 idiotfilter
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
 3934 Posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:19:52 PM
someone is HORRIBLE at editing...wtf |
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 mollyscary
Female, 13-17, Western US
260 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:00:28 PM
Why so short? :( |
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 pontiacfb78
Male, 18-29, Canada
9 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 3:26:09 PM
I love watching stuff like this. Im from Vancouver, and every year some one has to insist that "people out east are better at driving in the snow" and i get asked "why does 18" of snow slow down your whole traffic network?". Well we get maybe a foot of snow a year, and for a week it takes 20min longer to get to work. The rest of the winter its usually scattered showers and 5'C, or its -2 and sunny. Looks like that extra 5 months of practice a year doesnt help anyways. |
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 8BitHero
Male, 18-29, Europe
5420 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:48:17 AM
Weeeee |
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 edana42
Female, 40-49, Eastern US
2355 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:26:11 AM
as a pgh. native - here's the scoop...
Tues was an ice warning. PAT was to salt the hill but the salt truck driver decided he needed chains before attempting the hill. The road was noted as salted even though the salt truck guy never returned to do it after putting the chains on. PAT is going to use GPS to keep track of the roads that were/weren't done.
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 eskimo9
Male, 18-29, Australia
710 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:17:15 AM
Is this the same video every year, or does the exact same thing happen every year? |
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 McGovern1981
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
10209 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:06:25 AM
It would've helped if they didn't completly lock the wheels if you allow them to turn slowly you can keep more control pretty much the concept behind ABS. |
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 sylphies
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
285 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:40:57 AM
ugh, this reminds me of how I slipped on the only little patch of black ice on my driveway this morning. Asphalt is painful. |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2993 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:13:56 AM
I was joking. These people obviously do drive on these roads every year. I guess sarcasm doesn't come across via text unless you specifically write something on the lines of [/sarcasm at the end. Chill out people.
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 aquaman1227
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
651 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:14:14 AM
@CoyoteKing
NOT climate change
NOT global warming
NOT global cooling
This is an example of the god dammed weather
Seriously, day to day is weather, for something to be climate, it has to be an average over at least 30 years. |
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 soundchic41
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
75 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:35:59 AM
hahah @coyoteking...... Pittsburgh is in PA..... if you didnt know. we have driven on ice and its quite difficult to navigate with all the steep hills and such. you should try it sometime.... i'm actually shocked that the salt trucks didn't get the road... they are usually good about it. |
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 banur
Male, 18-29, Europe
247 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:32:11 AM
"Soooooooo no one thought to go to the top of that hill and tell the cars not to drive down it?"
The guy with the orange cone tried.. :( |
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 MildCorma
Male, 18-29, Europe
497 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:48:06 AM
IM GOING TO DRIVE DOWN THAT HILL BECAUSE WHILST IT IS ICY HOW BAD CAN IT BE REALLY |
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 mrpuddle
Male, 18-29, Western US
386 Posts
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Thursday, January 20, 2011 12:45:52 AM
Soooooooo no one thought to go to the top of that hill and tell the cars not to drive down it? |
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 Skabashas
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1244 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:33:00 PM
It looked like the guy in the car at :09 had a freaking death wish, what with the way he swerved so hard and fast. I KNOW he was trying to get out of the way, but still... |
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CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2993 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 9:30:23 PM
I can only forgive their actions because of "global climate change". These poor people have NEVER driven on an icy road and thus know NOTHING about navigatitng them. It is in NO WAY their fault............... |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:59:52 PM
in the words of bear grills its slippy |
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 MrYouKnow
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
1088 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:39:25 PM
WOOOoooo bumper cars! |
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 rammo34
Male, 18-29, Western US
1063 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:28:43 PM
Lol ice and snow, f*ck 'em. Makes me glad I was raised in AZ. And when it happens here in Portland, it's usually gone in a few hours. |
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 SilverThread
Male, 30-39, Western US
3360 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:06:44 PM
EdiMesic~
"The city is obligated to do something about
these severe conditions and contribute to safety
on the road."
No, the City is obligated to *TRY* to do something. It's unrealistic and foolhardy to ever expect that they'll be able to address every problem, simultaneously, throughout a city, especially one as large as Pittsburgh.
Snow falls all at once, everywhere, the streets crews can only be a few places at a time and I can assure you they are focusing on areas near Hospitals, Police Stations, and Fire Departments, not a residential side street.
Do not make the mistake of trusting that any government agency, Federal, State, or Local, is going to take care of everything for you. Your well being has to be your own priority first. |
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 Rose_Laflesh
Female, 18-29, Canada
24 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:33:00 PM
I kept yelling at that guy to get off the road.
Me: "There are idiots on that road, and they don't know how to handle ice!" |
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 fatex52986
Male, 18-29, Western US
1135 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:28:56 PM
wow you think they would block that poo off.. oh well no one said white people were smart |
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 the_windy
Female, 18-29, Canada
1569 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:23:09 PM
Looks like black ice.
Also known as "scary poo".
The drivers cannot be blamed (fully) for this. It's very hard to tell if the road is icy, and they were probably not going very fast in the first place. What you saw was gravity. There should have been police cars to set up a road block before all those crashes. |
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 EdiMesic
Male, 18-29, Europe
599 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:22:26 PM
Also @ Steelgrid: You're an idiot. Have you ever driven before? The hill is extremely steep.
It doesn't matter if you drive fast or slow, you're
bound to lose control over your viechle.
The city is obligated to do something about
these severe conditions and contribute to safety
on the road. Sure, it's also a part of common sense. You should never drive fast with this cold
take risks for granted, but in some cases (like in the video) it doesn't matter if you go slow or fast. |
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EdiMesic
Male, 18-29, Europe
599 Posts
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:18:25 PM
@ Video: HAHAHAAHAHA. |
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