Drivers stuck along major Toronto-area highways as historic winter storm blasts southern Ontario
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- čas přidán 16. 01. 2022
- Thousands of drivers out along Toronto-area highways are stuck in snow as a historic winter storm blasts southern Ontario on Monday morning.
In the morning, OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said drivers were stuck in a standstill along Highway 401 eastbound around Keele Street and urged drivers to stay home.
“The biggest problem right now is the plows are stuck in this as well,” Schmidt said. “They can’t clear the highways, and you’re not going anywhere … if you’re stuck in traffic, you might be here a while.”
Environment Canada put Toronto, Peel York, Durham, Halton, Hamilton, and Niagara regions under a “blizzard” warning. That warning has since been lifted.
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I would like to say Thank You to all of the guys working out there in this weather!
All you ungrateful feckers are welcome
I went out 3 feet into my driveway........thought for 2 seconds and said....NOPE and reversed right back in. After seeing all these videos of the 401, I'm glad I'm warm in my bed and made the right decision.
You made the right decision my guy
I saw whole bunch of drivers working together to help each other on the 404 at york mills. Nice to see humans helping eachother!
that is what we were designed to do.
Its all we have... is each other.
Nice to see drink whisky end watching TV. 🤣🤪 Stop driving this weather
Why would people help stupid people? I have winter tires on my car and yes there was some difficulty but I got through no issue. The majority of the cidiots here weren't prepared.
especially in gta
Thank you OPP for helping common people and working in such conditions to help us feel safe!
Thanks alot all public service workers out there today helping people out. Society doesn't give you guys and gals the credit you deserve!
Thanks to the brave officers out there helping.
its a snow storm
Thank you for thanking them!
@@blackoutgstar9949 really?
This should distract them from enforcing tyrannical covid mandates.
@@sturgis8483 yes, such a tyranny....🙄🙄🙄🙄
If youre home take a walk
around the neighborhood with a shovel you have a chance to help someone out! We found 1 and our neighbor found 4 and other neighbors let them park in their driveways.
This is the way.
That is such an excellent idea. We will bundle up and head out to get some fresh air and exercise while we help others. This is truly the way. Be safe as well and thanks for the wise tip!
@@sunnyreads1845 did you find any?
Yup, start with the side walks. Give us essential workers a hand once in a while.
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Too bad Ontario isn't pro active on snow.... coming from Chicago, plows are out before the snow hits with brine and salt, continue as the snow falls. Even the garbage trucks have plows on them. I lived in Toronto for 8 years and I was amazed at how they wait until the roads are un-drivable before they start to clear.... 🙄
STFU ! THIS AINT CHICAGO THE SLUM !
True not rocket science.. it think it's budget control
@@big.r5550 The slum that knows how to clear the snow off the roads 😂
So true. Rule of thumb here for plow driver safety seems to be to wait till after the snow stops. Plus I've heard that insurance for plow drivers has just quadrupled so that could have something to do with it also.
Toronto is a city of India or Middle East. Commin sense is nowhere to be found haha
I got stuck. Called CAA and he showed up and got stuck.
Oops
Stay home everyone, we had this in Alberta before and can tell you it was impossible to move . Stay safe
60-70 cm snow in a big city like Toronto in less then 15 hours. That is not a joke, it is crazy
@@Deira854 its gonna keep getting worse, extreme weather events will occur more frequently as the global temperature average keeps rising.
We have this in alberta every couple weeks and it doesn't stop most of us
@@Girtharmstrong69 You are a joke, Alberta does not get this much snow. Ontario gets more snow because of Lake effect snow, go read about it and this storm was epic. Last time we got this much snow was 1999. This is gona top 100 cm in few days
That snow (in Alberta) was nuts! I didn't go anywhere on day 2 - the roads were horrible.
I attempted to go to work today with my 2 wheel drive Corolla.. Got stuck on a side street and did everything i could to break free of the snow bank: shoveling, turning off traction control and shuffling. While doing so, 2 snow plows passed right by me without even plowing the road to atleast help me out , it was such a spit in the face and ridiculous. Luckily i got through and turned right back around and head home.
