Trucks, cars "drift" while others struggle down Interstate 55 during St. Louis snowstorm - 12/16/19
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- The second and much larger round of snow during the 2-day winter storm in St. Louis caused significant difficulties for drivers. On Interstate 55 south of downtown, cars and trucks struggled in the deep, rutted snow while others "drifted" nearly sideways around the curve. Copyright Dan Robinson icyroadsafety.com
Weather: _snows_
Normal people: ugg I hate snow it makes it hard to drive
Car enthusiasts: *_happy slide noises_*
Snow skids = basically no tyre wear 😄👌🏼
@@law5223 that's why I only do slides during the winter😂 gotta preserve the tire life, 33's ain't cheap😂
My coworkers hate that I get excited when it snow. They'll never understand lol
Na you definitely do damage the trans. It doesnt feel like it but it does. I've also spun axles out going up hills in the snow
You already know😎😂
Dude in the ranger probably listening to some Tokyo drift 😂😂
Some initial D eurobeat!
Yeah was thinking running in the 90's for sure the 1st clip
exactly what i was thinking lmao, no way he didnt correct it for that long. Used to love snow drifting in my ranger.
I have a 2wd ranger and you literally have to know how do drift if your driving in the snow because the back WILL randomly break loose if you apply slightly too much throttle
Falling. With style👌
blows my mind how people STILL TAILGATE when the roads have essentially ZERO FRICTION.
Lived in St. Louis all my life, I am completely unsurprised by that. What I am surprised by was that there wasn't a 75 car pile up on that curve, it has a fairly serious bank to it.
People in Minnesota drive like there’s no snow next thing you know you got like 5 car on The side from losing control when it barely starts to snow
@@DisgruntledTechnician That banking (superelevation in engineering/construction terminology) is great for maintaining control at proper speed, but as you can see here it becomes treacherous at low speeds and low traction.
Judging by all the alloy wheels I see in the video, I doubt many of those folks have their snow tires on yet.
@@WafflesInTheRain this is St. Louis, nobody uses snow tires. We get one snow a year and it is never bad...but even so often we get one like you see in the video.
Clearly you’ve never read a BMW owner’s manual.
Somebody give that first truck a medal.
It's a ranger. Them things drive sideways on a dry day too
Maybe with a 5.0 swap.
I have a 4.0 5spd ranger, and mine does that on a dry day, lol
You are thinking of Dodge's.
Why do you have a minivan as your profile pic?
@@johnb6653 Best comment lmao Thank you!!
And no matter the road conditions, even the sky can be falling, people will still tailgate you. KUDOS for the first pick up truck
What is tailgate?
@@shahul8222 People that ride super close to your rear bumper. On residential roads in the summer it can be a problem but during poor conditions on highways it makes it a guarantee they will get rear ended the second they need to brake or slowdown
Legend has it that Ranger is still drifting until this day..
Everybody gangster til the semi truck starts drifting down the interstate
Everybody gangster until the Canadian pacific railway cracks a joke😳
The first person did really good actions. Didn’t panic, no correcting, no braking, just going with the flow calmly until a straightaway and then went forward
Because that's the way you are suppose to drive. If only they made it mandatory for people to actually KNOW how to drive before GIVING a drivers license out.
As a finnish this kind of weather is every day in the winter, so I would like to point something.
First driver was stuck on drifting because the rear right tire was on the wrong side of the "middle snow bank". Driver should have slow down and steer car more right, so the tire would have come to right side on it.
Same thing is going on at 2:10 and you see roughly at 2:15 when there is like train tracks to the lane, but the driver don't see that and keep steering left and car won't straighten.
Tuomas good eye!
Good time for standard shifts! POP THAT CLUTCH.
Curtis Fleabag your assessment on his driving is correct.
Your assessment on the rwd and awd with snow tires or bald is completely inaccurate. Rwd with snow tires will outperform awd and 4wd with bad or bald tires any day of the week. I’ve seen front wheel drive and rwd cars with snow tires out accelerate 4wd trucks in snow many times with 4wd just spinning. Btw, Ive been driving in the snow belt for 25 plus years , I’ve had a midsize 2wd truck since 05 and it has an open differential. Good snow tires and I have no problem in snow up to 15”.
That's drifting at a whole new level
“It’s not drifting it’s driving”
@MotorcycleMan
Did the first truck lose control ?
Nope.
Dude was a boss.
So how's that driving poorly ?
ikr, they are drifting the opposite way a normie would do
@@MrTheHillfolk He's a m.o.r.o.n. Spinning wheels on ice. SMDH
@@MrTheHillfolk At 10 mph...He slowed people down. Its very easy to "drift" in the winter. He doesn't know how to drive, and refused to let off the gas.
