4mo ago

Coach bus drifts down an icy hill.

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That was really skillful driving.
- It really wasn't. The only reason he got sideways was because he tried using his brakes too much. The driver got lucky. The one thing he did do right was keeping his front wheels pointing the direction he was sliding.
  When sliding and starting to go sideways at all, it's time to lay off the brakes. They will only make it worse.
  *edit- Just wanted to add that I'm speaking from a lot of experience. Commercial drivers license, 15 years of driving fire engines, tankers, and ladder trucks in all weather. Plus my side job is delivering propane during the winter. I've slid on ice while carrying around nearly 3,000 gallons of liquid pressurized propane. That gets your butt to pucker.
  
  I've slid on ice while carrying around nearly 3,000 gallons of liquid pressurized propane. That gets your butt to pucker.
  I worked yard and now work office around propane, I fucking bet.
  When I did diesel driving in a smaller truck myself and about 1k gallons of diesel slid down ~160 ft of mud bill because some jackass left their fucking throw mat out before the rain started, it cmgor covered in mud and when my tire hit it I lost all traction and shit went literally sideways from there
  Scariest however many seconds that was in my fucking life, I realized almost immediately I had 0 control over what was happening until I hit some flat land, which I prayed gave me enough time to stop before going over into the dry riverbed, likely flipping
  It's all good, I hit a rock at the bottom going about 15mpg and put a big ass dent in my bumper is all!
  
  So you're saying all I need is an icy road and some liquid propane?
  
  At 45 seconds you can see there is some in the way going too slow and in the middle of the road! That bus driver would have hit them if they didn't try to slow down some how. I think they had more skill than you believe.
  Believe it or not I'm not doubting your experience and agree with your assessment of laying off the brakes, but can you tell us how you would have done differently to avoid the jackass in front of I'm correct that they were blocking the road?
  
  Does this pay well? Sounds like an interesting side hustle.
- For sure, I bet they received a round of applause for pulling off that save.
- It really isn't. Stop locking up the brakes.
  But I'm prepared to be downvoted by 'experts' who have almost never actually driven in the snow.
  
  The driver got the bus and the people in it down an icy slope, and nobody got harmed.
  I call that success.
  
  It’s incredibly skilful and It’s not the correct thing to do.
- Clearly not his first ice rodeo..
  
  Maybe not a good thing if he regularly rides sideways.
  
  He's probably feeling deja vu.
- Stupid driving
  
  Some people are skillfully stupid.
  
  Yeah I'd pull over and wait for the sander. Hopefully there's one.

That's some fancy fucking driving! That person deserves a raise.
- Oh, I'm sure his blood pressure raised.
- It really wasn't. He went sideways because he was hitting his brakes after it started to go sideways.
  
  Should he have just coasted all the way down the hill? How fast would he be going by then? He seemed to do a pretty good job of braking as much as possible while still being able to steer enough.
  
  How many Class A busses have you piloted down an icy hill? It looks like solid driving to me!

You can see it starting to go bad and then the back tire catches some traction on the slop on the shoulder and he recovers. Sometimes the shoulder saves you.
- A gravel shoulder saved me from a spin out one time during a blizzard

Dmv driving tests said it's best to not break and better to drive slowly to redirect.
- Yep. Stay off the brakes, use the lowest gear you have available. Even most automatic transmissions let you select “L” for these situations.
  When I drive my manual in icy conditions, I generally stay a gear lower than I normally would as a rule. Much easier to recover.
  On my newer PHEV vehicle, there’s an icy driving mode and an L option (even though it’s a CVT, it can mimic a high-torque low gear).

Any idea where this is?
- Republic of Sakha, in far east Russia.
  
  Extremely unsuprising
- Right there center screen bro damn

Snowtires please
- Or at least some chains

Then everything goes to hell because dude in front of them was driving too slow.

How many points was that?
- According to Tony Hawk Pro Skater:
  360 Fastplant(250 x 2) + Hardflip(300) = 800] Crooked Grind(150+25) multiplier 3 sum 800
  
  You and I went very different ways with this.
  I thought they were referring to a three point turn and asking how many points were involved in this turn.
  Probably ... Probably you were closer to the original intent of the comment.

Videos that end too soon…

Only one of us can ride forever
So you and I can't ride together
Can't live or can't die together
All we can do is collide together
So I skillfully apply the pressure
Mos Def
- No space for drivers, no space for walkers
  No space regardless
  You're on my path? Then get off it!
  ~~That bus, probably~~ Mos Def

Nah. I'm good down here with Helene and Milton.

I have a lot of experience driving in icy conditions, but I never would have attempted this.
"I'll just wait for June, thanks."

A bunch of people in a perilous situation: survive
Person filming: sad LiveLeak noises

Looks like dude just lost control and breaks all the time.
If you lock your wheels you can't steer, just go man! You can break at the bottom.
Edit: don't go if there is any danger, take a joke people lol. Still driver seems to be an idiot IMO risking the people in the bus.
- Nah there were cars ahead, if he gained too much momentum he was screwed, besides he wasn't just slamming on the breaks, there was roll going on there, just wasn't helping much. Once he got enough control again he even bothered to turn on his flashers.

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