I used to own a 1972 Corolla...when the snow got too deep to drive, I would pick the car up and carry it home! 😄
Did you have winter tires on?
@@THE-WAY_THE-TRUTH_THE-LIFE. Of course ! But they're not much help when the road has 30cm+ of snow
Lol Toronto people with small cars, all season tires and no driving skills.
Asked immigrants
Toronto has so many Indians and Middle Eastern eastern. Go figure lol
Prayers you’re all safe🙏🏽
Nothing but great things to say about the OPP, of all my years, driving up and down the QEW. Thank you for being out there taking care of business.
Do people not look at the traffic cameras? 🤔 how do you get stuck on the highway in a snow storm with a Warning, with 3 days of advanced warning.. how?
It would be interesting to hear the various reasons that people decided they needed to be on the 401 after days of dire warnings about this storm on every damned means of communication available
Essential workwes
@@margmak6234 Some of them yes but I would say they're in the minority. Anyway they're not getting where they're going so...
@@derekelliott3971 true
People get used to the media hyping everything up and don't take it serious. Boy who cried wolf.
@@shaungiesbrecht6720 possibly
Don't drive in snow without proper tires people.
@@heresalemonsukonit276 My RWD open diff car NEEDS winter tires. But when they're on it gets through the snow better than those SUV's with summer or all seasons. They're always the first in the ditch.
@@heresalemonsukonit276 Nothing with summer tires is better than anything with winter tires. But ppl think if they have a 4x4, they can run summers or all seasons in the winter. Once you get yourself going, there's not much different in terms of grip between the two going around corners and such.
@@heresalemonsukonit276 Well I don't myself but my father owns a 2500 chev, 6.6 diesel v8. With all seasons, and it is AWFUL in the snow. Unless you have 4x4 on, it barely grips at all. Can barely even get out of its own way without spinning the tires. And by the way, you shouldn't run it in 4x4 on the highway, it is hard on it...
So probably not in an acceleration contest, but I GUARANTEE you my car would easily outperform your F-150 in the braking and handling department.
@@heresalemonsukonit276 I have driven PLENTY of 4x4 trucks as a farmhand a couple years ago, and multiple road trips. Ridden in many too as I live in a more rural setting. All with all season tires. None of them impressed me, especially when they're out of 4WD
@@heresalemonsukonit276 Tires were brand new as of 2019.
We're all supposed to stay home anyways these days on command of the Government of Ontario ... and this snow system was not a surprise.
Still, must be very frustrating and scary to be stuck in such snow but, at least these individuals are in a major city and could walk to safety if necessary.
The worst snow incident I ever experienced was on the 401 at Woodstock ON in Feb 2020. The snow fall was so intense that visibility was almost nonexistent and when I finally was able to get off the Road onto the rest stop, the facility couldn't be seen from 20 ft away.
Drive safe people and be well.
Post Statement (4:10 pm) - I just took a walk down to Lake Ontario (at Jarvis) and then stopped off at Loblaws. I saw a TTC bus completely abandoned on Lower Jarvis/Lakeshore, and no less then 4 cars stuck on Market Lane downtown. Otherwise, the core of Toronto is quiet, deserted and really scenic today :)
(Oh and yes the LCBO was opened so I naturally bought a few bottles) lol .. cheers.
That's a busy stretch with lots of merging. Definitely a clencher in any kind of weather.
Do you know how long it would take to walk in that snow from that location? Not to mention you’d need to be fully dressed already. Deep snow etc.
@@bradgillap no it's not its Woodstock lol
@@ryantwitter343 Well that stretch of the 401 is surrounded by urbanism on both sides so better to be stuck in the GTA than in some remote area of Southwestern Ontario such as the fields near Chatham-Kent, or rural Elgin County.