That ranger guy knows how to drive much respect 😎
I find it funny that the first guy knows how to control a drift
I drive an 02 ford ranger 3.0 v6 2wd, and have for 5 years. And I can attest that any ranger driver what lives in the midwest (like I do) knows how to keep their truck in a drift. It happens so often on rangers because of how light they are, that it's like "ugh not again". But it can be fun.
@@PINKBOY1006 if it wasnt for my ranger, moving up in vehicle size and learning to control wouldn't have been so easy. I learned to drift with a ranger then moved up to a 1/2 that easily woukd get out frkm under you. Now i have a 1 ton and am actually happy the traction control and ABS failed on it due to the more control i have over the vehicle. These new trucks have a power cutting feature that can tell if the truck is sideways cutting power to the motor and auto braking to make it line up again. Too mucb babysitting BS
@@PINKBOY1006 i have the exact same truck as you (98 model) and i completely agree. You have to know how to drift because the back is simply going to break loose, all it takes is slightly too much throttle
I had an 92 ranger rwd for several years, those trucks teach you how to drive in the snow. It's all about maintaining momentum and counter-steering!
First car was a 96 ranger that I drifted daily in the snow for years, to date I haven't found a better drifting setup. Lightweight, optional rear wheel drive, zero weight over the rear axle, high enough to bounce off shit and not get hurt. I miss that car
That first guy - "Hey, I can drift and everyone will think it's just that I'm sliding! - WOOHOOO!!"
The best part of winter!
Kris A legality
When they think you're out of control they actually back off to a good following distance
I don't know why people are so stupid and won't turn on their lights in weather like that.
AGAPETUS “cause other people have their lights on so they can see me” I’ve heard this way to many times
The lights should be turned on every time.
Henry Sandoval CA has a law...if you are using your windshield wipers due to weather, your headlights must be on. Some drivers are still completely stupid despite this law.
@@wrkhrse same here in NC, but no one follows
I see many have them on.
2:39
here we have a Mustang, looking for crowds in conditions where there are none. Unfamiliar with the surroundings and completely helpless it skids along trying to find at least a small crowd to feast on.
Poor Mustang
1 like= 1 crowd
Most underrated comment on youtube
Get this more likes now
Sorry to break it to u but its the drivers fault, not the cars, the drivers want a cheap, powerful, reliable car, to show off, but then they run into crowds due to being either inexperienced with drifting/burnouts or they made a mistake
Grey Ninja this is case it’s cheap horsepower so anyone can have it and they think they can handle it but they can’t I basically said what you said but I just felt like commenting
🤣🤣😂😭
2:40 Mustang driver was confused. His car started sliding but there wasn’t any crowd around.
I was looking for this comment. Wasn't dissapointed.
😂 Nice.
🤣
🤣🤣🤣💀
Winter hasn't even started and CZcams is recommending me this
Just like everything else, months ahead. I'm already seeing Christmas decorations in stores...
First icy day of the year here in Lubbock and I get this recommended
And inverted drift, he just raised the difficulty to God level lol
Takumi laughs
Eh?
@@ellenorbjornsdottir1166 he is driting left door first in a left turn lol
Can’t wait to see how driverless trucks do in this.
they will do better... actually a blind 90 year old women might do better in the snow than any american
Tcm (trash control management) it’s found in little rc cars made by traxxas now make it bigger. That’s how you make that happen
@@JM-fw5yz someone's obsessed with america...
Tesla cars already do better than humans in difficult situations like that.
Way better cause they won’t have compensation problems
As an owner of a 4 by 4 pickup truck, I've learned a lot watching this video. I will be taking the train to work when it snows.
Right on.
❤
the guy in the pickup knows exactly whats going on, how to control it, and that it's easier to just let it keep drifting. what a legend
Facts I purposefully go out in bad weather to.improve my driving. Ain't nothing to it but to do it as my dad says
"Can't see the lines can you Russ?" "Nope."
LOL
Legendary comment XD
😂
Who's Russ?
@@happydays8171 Clark's son.
That first guy had great control keeping it going.
Dude in the ranger was drivin that bih
I’m born, raised and worked in the northern parts of Canada and learned how to drive in a rally car..... this looks like the place for me!!! I would have so much fun there. Good winter tires, 4 wheel peel, throttle control and........ LIGHTS ON!!!!!
Also, USA people don't believe to buying winter tries. Everytime I heard "my car handle awful in winter" and I asked if they use winter tires, mostly they said 'No, I don't need winter tires. I got all seasonal tires. All seasonal tires is for winter too'. Honest, I roasted my old co worker for crashed into ditch by don't believing winter tires will help.
