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Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:28 am
by jemhouston
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:34 am
by Micael
Yep, that’s a classic case of stupid. Too many people who try that.
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:38 pm
by David Newton
Well that wouldn't have been a safe pass without snow either.
That person needs to be banned from driving and be forced to re-take their test.
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:29 pm
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
I suspect insurance company will nuke the perp's pocket-book...
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:11 am
by PLB
I suspect they got tagged again by the truck they just passed.
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:49 pm
by Calder
Damn, what level of stupidity does it take to play chicken with another semi-truck? (Let alone in the snow.)
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 6:13 pm
by jemhouston
Calder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:49 pm
Damn, what level of stupidity does it take to play chicken with another semi-truck? (Let alone in the snow.)
A fairly common level I'm afraid. I've seen it myself.
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:19 pm
by JBG
Looked like it was a Subaru WRX.
Delusions about being a rally driver?
And yes Nik, the insurers will have a dim view of such stupidity.
Jonathan
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:28 pm
by Belushi TD
Calder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:49 pm
Damn, what level of stupidity does it take to play chicken with another semi-truck? (Let alone in the snow.)
I don't think it was a semi truck, was it? I thought it was a snowplow.
Distinction without a difference in the situation at hand, I know. No way a car or SUV is going to fare well when offset head on colliding with either a semi or a snow plow.
Belushi TD
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:31 pm
by Calder
Belushi TD wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:28 pm
Calder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:49 pm
Damn, what level of stupidity does it take to play chicken with another semi-truck? (Let alone in the snow.)
I don't think it was a semi truck, was it? I thought it was a snowplow.
Distinction without a difference in the situation at hand, I know. No way a car or SUV is going to fare well when offset head on colliding with either a semi or a snow plow.
Belushi TD
I just checked, and you are right it is a snow plow and not a semi. I guess I was too entranced by the idiot in the car to pay much attention to the plow moving the snow. I do wonder now if the semi-truck the idiot passed also hit his car in the rear after the accident as he isn't going to be able to stop very fast.
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:34 pm
by jemhouston
Belushi TD wrote: ↑Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:28 pm
Calder wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:49 pm
Damn, what level of stupidity does it take to play chicken with another semi-truck? (Let alone in the snow.)
I don't think it was a semi truck, was it? I thought it was a snowplow.
Distinction without a difference in the situation at hand, I know. No way a car or SUV is going to fare well when offset head on colliding with either a semi or a snow plow.
Belushi TD
No, but it makes a difference to the snowplow or semi driver. The snowplow driver stands a better of escaping injury than does a semi driver.
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:42 pm
by Belushi TD
I suppose that is true. However, the fact that the dashboard camera didn't immediately point towards the sky, or the trees or whatever indicates that the cab of the truck probably survived in fairly good order. I think we can safely say that the driver of the plow didn't suffer anything outside of some aches and pains.
Belushi TD
Re: Note to self: don't try to pass when roads are covered in snow and slush.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:58 pm
by rtoldman
I bet that made a mess of the plow/frame connection even though it looked like just a glancing blow