@@patmartin2730 lol .. I'm telling ya man, outside Woodstock Ontario on the 401 in February 2020, I had NEVER seen snow like it my life. 20 ft from the service station and if I didn't know it was there I'd have been lost.
I just got in from a walk to Loblaws on Jarvis in downtown Toronto and saw a city bus completely abandoned and 4 cars stuck on Market Lane. Otherwise, the downtown core is currently dead quiet.
I was out in my hummer and helped two people👍
@Major Tom when I got home the guy next door fell so we waited for the ambulance. I then did both our driveways and one across the street. I’m going back out in 30 min 👍
@Major Tom I don’t know. I don’t ask people that
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP. SR.
Perhaps Ontario needs to mandate winter tires like Quebec does.
Been driving accident free for over 40 years WITHOUT winter tires...they are more the weak and feeble minded.
Thank you to all. Officers out helping and protecting.
I was stuck on 401 East bound between 427 and 400 for 4 hours, my truck has 4X4 and ATV Tires, i was flying thru snow banks at on/off ramp ramps, truck was cutting threw heavy snow like cutting into warm butter, then all my fun stopped, i always keep 20L of gas in back of truck in winter, i hopped out topped off the tank, and the look fear on everyone's faces watching me cause no one knew how long were all gonna be stuck, they were all checking their gas gauges, i'm laughing cause truck has 120L gas tank full
Regards from Montreal, it's bad here but nothing compared to that. Incredible seeing the busiest highway in Canada looking like this!
This morning when I got up, looked out my bedroom window and I can't see my neighbor's house across the street due to the storm I was like " yeahhh I'm staying home today..."
DO YOU NEED A TOW?
CAN I SEE YOUR PAPERS?
Why do Torontonians always have such difficulty coping with winter?
I mean, it's considerably more snow then usual. This isn't just winter, it's a a blizzard.
because most are not from canada
Most of them are immigrants and they don't have snow there. They aint educated to prepare for heavy snow. They don't even use winter tires.
@@kelliebom1 We went to work and school in blizzards in the past. City not as prepared as it used to be and people are getting soft.
People aren’t getting soft,it’s that there’s so many immigrants in Toronto now,most of them don’t have experience driving in this much snow
It's hard to understand, why all weather tyres are allowed? They are basically useless in snow.
Winter tires aren’t much better in this weather.
@@lylarose2696 I am driving with winter tyres today and I'll be driving again after my lunch break
@@lylarose2696 No way, my RWD 300 is getting through the snow much better than these cars with a set of quality winter tires.
Immigrants aint educated much on this matter and most of them settle in GTA.
@@iROChakri I am a foreign worker and I learned about Canadian driving requirements and immigrants should also learn. It makes their lives easy, lol.
Imagine if all those vehicle were electric, people would freeze and run out of power. How would you recharge them all?
You would have multiple deaths. Government doesn’t care.
@@lylarose2696 If you are stupid enough to buy a totally electric vehicle you deserve it.
You do realize that electric car have heating too, right? A car on idle can run out of gas just like an electric car can run out of power but they both can sustain a long time idling with heating on... There is more chance that an electric car is fully charged than an ICE car have full gas tank so I would bet that fast on the gas car.
@@ProulxS Yes carry a can of Electricity or have someone bring you one.
My SUV holds 84 Litres and I don't drive with half a tank in Winter. Electric heat is a huge current draw. Take your snowshoes!
@@ProulxS you do realize battery powered cars lose power quicker than gas cars.
Snow in January . . . Shocking...😯
Noone is shocked.....
It’s usually warming up by now for this month
@@margmak6234 wooosh 😆
"All-season" tires is pointless in the snow...why are they even offered in Canada? It's either summer or winter/studded tires.
Why are people driving when they had more than sufficient warnings
Boy cry wolf situation I assume.