All seasonal tires need be outlaw in northern states. Or make it federal law for all area that has snow storm that require winter tires.
These people drive better in the snow then people in the bay area when it’s dry !!!!
Lol
Yeah! I was really impressed with the drivers in this video. They all behaived themself really well.
Honestly, I see more people do it up here in michigan. People will turn their headlights off during snow, heavy rain, light rain, and sometimes even at night. I just don't get how some people do it. Plus, you have automatic headlights, no reason to just leave them to the computer to predict if they need to be on or off.
Because not everyone high off the cookies out here like you Bay Area ppl!
David Villa I totally agree
The ranger made it look too easy 😂
It will never cease to amaze me how people cannot comprehend the act of driving in the snow, especially when they live in that climate and have to do it every single year.
Why does everyone follow so close in weather like that, it's just asking to hit someone
You've never been to New England then have you?😂
Because they are all idiots
J. Scott i always laught he should come to italy or france 🤣🤣
Might not be as close as it seems. Vid shot with telephoto lens, fairly far from scene. Cars don't seem to be following so closely when viewed from the side.
Cause we are all terrible at following the rules of the road
Nearly every vehicle in first 2 min clip is following too closely....
That is the just the zoom lens...
People wounder why they have car pileups. Just watch this video you will see why or maybe not. The choice is yours.
The joys of winter, It's pleasant when it arrives but even more pleasant when it leaves.
Greetings from Quebec, Canada.
Dan! This is delightful!
no snow tires and no headlights. super smart
At least have snow tires dumb asf
Headlights make it harder to see
Star Sena if it’s hyperbeam it’ll be harder to see
Yeah if you can dish out money for a good set of snow tires. Most people are struggling just to get bills paid.
@@ken45y I bought a set of used snows on wheels almost brand new for 300 on craigslist. Lol
Thanks for always being out documenting these events
Driving a rwd pickup up hill in the snow is how you really learn to control a car
0:44 Legends says he still driving like this way
That truck at first did well to hold it great vid keep them coming 🇬🇧
0:04 world reverse drift record 😂😂
That blue truck was basically like "this is my life, this is what I do"
Moral of the story: get winter tires.
@Malik J Not worse, it's more fun. Had to change from AWD to FF. Man, that sucked. RWD also sucks & nothing beats AWD in such conditions or even heavy rain. But if your patient & calm you have alot of fun with RWD in EVERY condition. Never changed back to AWD, since years it's only been RWD with enough power. Driving should be fun, even if it sucks because of the weather.
yup, makes all the difference.
@@charlesmchoop3007 He never mentioned anything about "fun". A smart person like him would say that because you need to be safe. And no, FWD and AWD are safer in these conditions.
@@charlesmchoop3007 Winter tires on FWD or RWD beats all season tires on AWD. The AWD might win climbing a hill, but braking and turning? Winter tires beat AWD every time. Best of all, would obviously be AWD and winter tires, but if you live where it snows only a few times a year, AWD isn't worth the added expense.
@Malik J just need a couple sand bags in the trunk, works wonders.
I really enjoy this videos, kind of relaxing.
A couple bags of concrete over the drive axle would go a long way with those 2wd pickups.
I used to carry bags of salt and sand and 5 gallon pails of water. Water is easy to dump out between bad roads and if you do get in a jam you can use the salt and/or sand to get moving again.
My dad made a bracket and mounted a bed length train rail in his truck
Or some winter tires
The longest drift I've ever seen 😭😭
Perfect example of how important snow tires are.
Ranger Danger
Makes me think of Goonzquad
*Danger Ranger
"Do you like... MY CAR?!"
GAAAZ GAAAZ GAAAZ M GONNA STEP ON THE GAAAAAAAS
"YIKES, YIKES !!" at 3:56 it is like "get the hell out of the way, the Cavalry is here!!" i am from Montana and it is great to see some snowplows working instead of driving around on a bare highway. Thank-you for sharing. Like the Cop on the show said, "Hey, and let's keep it safe out there."
Nice video Dan
The first truck driver has the skills and experience in the snow
Typical Modot completely dropping the ball once again. I drove through this exact spot. They sprayed a brine down 2 days prior that did NOTHING!!! To top it off they sent 1 plow truck down south 55 during coming home traffic! You would think MODOT wouldve learned from the snow/ice storm earlier in the year when this exact stretch of road had dozens of wrecks and many more stalled out cars. The head of MODOT should be fired for sucking at life.
Did ice form on the road under the snow? If not, the brine did it’s job. As for how and when they plow, that’s another issue.
