
@@Scottie-cb7ep In my school days in Michigan the bus would stop, all of the boys would pile out and get the car unstuck, get back on the bus and repeat upon the next stuck car, we aren't talking about a few inches, I'm talking about a foot or more.
Now do a video of Seattle driver's vs perfectly dry roads . The outcome is the same....
LOL
They just hand out licenses here.
I live here sir and I'm offended...
By how accurate that is
Lol
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The music choice was the icing on the cake for that video...lol!
As someone in the Navy I approve. 😆
Every aspect of this video is top-notch brilliant and hilarious, from the epic commentary through the particular music choices.
Thanks for watching, and for the kind comment - I appreciate it!
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First thing to learn is that if you stop while trying to go up an icy hill, you will not be able to start again.
Thats Genius! How the hill did you come up with that? Lol
Momentum is your friend
@@danieltigges8590 a Car in motion on ice tends to stay in motion on ice even if your wheels are stopped and going the opposite direction
Wish I could have watched the video. Was too busy standing at attention.
Funny Shit!
lololol!!!!
Underrated
I started looking for my dress blues.
I had to turn the volume off.
Native Coloradan here, we have winter tires, sanded roads, delays, etc......and people STILL can't drive. Videos like this make my day 😂
So there is an actual public benefit for those lime bikes??? Who knew... ;-)
Lived in Seattle around 1986, when we had a huge snowstorm all day. I was rebuilding fireplaces back than, so I literally had a ton of bricks in my Dodge Polara station wagon, when I started my way back home from North Seattle to mid U-district. I planned my route really carefully, no hills etc, not easy in Seattle, and it took me three hours to get home, versus 15 minutes to get to my job, and I met 3 cars on the way. Never ever had three hours of cold sweat like that.
3 hours but no crashes so that's a win 👍
The heavy bricks 🧱 would of actually helped you get more traction.
smartness
@@MrWiseinheart For days after that snowfall you saw more skiers than cars on Seattle's roads, especially on the hills.
Lol I live in Montana and we drive in it all winter. If you didn't have a 2 wheel drive pos you wouldn't have a problem. I too lived in Tacoma and I've never seen stupider drivers in the elements
@@travishanks7295 The problem is a good chunk of these people came from California... That's behind most of the problems of the Pacific Northwest these days.
I have to say, compared to all the TH-cam videos I've seen of winter driving, these people are actually doing pretty well. Don't get me wrong; ALL of them should have stayed home. Even so, you don't see any of these people coming down the hill at full speed and expecting to be able to stop at the traffic light. Except for the fact that they're on the road at all (and that one jackass going the wrong way on a divided highway), they're all being very cautious. I've seen lots of videos of winter drivers in places where snowy roads are the norm for four months of the year who go the full speed limit or are outright speeding and smash into other cars or they hit a curve and they spin right off the road because they're not taking the weather conditions into account at all.
That's very true - a lot of them probably would have been okay if the city wasn't so hilly and the roads were better treated.
@@SeattleTrafficCams As a transplanted Michigander I just Love watching these 'Sounders' attempt to navigate the 'WhiteStuff', I got transferred into the area in '80, been here since, this area has a glut of Retarded winter drivers!!!!
Oh, I have fourwheel drive I can go anywhere, Yup, you are right about that, right into the ditch with the rest of the Incompetent Idiots with me in my 2wd pickup goes by laughing my A$$ off😁😁
when i was in spokane only a small hand full of cars used chains, cables or studed tyres
What a great way to show all of my family that lives out of state "How it was on a snow day"..
1:18 The car struggling to finally get up the hill is the one coming back down the hill the wrong way, bahaha. Being an Eastern Canadian that is coming through the worst winter in 35 yrs, I can empathize. And we ARE prepared!! Great video, thanks for putting it together.
Thanks for watching!
TheGitpo, how do you prepare for winter, the people in Washington, Oregon and all the United States needs to know. Every year in the USA, we fail at driving in snow and ice, please Canada, teach us.
