Portland drivers in the snow

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A snowstorm on the morning of Jan 16th 2007 left about 3-4 inches of snow and ice on the ground in Portland, Oregon. This is what happens to people with too much confidence in their 4WD and zero experience driving on icy snow.

Video was taken around SW Salmon and 20th Avenue, which is pretty steep (to be fair).

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: January 17, 2007 at 1:43 am
Author: Hugalugah

Length: 00:02:19
Rating: 4.80
Views: 916376

Tags: portland snow drivers crash accident

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Video Comments:
ronnynilsdittrich (December 1, 2008 at 8:34 am)
haha xD
countfunk5 (November 30, 2008 at 7:00 pm)
This was Early '07. January I want to say.
waboy23 (November 30, 2008 at 12:10 am)
Wow. Thanks for the inside info. I've been in that area before. How long ago was this? hehe. :)
countfunk5 (November 29, 2008 at 11:55 am)
This was from the roof of my building (Hadley house). I'll go over the basics once again:
A: The road was pure ice about 2 inches thick at about a 15-20 degree downslope (it's SW salmon st @ 20th)
B: There were people a the top of the hill and all major intersections (myslef included) that were trying to stop people. However, this is the base of the rich neighborhood in portland (west hills), and thought they were warned, most decided to go for it.
countfunk5 (November 29, 2008 at 11:54 am)
C:The gentleman in the volvo in the first crash was knocked unconcious after the first impact, causing him to floor it. He was out cold. Also, the woman yelling at the beginning did crash, just not as bad.
D: Some of the action after the video stops was the best. You may not be able to tell, but the fire truck is attempting to block the hill about 1/4 of the way down. After it parked, 2 cars went into the side of it, one completely stuck underneath. There were many more accidents.
KoliaProrab (November 29, 2008 at 11:12 am)
winter is great.
DRA60NF1R3 (November 28, 2008 at 9:18 pm)
those roads look slicker than whale shit in an ice flow!
SlickLizard62 (November 26, 2008 at 10:19 pm)
This is exactly why I don't live in the north. We get one of these maybe every 20 years or so.
waboy23 (November 25, 2008 at 5:41 pm)
Can we say insurance claim..
freeofgreed (November 25, 2008 at 5:49 pm)
insurence claim? hell no!!!! with all the damages these cars did we need to say DENIED!!! lol