Some ppl are essential workers
@@Suzannaaram I'm not risking my life for any manager
Thank you for your service sir. People please stay at home today.
why were the plows not dispatched at the beginning of the storm like we have done every year..
this weather is nothing new for Canada. ask yourself why now did they seem to forget all the protocols for snow storms
The problem is all the bozos on the road getting stuck all over the place so the plows literally couldn’t get anywhere
Thanks for the service
Saw less cars on the road during the first lockdown lmao. No state of emergency for actual dangerous conditions. No one should of been out today. Neighborhoods have snow past some car hoods
I dont think you need to state of emergency today, but common sense. People are not out so I'm not sure what is your comment about?
Ecactly!!! I caught what you mean
stay safe and stay home
This does not meet the Criteria for a Blizzard. 4 hours, visibility less than 1/4 mile in blowing snow.
Winter Driving Kit includes 28 litres of gas, Winter hat, coat, boots, serious mitts, storm chips, water bottle and solar blanket. I also have a long tow rope with quick click snaps, a serious snow shovel and a few flares. I have had 4x4s since 1984 plus Winter tires.
I just stucked right in front of my building garage , was lucky that 4 men came to help, then I was able to back home. I saw many cars were stucked on the street too! 😳 not only on highway
Your profile picture is so adorable
U seen that it was that bad outside,yet u still tried going outside somewhere,SMRT not
@@donkeyballs3307 I went out not for shopping, for working
@@donkeyballs3307 yoyoyo makes a fair counterpoint,, i highly doubt most bosses believe in snow days my guy
Good work sir! We thank you!
Seriously, there was plenty of warning! No sympathy!
Who goes out to drive in that type of weather this should be a no brainer
lol all the all-seasons tire people, DO NOT DRIVE TODAY IN THIS KIND OF SNOW. I KNOW FOR A FACT YOUR WHEELS WILL NOT WORK. IF YOU WANT TO BE STUCK, GO FOR IT. I work at a dealership, and I kno wfor a fact, in Canada, you need AWD featured on your car (always about $2000 extra for it on your vehicle) but my mentor taught me, if you have AWD and are on all-seasons tires, if may not be performing at its highest. if you're AWD and have WINTER TIRES on, you have a better chance. I feel like everyone who's stuck either has 1) has AWD but with no winter tires on 2) on a FWD vehicle is all seasons 3) orFWD with winter tires on. ---- all in all, the best way, is AW w/ winter tires in Canada. Othwerise, enjoy quarantining in your car until the plows show up. Bye!
Or maybe just learn how to drive?? I live in Northern Ontario (the "real" Northern Ontario - not Barrie) and have literally never owned snow tires in the 42 years that I've been driving. Having AWD (or 4WD) and not knowing how to manage it just means that you're deeper in trouble by the time you get stuck...
@Major Tom I'll take my 4x4 and aggressive tread 10-ply (all-season) skins... save your front-wheel drive and snow tires for the folks who can't handle the 3-5 days of bad driving you get for the year...
@Major Tom fill your boots, I'll continue to do what works here. We also have 6 months of winter and 6 months of bad hockey... and I don't "need" 4WD either, I drove a lot of years with 2WD, weight in the bed and posi...
@Major Tom likewise Tom!!!🤜🤛
LOL anyone remember the 70's and 80's we had a lot snow back then
ya, and we drove on BIAS PLY tires....phhtt.
@@dalegribble60 Great name and pic dude.
People definitely thought more before they set out!
Yeah but 1/4 of the traffic or less
Wow you would think no one knew there was a storm coming. I watched 3 people in my complex shoveling trenches from the driveway but the plow did not come for the road. The guys gave up and went back inside. I can not tell you how many were trying to get into the groc parking lot across the st and could not get up the small incline. Had to back down to the road. Why would people even think to go out in that today?
@@B3B3TTER yes we need a solor storm, asteroid, or world war to wake up the "woke" degenerates. Most of them won't survive the first few weeks of hardship. And the experimental trash they took will make it harder too. They are all getting curiously sick.
Looks like Toronto is gotta call in the army again. LOL!
Everyone knew this was coming, Why was the city not ready?
Officer is A True Hero May God bless him so .