Here in Maryland they say on the radio to stay at home. Yeah, tell our employers that...
I cant even imagine living like this. I did a cab ride from Banff to Lake Louise after dark while it was snowing and was sure i was going to die! I could not see any road ahead of us for most of the way!!! How the driver kept us alive is a mystery to me. GREAT CALLOUT to all the people who helped in Seattle. :)
in my place - this is how Winter usually looks like and we have no such problems. The drivers need to use proper season tires, while road services should do the job on time using salt and sand.
I normally complain bitterly about people who put obnoxious music with their videos, but I have to say this is right on the money!!
Seattle has the same conditions like the UK does when it snows, wet heavy snow that is a nightmare to drive on, very different to driving on powder snow which we don't get very often in the UK unless we get our snow from continental europe/Russia.
Our climate is also just temperate enough that it likes to use the freezing point as a damn trampoline, leading to this nasty type of gray compacted sludge…which is always, ALWAYS layered over ice.
That’s the real danger in Seattle: the ice. If there’s snow, there’s guaranteed to be ice, and it likes to freeze crystal clear so you’ll never see it in time to avoid it.
4:09 guy on the left falls on his butt lol
Lol, I hadn't noticed that - good eye!
@@SeattleTrafficCams Thank you 😁
Came for the accidents, stayed for the music 😂
Glad you enjoyed - thanks for watching!
"I have a car, so I must drive"
I mean, it's not going to drive itself (yet) :-)
@@SeattleTrafficCams That be weird, your car doing it's own thing then the police knock on your door telling you your Tesla was the get away vehicle for a bank Heist.
Take the bus instead! O wait, they are all stranded on the hill.. Just go back to sleep.
I mean the transit buses didn't have options in the matter. If the city isn't gonna cancel bus routes during a snow event then they could at least salt and treat the damn roads.
Kay Elliott the city have put salt and plowed the roads during pretty much that whole month. those buses got stuck on a pretty steep grade hill.
when it’s icy it’s pretty much impossible drive up or down those hills safely.
Damn, those hills are no joke !!
0:40 Impressive perspective.
When you see the lines of the building on the right, it give the impression that the road is at like 30+ degrees.
Seattle has some VERY steep streets, especially in the downtown area. No fun to even walk up or down.
This one is right on the north side of the university campus, and yeah this is a pretty crazy hill, that road is actually a bridge that extends out to reduce the steepness of the descent.
i miss seattle lmao. this was a funny video to watch. i remember a few pretty bad storms around 2010-2011 that was kinda like this storm, but way more ice. it was like inches of ice covering everything, and shut down the whole city. probably wasn't the first time but that's the time i was there to experience it. stay safe out there and make wise decisions drivers!
3:17 "Not stuck, just rideshare" 😂 yep, they really do just stop wherever they want on any given day
This was awesome!! I wish I'd known about this vid a couple weeks ago! I got into a debate about how dumb it was where I live & people just would do whatever in a few inches...including abandoning their vehicles in the middle of an intersection!! Regardless of what chaos they cause!! You could have illustrated it better!!!
Loved and shared!!
Bus drivers should have offered free rides if they were stuck, more weight may mean better traction
They could have but they were all stock on the hills. At least you could be stranded for hours with some company.
Great video. Thank you for sharing. I live in Everett Washington. Even with the snow it was easier to get around up north. And we had more snow in the Everett area.
Had 20" south end of Bainbridge Island. Put chains on my Honda Element , piece of cake to get around once I got out of w 200 ft of driveway easement! Love that much snow. Looks doubtful for much snow this year.
Seattle has to be one of the worst places for stuff like this to happen. It's full of hills and usually only gets a few inches of snow per year. So yeah, no one knows how to drive in the snow and they aren't equipped with the proper tires. I was waiting at a bus stop next to an intersection on a hill in Port Angeles during this weather and watched cars stopped by the light going uphill slide to the shoulder. The road didn't go straight up the hill at that point otherwise they would've slid right back down.
