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Video of Portland driving conditions

Posted by David Hardy · 25 December 2008 12:42 PM

Very impressive video. Scroll down to get to the video. A perfect sheet of ice, people who think they can drive on it. The newscrew just got into a good position and watched as the slow speed (and often in reverse) demolition derby unfolded.

9 Comments | Leave a comment

alan | December 25, 2008 1:31 PM | Reply

Darn that reduced coefficient of friction.

AlanR | December 25, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply

The video's from two years ago, Jan 16, 2007.

ben | December 25, 2008 8:49 PM | Reply

Yeah, it was also bad in Portland last year when I visited my friends there. They rarely get snow, so they don't have a lot of experience plowing or driving in in. When they do, they're caught unprepared every time.

Dave R | December 25, 2008 10:54 PM | Reply

Video is old, but illustrative. Hills + ice + inexperience do not mix. I speculate the 2007 experience influenced the shutdown and chains required this time around.

SomeGuy | December 26, 2008 12:39 PM | Reply

Video is old, and from Seattle not Portland...

JustinGA | December 26, 2008 11:52 PM | Reply

Someguy: It's Portland. The video and all of the other information available about it says so. It isn't Seattle. Just because it's the King5 station in Seattle doesn't mean it's in Seattle.

Steve W. | December 27, 2008 12:00 AM | Reply

If we didn't drive on icy roads in Denver, there are entire weeks we'd just be trapped in our homes (and weeks inbetween that it gets up to 60 -- fun weather we have here).

There were many stupid mistakes made made in that video, and I'm willing to bet some poor choices in tires as well. And that one guy was gunning his engine in between impacts. I almost think he was crashing into people on purpose.

In the days before global warming when there was more ice around Denver, I used to drive metal studded snow tires just for such conditions. Actually, was it global warming that switched me away from metal studs or just better quality radial snow tires? Probably the latter. I forget.

Steve | December 27, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply

The original news story from Portland at the link below. My friend just moved to Portland & was told it almost never snows there, then they rec'd a foot of snow just before Christmas!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ratn_Wl8XU

Tom | December 29, 2008 1:03 PM | Reply

"I almost think he was crashing into people on purpose".

Finally something about this post that relates to defending oneself. If one could not get out of the way and some idiot was deliberately running into cars and people, one should be allowed to take out the culprit using deadly force. I know there are numerous video's online about cops that do!

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