07slowbalt modot is trash in KC too man they might as well not be there lol. I see more private plows than theirs. And this wasn’t even a crazy snow.
Question is:
How old your winter tires are?
are you crying bro? :[) LoL
The brine apparently did work. When the plow trucks finally came through they were scraping down to bare pavement. Without the brine the snow would have frozen to the roadway and they would have had 2 or 3 inches of packed snow which would have been impossible to scrape off. The brine is the reason the snow stayed loose and kept getting mushed around by the vehicle tires instead of packing hard.
They did need to be out plowing quicker though.
I've heard of Snow Sledding, but Truck Sledding takes it to a whole new level!
This is a good video...it shows me how different vehicles handle tough weather in real life
Of course people don't turn on their lights in a blizzard
The "I can still see" mentality.
The automatic lights have ruined people. They don't always come on when overcast and some folks don't even think to check.
Because they dont have to.
Id hardly call that a blizzard.
@@anderstermansen130 there are laws then there is common sense. then there many laws because ppl dont use common sense
Like others have mentioned, put weight in the back of the pickups and it will make a world of difference. I live in WI and drive small 2WD trucks. When they mention snow in the forecast, 3 bags of sand go in the truck and I never had any issues.
I feel like the first guy in the ranger was just having fun
He absolutely was
3:09 My mans in the back just tryna survive 😭😭
oh no😰
Your mam shount have hit the brakes
The second I realized he was drifting I burst into laughter
Gotta say of all the compilations I've seen, St. Louis drivers are the best at navigating difficult snowy situations!
this is so calming
The 6 snow plows coming in like a boss at the end!
They drive like that in st Louis on a clear day
Yeah, pretty much, both sides of the river (the Metro East side of St Louis has the same kind of drivers).
Something tells me all have summer tires 🤣
All season!!! We would destroy winter tires with our climate.
07slowbalt 🤔 you don't run winter tires year round - just when the weather is gonna be like this.
07slowbalt Destroy? It doesn’t take long to change seasonal tires. Smh
07slowbalt lol you are so wrong winter tires have softer material witch grips the snow and ice better. All season are not as soft you can still use all season in the winter but winter tires have way better traction. Summer tires are really hard and are only used for hot dry roads and some rain or wet roads. Winter tires are by far better too use in winter conditions
You can get your tires swap with free oil changes. I see many tires shop have offer. Go advantage and enjoy fresh oil. Also, old oil is not really good for winter, look up Project Farm for freezing oil.
I gotta say that was the best snowplowing I've ever seen
I love my 2008 RWD Ford ranger. Winters are a blast!
I've experienced that driving a semi. I pulled to the shoulder and stopped. It's not worth killing someone. They should put down some gravel.
I Agree, no load is worth your life or anothers.
time to throw on just one set of drive chains or pull over.
Then you can go n pick up the gravel after the snow fall is done
Good luck!!
Subaru: laughs in standard AWD
and BMW
@@UltStream no
AWD doesn't help you turn or stop.
4WD is better in conditions like that.
@@AdmiralRustyShackleford its does help you turn actually in these conditions, you'll turn sideways but just turn in, give it gas and countersteer.
Lived in Colorado in the 70s. Brings back lots of memories.
The running in the 90s song AUTOMATICALLY started in my head when I saw this. WTF its like the internet has been ringing a pavlovian bell for years.
So many fails in this video! 1. where are the snow plows? 2. some people STILL don't switch their lights on. 3. is it that hard to brush off snow from your roof/hood before you start driving?
You forgot the most important thing. WINTER TIRES
@@ThePlowGuys True, but as long as it's not prohibited to drive around with "summer" tires during winter, most people just don't bother and take their chances I guess...
@@ThePlowGuys I was thinking that too, I live near Traverse City, Michigan and if you don't at least have all season radials on the recovery truck drivers / businesses will love you $$.
@@straycat6666 tire wire ropes/chains cost as much as a fill up less than $50
StrayCat for #1 what about 3:46
Everyone gangsta till the pickup truck migrated to Tokyo.
the first ford ranger. I had a mazda b2500 with a manual, which is the same truck. i did the exact same thing with it on a very similar curve one snowy night. i was proud of the maneuver
Have driven my mom's FWD 2010 Hyundai Sonata through conditions like this with snow tires and it is unstoppable. Snow tires are worth their weight in gold in conditions like this. Good all-terrain, off-road-oriented tires with 4WD will do well also. My 1998 GMC Jimmy has off-road oriented tires and while in 4WD, is pretty unstoppable in conditions like this.
Yes! I used to get studded snows to deal with the ice too. Never a problem.