😂 you should see them drive when it rains. it’s almost like they don’t see rain all year.
The best of this video is DEFINITELY the music...
5:12 how can you get 14 vehicles stuck at the same location? Around here the steepest incline is up to the university. Once the first bus has trouble getting up there, they skip 3 stops and take an alternative much longer route uphill, without any steep incline.
It is difficult getting around hills in Seattle
three words... no snow tires
2019 was the worst snow Seattle had seen in fifty years. I live in a suburb a couple of minutes out of town. I was snowed in for four or five days. Eventually, I got cabin fever and walked to town.
I don't know about 50 years - I remember a bad one in '08 (I think?) - but this was definitely more than we usually get!
And then 2022-2023 arrived!
Been here 35 years and this was the first time I can remember the entire transit system completely shutting down. Not just going to “emergency snow network,” but absolutely zero transit whatsoever because the ice prevented them from even getting the buses out of their barns altogether.
Finally a use for those damn lime bikes!
I’m not from wa state but moved here about 4 years and in Seattle drivers defense there are a crap load of hills. Like everywhere ... but wa state drivers do driver crazy too. 🤷🏽♀️
the problem is not the hills or the snow
but bad Tires on cars that needs good Winter Tires
@@ti0039a340 my cars a year old !!! I’m just a shitty driver 😫😫😫
@@amberbartlett5067 i doubt you have winter tires equipped on your car so no you are not a bad driver
its the shoes that needs changing
@@ti0039a340 I don’t even know what winter tires are 😬how am I adult and don’t know this! Literally googling now 😒
From what I've seen over the years not enough people are smart enough to invest in studded tires. It's not enough to have winter tires because they don't cut through the ice and dig in.
Script, editing and music hilarious. Well done!
PS Sadly, in Switzerland it's the same. Snow every winter and people just don't learn. Snow tyres do make a huge difference though.
I laughed out loud when "Anchors Aweigh" kicked in.
Seattle, given the rarity of snowy conditions that last this long, you re forgiven. However, in the rest of the country where winter means snow and ice every year, it is unbelievable that thousands of drivers refuse to prepare, and thus these scenes occur with regularity. Until the M & S rating is removed from 3 season tires, winter traffic camera entertainment will continue.
Clint Smitheman where do you live, bro?
@@chriscorbray4457 doesn't matter, he spoke with precision about preparedness. That tells me he uses more than 2 brain cells (the quantity of which is the norm for the average American).
What? Are you the Russian who made this video with what you thought was current music of the day?
@@chriscorbray4457 Who cares. Better then rap or gang city music.
This is why I have two sets of wheels for my 4wd car. One set with all season and the other set with studded snow tires. I live in the mountains.
grew up in Yakivegas (aka Yakima) yeah studs all around why? front brakes 90% of your stopping power.
Love the music
Daniel brings back memories
The blinking car wiggling down the street at 1:19 was the cutest :D Also: excellent music choice!
Thank you for watching!
I was at work when a heavy snow came down in Dallas. People in Texas don't know how to drive in snow, but I've lived up north enough to learn. Plus I was driving my 4X4 Toyota Tacoma. I drove past dozens of people who were hopelessly buried in drifts and stuck in ditches and made it home just an hour later than normal!
I remember a night going eastbound on 520 and one of those accordion buses jackknifing on the farthest east end of 520 and locking down 520 for roughly 4hrs. We were stuck on that damn bridge for 4-5 hours playing football off and on. ✌
@S C G
Funny, I thought the same thing if I did go over it. I had horrifying images of ending up in a end of life experience as it collapsed while on it.
Word around the campfire is they're rebuilding it?
@S C G
Oh my. I'll have to check it out. Surprised none of my friends told me it was complete. I remember it was just before there was talks about a toll going up just before I left.
The jeep tugging the semi @ 2:34 😂. Yeah yeah, I'll give him props to trying
Great soundtrack!!!