So they knew the snow storm was coming but chose to drive any way? Even if they didn't, all you need to do is look out the window and it's clear that commuting needs to wait till the storm is over and the highways cleared. Some people have no common sense.
All season tires in Ontario?
This is why I own a truck that has a little button on the dash called, "4 wheel lock."
All those fancy low riding race cars might look down south, but up here you need to own a beast for winter driving!
Brother I don't need a truck LOL just give me a manual car and I'll move it. I don't care if it's all season or winter tires or 5 feet of snow ! Aslong as it's manual ill move it! No problem.
@@JasonSmith-zu3rn Good luck with that. My Challenger and Focus couldn't move in this (both 6 speed) but the Expedition with 4x4 can pull through.
What does a 4 wheel DRIVE have that makes it STOP better than a 2wd ? is it the lack of weight over the rear wheels?.
@@kellyfehr3719 My uncle used to say that all 4 wheel drive got you was further off the road :P
@@zzing Guess none of you ever actually been stuck in deep snow. Go on, rock it back and forth and turn traction control off ;)
imagine living in ontario and not buying winter tires
I had no problem in my Subaru sti it was a dream!
Calgary goes from plus 12 today to minus 22 tonight with near blizzard conditions. The roads will be glare ice and covered. People will still be riding bicycles to work. Quit crying Ontario.
Big thanks to all the guys n gals getting the city unclogged
It's a bring your own shovel event. I'm home and warm. I thank all the professional drivers who had to drive in that mess.
Nothing will convince me to drive in a snow storm. SMH
Some people have to work
@@missblink4611 I always figured that if I get into a wreck on the way I'm gonna lose a lot more than 1 days pay.
Awesome report.. nothing better then getting your update from an officer.. thank you
Well there aren't any reporters in Toronto only activists who are cowering in their basements during this weather.
@@heetsees why would you want reporters out there where the police is telling you to stay put
You know big storms are coming usually days in advance. Why not prepare and not go out to get stuck? They knew, went out anyways, then needed rescue. You’d think these people have never lived in the snow before.
i work in snow removal,,, i was only notified 12 hours in advance >
Just yesterday there were people saying Toronto was over reacting closing down schools over "snow". Apparently this type of weather is nothing for real Canadians.
The 404 is North of the city. The city had only 1 to 2cm of snow. All streets and highways throughout the city are clear. Driving is no problem. The golf course behind me is pretty green.
i feel for the OPP guys, working in these conditions is rough, you get off from helping 1 person and 3 more are in need of help right after
Ya, sitting in a warm cruiser....
@@gordbaker896 lol right? that opp guy wasnt out shoveling snow for 20 hours straight , wat a bum
Historic....since 1999 maybe.
It's terrible today .. I went to work it was so so heavy snow upto my knees
Was the same here last week
That’s why I love Canada 🇨🇦
So a whole bunch of these drivers failed to install winter tires and this is what happens. I think the Police should ticket people who don't install winter tires and create all sort of inconvenience to others drivers on the Hwy.
I seen the 401 highway today damn it was so terrible.
“Saw
Buy winter tires. Enough said.
I was in my KJ 4x4 during that storm and loved every fraction of a second of being out. I saw no Wranglers out. Such a waste of money.. It's true when they say majority are "Mall Rated".
Historic my A$$.
I lived out there few years back we got hit with a crazier storm. Took 6hours to get from Collingwood to Richmond hill. This just looks like a nice strong snow fall
Society indeed has gotten soft....
60-70 cm snow in a big city like Toronto in less then 15 hours. That is not a joke, it is crazy
@@Deira854 yeah but it happens. It's not historic is the point. But a crap load of snow in short time is never a joke.
@@dalegribble60 Snowflakes afraid of snowflakes.
Haven't you any warning devices up there.Normal people check weather reports.
Today would be the best day of the year to just stay home. Call in sick for work or call in to say can't come to work because of weather conditions. If you decide to drive, make sure you have snow tires and have a shovel in your trunk in case you get stuck on a snowbank. Drive slowly and turn off your traction control when you are stuck and need to get out of it.
