Seattle Snow Fail!
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- Footage captured by Mark Jones of Seattle ad agency Jones Advertising. Cars crashing in the snow, Seattle Drivers can't drive in snow, crash caught on video, cars crashing, cars spin out in snow, cars sliding down hill in snow, snow in seattle, icy roads, seattle snow fail, Queen Anne hill
2012, snowstorm 2012
Actually a good choice of music for the subject.
The guy on the cross country skis and the sled are the only ones I see driving correctly.
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I've listened to the background music on tons of videos (most of it horrible), but the music accompanying this video is absolutely fantastic. Thanks for posting this.
We need another blizzard or ice storm. I've pretty much seen all good videos already. Time for some new ones.
+butlerproman are u from seattle?
Onesie Gamer No. Good ol' Minnesota. We usually get at least a couple of good storms each year.
it did just snow in Seattle but didnt stick:(
thanks
Thanks!
Drove from eastern Washington over pass into seattle one year for Thanksgiving. Arrived at 5pm and it was like driving into a deserted city. didn't pass 100 cars from snoqaulmie pass to the hotel in the university district. there was about 4 " of snow in seattle, I was driving an 85 ford tempo with no snow tires. poor girl at the desk had been there for 36 hours because her relief couldn't make it in.
What people don't understand about Seattle. It's typically not freezing cold here consistently like other parts of the country. It usually snows, starts to melt OR rains....then freezes overnight and turns to sheets of ice. Repeat process and streets are like an ice skating rink WITH HILLS.
True!
No one ever realized how it gets out here till they come here 😅
Not just the sheets of ice but it’s not very cold when it snows so it’s very wet snow! so it’s dense and super slippery!!
I agree with you 100% I often have this same exact discussion with people from places that see snow every year. The moisture and cold in the air is totally different also!!
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Nice music to go with the video. Loved the 4WD vehicle waltzing down the hill!
If people would just let off the brake and start to try to steer and recover the vehicle they might find that they'll crash a lot less
This is hillarious! As a former Washingtonian I completely feel their pain.
rule number 1 of snow driving: lock up brakes. lol
That's the Seattle way!
tribblegirl2 that it is.
You need to lock up the brakes. That way fills the tread with snow so you go faster lol.
On ice brakes... no brakes... irrelevant. You’re at the mercy of gravity. Without spiked tires, you are in a pickle.
@@Erin-Thor I disagree. As long as you're not locking up your tires you'll be able to control your car at least in some way. When it's that slippery, and the hill is steep, you probably won't be able to stop it, but just keep tapping your brakes gently without locking up and you'll be at least able to steer your car. It's always better to have a little control to where you're going instead of just sliding down uncontrollably.
Perfect choice of music!
Hard to believe this was 2012, I don't see a car here older than 2006 lol, thanx recession!
Awesome video, I was wondering if it snowed in Seattle as I never saw any while watching the tv show Frasier. Sliding cars was a bonus!
Jim Nguyen It's very, very rare for us to get more than a short little flurry very late in the season (I remember one happening in May). It doesn't usually stay cold enough for long enough, and when it does stay cold for a while it's usually too dry. Unfortunately those mild temperatures are part of why it's so difficult to drive in it. The temperature hovers around freezing and creates this snow-melt-freeze-snow cycle. The result is a disgusting mass of compacted snow and ice that has roughly the same texture and consistency as wet cement.
From East Washington here, was taught to drive in the snow. East WA tends to laugh at West WA for having difficulty driving in snow. But then I married a West WA resident and moved over there. Oh it's no joke. I have driven in the deepest, slickest Spokane snow without a problem. The first snowfall in Mukilteo, I slid. I did everything right, I did everything I was taught, and still slid, and smacked into a curb. And another car slid and went right toward me, and the front of his car hit the front of mine. I never laughed at West WA snow again. This was 2011. I'm commenting in 2023 and I see this is 11 years ago so this must have been that same snowfall.
If I owned a house situated on a hill like that I would either park my vehicle elsewhere during the winter, or better yet not have one at all.....lol
With the music its like ballet for cars. So graceful as they do they 360's down a hill.
hey if we start sliding lets lock up our brakes so we have no traction at all
I'm always wondering that don't you have to actually learn how to drive before getting license in USA? Or do you get it just by applying? I mean, it's kinda basic thing to know about driving that you'll be able to control your car as long as you have traction. And as long as you're not locking or spinning your tires, you'll have at least some traction.
@@nemo78 They're not driving on snow covered pavement, they're driving on snow covered ice.