Ooooh, have these guys considered... a change of tyres every late November? Even if it isn't always like that, winter IS winter, people. Stay safe!
Wow... I'm dying from laughter at all the silliness. I understand the buses getting stuck, but that's a given. When the roads are that greasy, icy or snowy, we people of the East Coast of Canada and Maine, know to stay off of them. We may be crazy, tell you to hold our Tims and watch, but there are times where we are smart enough to get off of the roads and stay safe at home. Kudos to those city workers (plows, police, fire, etc.) that were out in that mess helping the idiots off the road. lol God bless them one and all. The amount of snow on the road is just enough for playtime here. Expecting 6 to 8 inches of snow tonight and tomorrow with high winds. Should go out playing after it's over.. NOT!!! Maybe stores should have winter tires for your cities out there... lol!!! Great work catching some funny pics for us to giggle at.
Thanks for watching! They're predicting snow for this week/weekend, so there may be more videos up soon 😀
Winter Tires? Sanding Roads? Staying Home , Naah!!
You don't have to use sand or salt on the road if you have proper tires.
@Vladimir_Bone Spur_tRump Not at all. It helps, but it's almost not necessary. A lot of the roads in Sweden are untreated. And even more roads are treated first after several hours or days, and even then it's okay with snow and ice on the roads. I have driven on highways with 10 cm of snow on, with FWD. Without ANY problem. Yesterday it was rain and above 0 degree C and during the evening it went down below 0 and started snowing and was blowing a Lot so it was sometimes hard to see even where the road were, and i still had NO problem getting home (smaller roads and larger one like highways). I have at least! 200.000 km behind the wheel in all kind of weathers and has Never had any problems. Yes, it takes a bit longer to get to the destination when it's snowing and blowing like crazy and you don't see where the road are but it still works. Never stuck. Never slid off. Nothing. But, i always use the best rated tires (summer tires during summer and winter tires during winter) and i always make sure i switch to winter tires before it gets slippery (there are weather forecasts you know...).
I've seen plenty of trucks with mudders spin too. Reason is huge mud tires are not good for snow on roads. The idea is for the tire to dig into the snow and hit ground. Mudders float on top of the snow and spin. Good for mud and sand, bad for snowy roads.
@Vladimir_Bone Spur_tRump that happened to my atv tires, clogged with mud and got so stuck it took 2 excavators to get it out. First one got stuck as well lol. Snow tires usually have pretty aggressive looking tread, I believe they are designed to cut through the snow and not get clogged up with any. I drive a truck and with nice snow tires and 4x4 I've never slipped, nevermind get stuck. Live in the North.
@Vladimir_Bone Spur_tRump The look isn't everything. The most important bit is the rubber compound. And, of course, the design of the tire, especially when it comes to studless.
Vehicles slide on ice and snow everywhere they happen in the entire world. That includes Canada, Russia, Europe, the USA - everywhere. And that's true even in the places where it occurs regularly every winter.
I remember this so clearly because i was living on bainbridge island and worked near 4th & lucile, got to seattle at 6 on Monday morning and no one knew what was going on with any buses, light rail still ran but eventually i just gave up and went home after making it to the sodo station and still finding no buses.
Oof, yeah, our busses do not do well in the snow. I'll always remember the snow in 2008, when my dad got stuck on a bus for over 8 hours because a jackknifed truck was blocking I5 😬
Love every minute of this music!!!
Thanks for watching!
98% of the time its totally normal to see Seattle drivers carpooling with Iguanas, Alpacas, Llamas, Goats, cats, cows, Roosters, and occasionally chickens on peoples heads
True. We are the worst. But, what people don’t know is we live at the freezing temperature in times snow falls. It melts in the day and freezes at night. They ARE NOT driving in snow! They are driving on sheets of ice. Not snow. We can deal with that. Our terror of snow comes from never seeing’s a snowplow at work.
Best video i've seen in a while,Thanks 👍
It’s an embarrassment that this region of Washington is so BAD with dealing with and preparing for snow.