The first truck is just practicing his drifting
That truck ain’t struggling he is drifting 😂
Love that rear wheel drive!
When I was still driving, I never took the Interstate to get anywhere. I took secondary roads if I had to get anywhere. Took me a little longer, but I usually made it. I gave up driving about 3 years ago and still miss it sometimes, but not driving in weather like this.
When you drive a rearwheel drive truck with no 4wd in the snow you gotta do anything to keep your momentum
Going up a hill is always interesting
What's so special about this? It's just a normal day in Canada
Not here that is pretty rare I live in the suburbs of st. Louis.
even canadians admit canada is boring
A !!
okay anddddd??? its not a normal day for us here
That Truck Drifter had Mad Driving Skillz!
**Tokyo Drift Song** _randomly plays in my head_
Ford rangers are actually beasts of a truck
Nicholas Perry No.... it’s just a mini truck and the worst mini truck available in America. Because you have Toyota Tacoma’s which aren’t even comparable to a ford ranger they are so much better and you have chevy colarados and gmc Canyons which are also better and don’t have that pathetic ford 4cyl
Josh Larochelle Lmao. Chevys are reliable right?
Josh Larochelle You do know that Rangers have a six cylinder option right? I have one. Best investment I ever made.
dAnGeR RaNgEr
Only the 4 liter v6's and the new turbos
Those people with pickup trucks should have shoveled snow into the beds of the trucks for weight, makes for better driving !!!
Your right. In mn its either snow, or sand.
Lol
Good tires helps a lot too.
Firewood, about anything will do. The ideal weight for me was when the rear was just starting to drop.
When my 2wd ranger was the daily driver, it did alright. We passed plenty of stuff in the ditches.
I have a 92 dakota and 7 cinder blocks in the rear and i would be fine. My main vechicle is a 97 f350 dually 4x4. Last year i had a 1/2 55 gallon drum of dirt strapped on the bed. This year i got a new drum with lid and its full. Even without id be better off than most of these without using my 4x4
Whatever you use for weight needs to be securely attached to the vehicle or it becomes a dangerous projectile in an accident or even sudden stop. I like to put down a tarp and put about 5” of sand covering the truck box then cover that with plywood.
There’s no substitute for proper winter tires though. Even the best 4x4 or awd system won’t help you stop on ice.
is it bad that this is making me excited for winter even more?
A good set of Blizzax works wonders but they are expensive. Rear wheel drive with no snow tires in these conditions is the pits but still gotta get around. Some sand bags from the hardware store works wonders in the trunk or bed. Looks like the street/highway dept took the day off or is understaffed.
Typical BMW driver tailgating.
Tssss windshadow..... he drives in a very efficient way.
B745i lol
Lol I had a M3 tailgating me while I was in the right lane on the freeway, I wanted to burn him up but I spared him.
I live in st.louis most drivers dont care about headlights and snow tires or following to close to others and MODOT is NEVER prepared for a snowstorm this is normal to us that live here
Check out the 6 plows in staggered formation! They're like The Blue Angels of freeway clearing!
That has to be the longest and slowest drift known to man. Give that guy a 🏆
I take it none of these drivers have ever heard of snow tires before.
Or chains lol
And 4 wheel drive
@@alextran8188 lol, chain tires is not required but snow tires will help about 80% effective than all seasonal tires. I hope USA will make law that require every vehicle to equipped snow tires.
We get a handful of days like this a year, none of us can afford tires or chains for that lol
@@technocody9296 not necessarily true, though rare, some states in the highest mountain regions require tire chains to be used on passenger vehicles if indicated. Commercial vehicles over 10K lbs. they are required.
Back roads, everyone. May be longer in good weather but faster and safer in bad snowy weather.
kitzy katz not around here, highways get touched first and side roads sometimes never get touched
Words of the wise, the only reason I made it home in my 2wd truck in this snow
kitzy katz wrong, takes 10x longer for them to clear backroads then the freeway.
kitzy katz so you’d be driving through 100% untouched snow with black ice formed underneath, rather than just slush and snow on the freeway. You’d be MUCH more likely to crash.
that first clip was a beast
You can always pick out the good drivers in that scenario 🇬🇧
0:40 that angle tho... he be hitting the drift pretty good
0:33 It works, if you’re getting down the road and keep up with traffic 😂
What kind of tires do they use in states? Must be summer tires when sliding that easy
That snow plow drives like a boss.
0:38 - And some say driving isn't an art form 😂
I wonder how many of these were heading to Enterprise Center for the sold out St Louis Blues game. Way to go BLUES!!!
I just bought a truck this summer had a 4.5 inch lift 33 by 12.5 installed cant wait till winter time she how she does in snow mud its amazing