@@nemo78 When I got my license I had to parallel park and then make a left turn trough some cones then stop at a stop sign without the instructor in the car (covid) then I got my license lol
@@nemo78 this was in a dmv parking lot
I live here. Seattlites are idiots in the snow. It's either lock up the brakes or floor it. Never occurs to them to just steer.
What Seattle does not realize, is that it is dangerous to drive in these conditions, especially when you are not trained for it. Too many comments making excuses, instead of using common sense and parking the car.
+sharpuslf What? Or how about just driving appropriately? A car doesn't become useless just because there's snow
+Freezorg Every car in this video is a menace to the driver and anyone downhill of the driver.
sharpuslf You have that backwards. Incompetent drivers are a menace to the car and anyone downhill. Grab someone from Finland or Norway or hell, even fucking Canada, and they'll show you that you can have snow and still fucking go to work
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I am from fucking Canada, so yeah whatever dude. Butcha idiots in this video driving on (mostly) shitty tires on icy/snowy roads.
People need to get places man!
all of them are locking their wheels...why are they all giving it a turn down that hill? how about don't drive
Tina Pham Lack of practice. We only get this much snow maybe once a decade.
yes, not to mention what snow around 32 degrees is the slickest
To preface this I have driven in the snow in other states including Wyoming and North Dakota. Seattle is far more difficult to drive in. There is almost always ice on or barely under the snow. It usually will warm up just enough to make the snow soft and then freeze it. Plus, Seattle isn't equipped like other cities where snow is common. Come here without snow tires and chains and try to drive on any of our hills and Seattle will make you look foolish.
Rekka Riley
So you're telling me that people from seattle don't actually know what ice is? They don't know that when that shiny stuff is on the ground the ground is slippery? Or are you telling me that people from seattle just don't know how to drive?
Rekka Riley
So tell me then how people in areas of the country get snow THE WHOLE WINTER can avoid accidents? Snow day after day, packing the ice down even more. Don't give me that "we have hills" shit, I live in COLORADO, WE HAVE MOUNTAINS.
Rekka Riley Because people are making excuses for driving like morons in the snow.
Rekka Riley
My ego has nothing to do with having common sense during adverse weather conditions.
The two smart ones were the guy on the skis, and the dude on the toboggan.....
I think I watched this years ago and I must say this is one of the only TH-cam videos that has appropriate music. Only thing better would have been to hear the snow crushing and the metal bending.
Every Minnesotan:
“ha, amateur hour”
Bruh, try Alaska. Y’all aren’t close to amateurs
I love this kind of music 👍👍🌨🌨
Honored to be here on the 10 year anniversary of this hood classic. And being comment 300.
1:12 the only guy with a functioning brain!
we have black ice and feet upon feet 600miles from seattle (family lives there) and we drive on all season tires , but take into consideration its a awd 5.5k pound suv and powerslides after 40mph ,never had problems pulling tractors out of ditches too. best advice is plain and simple slowly touching the pedals, half the cars could have been saved from sliding a second time if they didn't keep the brakes locked, my other daily is a rwd stick and from 95 so Its more driver input abs wise and never had a problem all season tires even on 4" black ice
That's not a Street, it's a slalom!
The guy skiing was the best driver
Too be fair, anyone would have trouble on these hills. It's a very unique combination of snow and ice here.
The ice that forms here under the snow means even chains won't help you here. Most folks buy their tire to help with the unrelenting winter rains, not for the snow...Best if folks realized the rules of living here. Rule 14 Snow in Seattle is God's way of saying "Stay home, have some hot chocolate."
1:10 Now THAT'S the way to get around the city in a snow storm
@forkliftninjaz the w70 is indeed a nice tire. I drive through the rocky mountains with the and never had an issue. Most importantly, don't lock your tires and crank your steering to one side people!
@USSAKiwi You're right. Our snow is called "Cascade concrete" for a reason.
Seattle rarely gets snow therefore: drivers are naturally unfamiliar with conditions, vehicles are not equipped to deal with it and the city can't clear it from all the streets that very same day. It will melt soon.
I just moved from Wisconsin to Fairbanks, Alaska and drive a semi on the Alaska Highway, including portions of that road in the Yukon Territory, Canada. I also make trips to Valdez, AK. The roads have been snow covered and icy the majority of the days since the end of October!
Song is called "Blue Danube" by Johanne Strauss
Seattle "snow" is different: it is snow on ICE. Don't judge if you have not driven in Seattle during an ice storm: ICE + HILLS = NO CONTROL. I have driven in snow all over the world: Seattle roads are the worst during a snow and ice storm. I think it has something to do with the fact that the snow in Seattle is of a wet quality, then melts during the day and then freezes again overnight. Then just before the morning commute you get some snow to make you believe it is "only" snow on the road.