They don't ever get snow because of the Pacific. It literally rains all year except for a few months at the end of summer.
Look, in our defense: we never seem to get nice, normal snow. We get this compacted gray sludge that has about the same color and consistency as wet cement.
Oh, and it’s always layered over ice. ALWAYS.
The real issue isn’t even the snow, it’s the damn ice! Because there’s always ice, especially when it snows, and it likes to freeze crystal clear so you’ll never see it in time to avoid it.
the circus music fits perfectly
Just the most perfect music lol 🤣
I feel bad for the bus drivers. They probably didn't have much of a choice.
This storm hit Portland pretty hard too and it was a mess. We don't usually get snow like this in our mild climate so we just largely don't have the infrastructure for these weather events.
Which is why people should stay the eff home when they close the roads.
I definitely feel bad for the bus drivers, especially since I'm sure they had to spend hours stranded on stuck busses. Thanks for watching!
Look at states in the South, like Texas, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina. They get one snow a year, it's too expensive to have snowplows just for that, so they just shut down. Every single year, there's 1-2 snow days. People just got know how to stay in.
In Canada it is one of the great challenges. Snow tires make a big difference. If we get early snow/ice we get caught without snow tires on and go through this too. Stay safe but enjoy the simple spin outs.
yup i live in seattle and use snow tires. there is no hill that i can’t go to. funny thing is people don’t realize that i have snow tires and try to follow me up hills and end up getting stuck wondering how i made it up or down.
this was an ice storm. people thought it would be snow like pack. not even snow tires can make a difference on ice roads.
It was 3 or 4 years ago that I borrowed the company van to get home rather than my bicycle. After 5 hours, I left it in a side street, and walked up the last hill. It was about 2 hours in that I started wishing I'd taken the bike. *IT* had studded tires, it might have been uncomfortable, but I would have been home by then.
HAHAHA i love how you show the lonely person walking down the road at the end
Quite a few cameras seem to be working here but when you look at their website it says, "camera unavailable" "under maintenance" which it says most of the time for the same camera's but they are working. They choose to not have them working on a regular basis for some reason.
Yeah, the cameras are weird. Also, sometimes the photo says "unavailable" but when you click on the video, it plays. Not sure what's going on. Thanks for watching!
Love the Music!
Half the people in Seattle came up from L.A. for the real estate deals. What can you expect of those insane drivers???
Seatt Traff Cams Thank you for Video . Full title was fine for me and I liked that you labeled Music . Nice choice and volume . Those poor Busses Jack Knifed . Question do they use the term Jill Knifed if they are a Female bus ? I hope things have not gone too Crazy with bus terms there yet . I have only been to Seattle once and was not there long enough to see what it was like . I live on a Hill in an area that has Dry snow , Medium Snow and Wet Snow . Sometimes we get a lot at one time for Multiple days . Our Garbage trucks have plows on them when a storm comes . We use a lot of salt when temps are right for it . Like you pointed out in your nice video you have to make changes for the conditions . Please keep making these videos
A+ for Washington State driving on snow D - For George driving on snow and they get it more often You Southerners need to watch and take some notes don't see any of them stranded on the interstate for 36 hours .
Y'all had better think about getting snow tires because this isn't going to stop happening. Winter tires are good not only for snow and ice but also have better grip in cool temperatures.
Best video music I’ve heard!!👍😂
Wet snow are slick as snot. There's not much you can do AND you HAVE to get work AND there are hills everywhere! SO, don't laugh until you've driven in it!! Sighed: A Seattlite
Trade in that ever so wonderful Prius and invest in either a 4 wheel drive or all wheel drive rig and actually go drive in the snow. Theres a dang mountain range not more than an hour away that people could go and practice in but most don’t!
I’m glad people helped out.
why don't some people understand that summer tires or all-season tires don't work so well on snow and ice. And have to drive when the snow conditions don't allow it
Couldn't help but snort at 3:31, SO important to brush off snow from the roof of the car, for everyone safety.