Crazy amount of snow. We have 1/10 of that in Vancouver the whole city goes crazy and shutdown
Imagine if these were electric cars????
Apparently Teslas could not move
There was one immigrant who was interviewed saying, "this is my first Canadian vinter here."
Helps when you've got a few years under the belt....
Who would be stupid enough to try driving in this?
Stay at home and eat your pancakes! 🥞🥞
Why so unusual that snow plowers unable to plow due to heavy traffic?? I lived in buffalo, western new york, where snow plowers are very diligently plowing for traffic in snow storms and lake effect.
My next vehicle will be a De Havilland Beaver.
One plow? 🙈
How's them electric cars working
🤣🤣
Snow tires should be mandatory. What is so difficult to understand, stay home!
They are mandatory out west... Idk why they aren't in ON.
Be safe out there !
☕🍵☕🍵☕🍵☕
and stay warm !
great day for drifting :)
Saw 3 feet (not cms) of snow in 12 hours in N.B. in 1988. This is a mere dusting. Rookies with their 'traction control SUVs' and 'all season' banana skins- same kind of people advocating paper towel masks. Not a surprise.
60-70 cm snow in a big city like Toronto in less then 15 hours. That is not a joke, it is crazy
I drive and all Wheel Dr., Mercedes SUV, which weighs over 4000 pounds, with snow tires. I’ve never got stuck in my life. I’m home today, but it’ll disrespectful for us with SUVs
Didn’t they say they got 60-70 cms? Looks like it. That’s 2 feet overnight not a dusting.
Even suvs with winter tires can get stuck in snow.
@@Ont785 Lucky you to afford such a vehicle and be able to afford to stay home. I would guess most people thought they could handle what some warnings called for 30-40 cms and figured the road crews would have most of it cleared before they got out there.
people were told to stay at home. the warning was the day before, now all the idiots think my front wheel car and snow tires can handle it. no, you FAIL .this is heaven to make a buck by towing guys.
Officer did say some cars didn't have snow tires. Weather like this, everyone should have winter tires installed. Some insurance companies even cut you a break with them.
Just got done shoveling out the driveway. One car driveway, with the car in it, took an hour to clear it. My arms and neck are aching.
what a mess
What kind of inflated sense of self-importance makes these fools think the world needs them to drive in a blizzard?
I wonder how differently people would drive if it snowed every year?
All season tires suck , you need proper winter tires.
Most transpotation workers tow truck operators are saying to you thanks for staying home
Today's cars are too lightweight to handle weather like this, even with snow tires. They just don't have enough weight to stay on the road.
it was very bad weather today God keep safe everyone
I drove earlier today in Ottawa and I loved it!!!
Amazing experience for me.
Just another winter day , tomorrow all will be o right REGARDS from Alberta , stay safe Ziggy
0:27 I know him he’s on heavy rescue 401!
As someone from Quebe now living in Ontario, this is nothing lol.
Quebec gets a lot of snow but you can't call this nothing, it's a pretty good dumping no matter where you come from.
@@kenlompart9905 Didn't stop anyone in the 70's or 80's from going to work or school. Toronto wasn't as prepared as it should of been.
@@Mikinaak2023 There was nowhere near as much traffic in the 70s and 80s either. I lived in Brampton most of my life and worked in Toronto and traffic was nowhere near what it's like now. I could drive home non stop in half the time it takes now.
Historic winter storm? Lol.
60-70 cm snow in a big city like Toronto in less then 15 hours. That is not a joke, it is crazy
They are stuck. But NOT for 24 hours. In Toronto, it's going to take a couple of hours and they will be on their way.
They are not as prepared as Northern Ontario or Quebec and they like to think it's REALLY cold there (LOL) ... But they still get their fair share of winter every year... So it took them by surprise... But they'll manage. No worries.
Some are still stuck now at 11 pm