Huge pileup on the Western Kentucky Parkway. Video:

[tblue37]

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[Poiuyt]

1. What I hate is when you're driving at a speed that's safe for snowy conditions and a

big 18 wheeler comes barreling past.

[2naSalit]

2. What is safe for cars...

Is different than what is safe for semis. Only equalizer is ice.

[Poiuyt]

7. Semis frequently jackknife in the snow

I wouldn't want to be near one when that happens

[2naSalit]

9. Me neither...

Been there, it's scary. Often that comes from driver error, though not always.
The truth is, the weight of the semi helps it stay on the road, especially packed snow, loose snow is good as long as there isn't an icy base under it. Been there, done that too.

[luv2fly]

3. Or the guy in the car next to you

Taking a video of the massive pile up going the other direction.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Any chance at least one of their Senators is caught upside...

down in that mess?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Oh, my.

Whenever I see videos of such things, I am always grateful that I have never been caught in any such thing. Lucky me.

[SergeStorms]

6. Southerners have trouble driving in the snow.

They do it so infrequently it doesn't occur to them to change their driving habits until it's too late. Slowing waaaay doooown is the first step, leaving more space between cars, and if you start sliding steer your car into the direction you're sliding, and gently pump your brakes. Most people forget these things, and once the first accident happens it's nothing but chain reactions after that.

We northerners are born with this information written into our DNA, and there are still plenty of fender benders during the first snow of the season. After that people catch on and slow down. There are still the usual cowboys who think everyone else are pokey losers, and they insist on speeding. They usually have Trump stickers on their trucks, and you'll see them in the ditch two miles down the road.

[stopdiggin]

12. the invincibility bestowed upon those

driving with huge knobbies - and an inflated sense of self worth. Funny how they always intersect ....
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[TrogL]

8. Glad I got my winter tires...wait...Kentucky??!??

Looks like a Northern Canada storm.

[Busterscruggs]

10. Seeing lots

Of jacked up Bubba trucks in that mess. The good thing is there will be a few less oversized confederate and Trump flags billowing up and down the highway

[brooklynite]

11. While it may be an incredible video...

...the driver shouldn't be filming while driving in these conditions.

[MineralMan]

13. Too many people think they must go somewhere.

They drive on when they should not. I wait. Later, once the snow has been cleared, I go again. It's pretty simple, really. If I'm supposed to be somewhere, I call and let anyone expecting me know that I won't be there. Also simple.