Probably the worst accident I've ever seen

[Dino]

slow down and arrive alive.

Good bumper sticker right there.

[ACUDANUT]

Tomorrow is promised to no-one.  A friend of mine just was just killed on a motorcycle. He left behind 2 young Daughters...He had been riding for over 30 years.  No alcohol or drugs were involved.  Life is precious.

[model maker]

4X4 gives you more traction but not any more braking than a car which is NO BRAKES ! people think they can fly around an ice covered curve because they are in 4 wheel drive 

[TruckDriver]

4X4 gives you more traction but not any more braking than a car which is NO BRAKES ! people think they can fly around an ice covered curve because they are in 4 wheel drive 

Very true. Some people get over confident with 4x4.

[bull]

4X4 gives you more traction but not any more braking than a car which is NO BRAKES ! people think they can fly around an ice covered curve because they are in 4 wheel drive 

Very true. Some people get over confident with 4x4.

When it snows around here you can actually see some of these clowns driving faster in their 4x4s than they do when there's no snow. It's like they've suddenly got something to prove.

[Highbanked Hauler]

4X4 gives you more traction but not any more braking than a car which is NO BRAKES ! people think they can fly around an ice covered curve because they are in 4 wheel drive 

Very true. Some people get over confident with 4x4.

When it snows around here you can actually see some of these clowns driving faster in their 4x4s than they do when there's no snow. It's like they've suddenly got something to prove.

   I've seen it too in the NE. My take is that  some idiots think that if they have 4WD they have dry road capability

[Chryco Psycho]

Having put 600 miles / day on in the oil patch for a few years & driving on nothing but ice roads this is typical  , we had 5 drivers at one company I worked for , 4 were in accidents , 2 were killed guess which one I am !! Some luck & a lot of skill .
Last year in McMurray we had freezing rain in Jan  , it coated the highway with approx 1" of ice , no sand or salt was used , it lasted approx 3 weeks like this , I saw accidents every single trip I made which typically was  4-6 trips / day ,maybe you become jaded seeing it everyday ? I had the windshield ice up as the defroster was screwed in the 2011 Furd I was driving ,I could not see where the highway was at all , it had never iced previously so I was caught by surprise , I slowed down & eased towards the ditch rather than risk a head on , got sucked into the ditch & spent 3 hrs trying to get out . I saw small cars rolled into balls trapped between two trucks , 1/2 dozen trucks and cars wheels up , the constant carnage was incredable !!
In that video he touches the brakes & cannot recover the skid , brakes are a no no , kick it into neutral , gear down so only 2 wheels lock so you can retain steering control at least.
I have been first on the scene at at least a dozen fatalities , a 4x4 Dodge pick up blew past me one day , caught up to it about 5 mins later parked under a tractor trailer , he caught the ditch & launched over the bumper head on into a semi , it pushed it back into the ditch & parked on top with the momentum , the box & cap ripped completely off the frame & slide about 1/4 mile up the highway on the ice . I also saw a head on at a measley 30 mph , a Chevelle pushed the engine in the Mustang between the seats in the stang , the driver didn't make it . Suprisingly the Chevelle drove home .
Men plan God laughs !

[Brock Lee]

Remember this one? The guy lived through it somehow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSPjC1Ek7vA

The car hit the overpass sideways and broke in half. The T tops likely saved him. I had a buddy that died in the 80's ejected out through T tops, but in this case it likely saved the life getting him out as the car broke into pieces.

I have seen some bad accidents. The worst thing I ever saw had little vehicle carnage. A guys car broke down, he tried to cross the opposite lane on foot and hit by another car at 2 am. The car dragged him half a mile. I happened on the scene in the lane the hit guys car was in as the cops were blocking off both sides to collect evidence, and I was car #1. He was feet away and I will never forget it. Without getting graphic, he looked like he burned in a fire and was trying to stand up when he passed. One hand on the ground, one clawing toward the sky, face showing an expression of unfathomable pain. On the news the next afternoon they covered it and interviewed his mother. She was crying and said something along the lines of "This is the most terrible thing I have been through. But the Lord took him quickly and he didn't suffer."

[Dino]

Remember this one? The guy lived through it somehow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSPjC1Ek7vA

The car hit the overpass sideways and broke in half. The T tops likely saved him. I had a buddy that died in the 80's ejected out through T tops, but in this case it likely saved the life getting him out as the car broke into pieces.

There 's a show on tv (forgot the name) that looks into crashes and figures out how exactly it happened, this crash was one of them.  He survived becuse when the car snapped in half he got ejected out that side.  The only thing he hit was pavement as you can see him slide towards the side of the road.  He had a lot of recovery ahead of him but at least he lived.