The car dancing
Dude in wgite pathfinder checking that car... like oh man I think I put scratch on this car, then black SUV come blowing in and crashed into his white pathfinder. lol
Love the music
Dat feeling of an inevitably bad christmas.
Hahaha I love how none tries to correct as they slide down the hill they just crank the wheel to one direction lock em up and pray haha
2012? I was there, and i am still here.
ive been to seattle the hills are ridiculous. winters gotta be hell for them.
Is that "Swan Lake" music. 'bout appropriate
Exactly! I tell people the same thing who are from the midwest or east coast where they are more used to snow every winter and like to laugh at us. I just tell them to come up to Seattle and just see the kind of hills we have here that most people cant avoid no matter how hard they try when going home or to work.
Yeah, there aren’t any hills on the east coast. 😂
@forkliftninjaz People typically don't buy snow tires in Seattle because it rarely snows here. That's also why the city has very little snow removal equipment. We'll get this kind of snow maybe once every 2-3 years. Not to mention we also have VERY steep hills. I don't think the best of snow tires would help much on some of our steepest, unplowed, unsalted hills.
@CeceCabading We get the same 'wet' snow here in mid to eastern NC. We have on average 2-3 winter storms consisting of any or all of the following: freezing rain, sleet, snow (usually the wet variety), and black ice. Most people get in wrecks because either they go out when they should have stayed at home, drove down a road that was too dangerous, or they were driving too fast/braking too hard.
At 0:36 I see a vintage looking car casually parked on the street!
Seattle Snow texture is way different driving in. It snows, melts and then freezes over sheets and sheet of ice. Not to mention the hills in Seattle..... It's just not a good combo for anyone to drive in.
Wise car owners in Seattle park OFF the street when it's snowy!
@forkliftninjaz in the Midwest, they are prepared for snow, deep snow at that, Seattle is not, plus you see some cars in the video with chains on, you won't see those in Wisconsin because they're illegal. Seattle doesn't have real road salt either, just the shitty kind that doesn't really work at all but however it won't turn your car into a rust bucket over the years.
Guy is nuts to think he can to pull on the car and stop it from sliding.
Those same hills kiss my balls when I go by them in the snow. And I drive my 2005 Ford e350 rear wheel drive 12 passenger van😁 the secret is the tires. Best snow and ice tires are the blizzak tires. Go get them and put some weight on the rear axles and you're golden. Good luck this winter to everyone. All my cars have those tires as soon as winter gets here.
calli sunshine I always run snow tires on my wife’s car, had a set of Goodyear something or others and a set of Michelin x-ice now, it makes all the difference, I use ATs on my trucks, never all season (3 season) crap on anything
Think this through, Sparky...
No one ever slid uncontrollably down a hill or into a ditch because of heat.
You never have to put on extra clothes to go out in the heat.
You don't have to shovel heat.
No one ever burns to death from being outside too long in the heat.
lust sayin.
@forkliftninjaz Well said Ninjaz! Yeah, winter/ice tires are "too expensive". And paying your insurance deductible, being inconvenienced, and driving a rental car while yours is in the shop is NOT expensive? Or, if you just saved 15% or more on your car insurance, you just might be paying for this wreck yourself.
BTW. if you use studed compotision tires you do have MORE grip on ice in the winter then on dry road's in the sumer ;)
@nic12344. I live in Ontario, and have been driving for 20 years in snow and ice. AWD Helps but on ice you just slip with all wheels. You shouldn't be telling people to use a hand break, if they have now clue of defensive driving in snow. Best thing for people to do. Practice And there are 2 secrets to driving in the ice and snow. 1- city should invest in snow plows. 2- City should invest in anti Ice equipment
I do however agree with Snowtires. All season are good for no season.
The drivers are obviously not very experienced in driving on ice/snow. However, I think that the Nordic skier and the slider had the right idea!
that music is an excellent choise!
Gotta awd Subie w/ 4 studded snows for winter. Live in western pa and have pulled trucks out with my wrx.
This is why, when I lived on that side of the mountains, I just stayed home when it snowed.
I've gotten to the place where I'm now looking forward to the "Seattle/Queen Anne car crunch collection" every time it snows out there! This video is the perfect example of where and how NOT to drive in snow.
Begs the question where did they absolutely have to go that was worth using an insurance claim. Goodness!