The girl walking down the highway in the last clip makes me suuuuuuuuuuper nervous
Me too! I'm not sure why she decided that it was better to abandon her car and walk up the hill instead, instead of waiting for SDOT or someone else to help get her out. It's not like they were in the middle of nowhere...
At least she has better traction on foot than most cars driving in the snow
Patar1441 Because it’s harder to walk on the snowy sidewalk than a less snowy street
YES because her back is towards the direction of oncoming traffic; if a car comes, she won't see it coming and won't move over or jump out of the way. She should be walking on the other side of the median facing the direction of any possible oncoming traffic.
Dont they put salt on the roads so it melt?
Salt is for ice, not inches of snow. Plows are for snow
haha, the music, it sounds like it has been recorded from land line dial phone, perfect for this
snowy roads are basically when the cars become drunk
Loved your background music...
I found it annoying.
SeattleTrafficCams, what does my Anchor Away has anything to do with your snow stricken motorists clip?
@Why Me I'd prefer Winter Wonderland or Sleigh Ride or something snowy like that.
Loved the footage! Also, that music was a nice touch.
Thanks for watching!
I agree, loved it.
Love the Band music!!!
just went through it again the last part of December...probably even worse. to be fair, the snow comes down wet, then freezes, with more snow on top, so you have snow covered ice which is the worst. on the other hand, there's a lot of new arrivals in the Seattle area from homes where they have no experience in winter driving or driving at all
When I was young I drove in the snow as much as possible so when I got my license I wouldn't struggle at snow driving and it worked
Good idea - however - Just give Mother Nature a chance - she can humble the most skilled of drivers.
As a resident of Montreal, this is absolutely comical. We got a foot of snow in 24h last week. These idiots are completely incapable of driving in 0.1 inch of snow and ice XD
SettletrafficCams you have the best intro ever, too funny
Thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed! 😀
At are house,
1st wave: 3 inches of snow
2nd wave: 9 inches of snow
3rd wave: 1 inch of snow
4th wave: 2 inches of snow
5th wave: 6 inches of snow
Too many inches of snow!
You cracked me up the entire vid!!! lolllol
If you're ever sliding in a car, you are meant to turn the wheel WITH the direction you're sliding, you will gain control again.
What kind of city doesn't have a storage of crushed rock (or any kind of gravel) to use on icy roads?
I think you " might " find the answer in the video ( city too poor )
@@thomasfletcher4109 actually, Seattle was better prepared for this than last time.
They did have plows with sand and salt ready. They prioritized "primary" roads, the "secondary", but as soon as the cleared a path it snowed again, and the "tertiary" roads never got a chance. Remember - this only happens to us every few years ago, so they don't spend a lot on plows and such
@@TSKseattle as an area resident, I know this.
@@TSKseattle Even so, I think at least that bus trap would've deserved some priority...
Great choice of music!
Thanks!
Thanks to share with us
Thanks for watching!
You have no winter tires? You lose! Good day sir!
I'm glad someone else gets shitty weather like I get here in Ontario, Canada and thank god everyone is safe!
Yep, although I'm sure Ontario gets it way more often than we do. Thanks for watching!
What did Metro do with all the thousands of sets of tire chains?
Did Ksama Sawant order them recycled for park benches?
That's Atlanta drivers when we get hit with a ice/snow storm!
The music 😂👍
Oh so freezing temperatures and snow isn’t normal in Seattle? It definitely isn’t down here in Texas but weird
0:55 Even the snowplow driver is clueless. That plow is set up the wrong way.
Some seem to be on summer tyres. They do know that winter tyres do exist? Don't they?
i think the winter tyres are unknown for citizens in burgerland
Been in similar driving conditions over the years but the people deserve a break. After all, they are from Seattle.
But I have ALL season tires!... how is this happening? 🤭
I guess if you can't make it in a Subaru you shouldn't be out on the road
Don't pick on lesbians.