Pileup due to snow storm - GIF

[bob_3000]

Rule #1 is SLOW DOWN!!!! And under the wrong circumstances, 20mph is way too fast.

Most of us Canadians can drive 120 kph on a partially snow covered highway like the one in the video no problem at all, all day long...someone going twenty on the highway is usually more of a problem creator but realistically speed according skill, equipment and conditions is all that needs to be applied and you have to actually 'drive' the car and feel what is going on under you, it's a dimension of driving my southern friends have virtually no concept of and to be honest many drivers here putt around blissfully unaware while the rest of us thank god for road-salt and ABS.

The issue on highways like the one in the clip arises from one person that doesn't actually know what is going on at highway speeds in the snow but travels at that rate anyway because well heck everybody else is...and then something happens in front of them and they think they can turn and stop and put in corrections that make EVERYTHING worse.

It's quite easy to see live, you can see a situation up ahead look in your mirror and spend your time getting out of they way of the boneheads that are headed directly to the scene of their crash.

If the video is from an accident in a whiteout than my condolences, there is absolutely nothing you can do in a whiteout other than hover over the brake pedal and pray everybody in front of you is doing the same.

[WmRMeyers]

Most of us Canadians can drive 120 kph on a partially snow covered highway like the one in the video no problem at all, all day long...someone going twenty on the highway is usually more of a problem creator but realistically speed according skill, equipment and conditions is all that needs to be applied and you have to actually 'drive' the car and feel what is going on under you, it's a dimension of driving my southern friends have virtually no concept of and to be honest many drivers here putt around blissfully unaware while the rest of us thank god for road-salt and ABS.

The issue on highways like the one in the clip arises from one person that doesn't actually know what is going on at highway speeds in the snow but travels at that rate anyway because well heck everybody else is...and then something happens in front of them and they think they can turn and stop and put in corrections that make EVERYTHING worse.

It's quite easy to see live, you can see a situation up ahead look in your mirror and spend your time getting out of they way of the boneheads that are headed directly to the scene of their crash.

If the video is from an accident in a whiteout than my condolences, there is absolutely nothing you can do in a whiteout other than hover over the brake pedal and pray everybody in front of you is doing the same.

People who live/drive in conditions like that regularly are no doubt better at handling winter driving. HOWEVER! Physics doesn't care about your skills. Nor mine! I used to do crash and accident photography for high-performance fighter jets and automobiles/motorcycles. The faster you are going, when things go bad, the more you are going to get hurt. You may be able to get out of the idiot/unlucky/stupid person's way, but if you aren't the only one doing it your chances of having an accident of your own go up sharply. That is as true on the road as it is in the air. And the faster you're going, the farther you can move during that quick look in the rearview mirror. Someone can come out of nowhere and nail you dead center and there's nothing you can do about. Been there, had that done to me less than three months ago. On clean dry pavement in the very best of conditions. Boom!

Bill