That's f*%$d up. None of these drivers even bothered to steer into the slide...just let themselves roll along, frozen, like a deer in headlights. *sigh*
Nah. They lock up the brakes. bad idea
I live in Seattle,why do some of us fail to understand the limits to our existence? Stay home,it’s ICY!
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, most of the smart people actually throw on winter tires. In my fwd sports coupe I can still climb up 8 inches of snow if need be. I the winter of 2010 and slapped on some blizzak ws70s right after the first ice storm. No more chancing those weather conditions. I'll pay a little more to be safer in my own vehicle and for my passengers as well. I can't help the other people out there who don't care to help themselves.
Those of us in Seattle that can drive in the snow, because we came from a place that gets snow regularly, avoid driving in the snow. Not because of our fear of the snow, but of our fear of Seattle area drivers, which are bad enough in fair weather.
So basically Seattle drivers can't speak or write plain ENGLISH.
I have all wheel drive the laws of physics no longer apply 😂🤣😆🤣😆🤣
It's pretty much impossible for anyone to drive on that hill. It's wet snow on top of ice.
brakes turn evil when there is ice on the ground
after all the accidents i bet they still won't get a good set of winter tires. lol.
This seriously cracks me up! Seattleites (myself included) have no idea how to drive in inclement weather!
have you ever heard of winter tires? Tires that have studs on ... works great when there is snow...
Hi, is this your clip? May I use it in a compilation? Full credits of course.
Blue Danube, and 2001,,, great combo
Haha that music made it even funnier!
Did anyone else notice they were all four wheel drive vehicles or "all wheel" drive vehicle. They think they are exempt from all this sliding
I dunno what'd be scarier; driving in Seattle in snow or in Duluth.
At least Duluth-ians know how to drive in it !
When you panic and slam down on the brakes get ready for sleigh ride.
the guy in the bronco was not too smart......locking the brakes is a surefire way to continue sliding out of control.
Im from upstate (way upstate..with a lot more hills and mountains) NY and I lived in Seattle for about 5 years. its not the snow or the ice, its the tires. from what I have seen and experienced, people do not get the right tires on their cars. they buy mostly tires for rain, not all seasons. an all season radial would solve the problem.... that and better preparation by the city....
'round and 'round he goes, where he'll stop even he doesn't know!
My XJ :
"Ha ha front rear lockers engage hill climbed"😏
two words; Studded tyres. here in sweden (northern) we often get snowy conditions like yours during the beginning and end of winter. i've been driving in it for a looong time. hills or no hills, if you use your brain and REMEMBER that it is slippery as fukk under that fresh snow, you won't start sliding. that is unless you do like everybody in my age around here. you start going sideways, for fun.
@issamisha only 30 plows because we don't get that much snow here compared to Ohio. We cant blow our city's budget on plows for a few days of heavy snow. Best bet is to stay home. Also, we get black ice and I don't think plows can do much about those.
Lol! Even the guy with snowchains has trouble! Like the person sledding down the hill and the person skiing. Feel sorry for the people in the cars, I imagine they didn't have as much fun as the guy on the toboggan!
Jus a couple weeks away!!! Yaaaasssss!!!!!
Great choice music
Music is PERFECT!!!
i understand that wet snow on top of ice sucks to drive in. then add hills to make it worse. but thes people are not event trying to gain control after sliding. they jusk lock up the brakes and hope it stops somewhere.
Did the guy really think he was gonna stop the car by holding it?! 🤦🏽♂️
the guy on the skees got the right idea
If you gots FOUR wheel DRIVE, the laws of physics do NOT apply to you! And remember - when you begin to slide, hold your foot on the brake pedal and keep the steering cranked all the way to one side. That way, you eliminate any possibility of control when you have the chance.
@daniel343ful city only has 30 plows. we don't get a lot of snow so budget is restricted. plus, with hills and packed snow, it's impossible to "stop" your car. the people climbing the slope think that just bec they have 4wd, they can.
If only everyone had a spare set of wheels with snow tires. All season tires don't belong there.
lol at the guys at :55 trying to stop the car by holding onto the back of it
@nanarobin1 COMMON SENSE should OBVIOUSLY dictate here! Yes Seattle has Hills, Hills, and more HILLS and snow every other year as you put it. If that is the case, when it snows in Seattle or anywhere else in this state, why in the hell are you getting behind the wheel of a vehicle you already know you can't control? After all, you've already asked the question "And when do you "learn to drive" in this when it's every other year and bad snow, every 5-10 years?" YOU DON'T, YOU LEAVE IT PARKED!