Northern Ohio traffic deaths

[Dragon]

Although I don't normally give a rats bellybutton about how stupid people drive and die in car wrecks, tonight is a different story since all of them were innocent and trapped in a situation they could not escape.  5 Troopers so far have also been seriously injured.

It took me 3x my usual time to get home but many of the victims of this storm are spending 6+ hours sitting in traffic.

Prayers out to those who incurred loss.

[Hajo]

With ya Dragon.  Horrible out there today in NE Ohio.  Wind was actually shaking my truck while stopped at a traffic light.

[MiloMorai]

What were they doing out in the storm in the first place?

[skorpx1]

What were they doing out in the storm in the first place?

Just because the weather is saying don't go outside doesn't mean your manager thinks the same.

[BluBerry]

^ this

[NaTorino]

Yeah i took 82 home today instead of 480 to 77. Live in broadview hts work in twinsburg





CobraJet

[smoe]

Just keep it slow. The cities are low on salt and only use it sparingly. Hopefully this is the last major snowfall of the year.

[Meatwad]

Just because the weather is saying don't go outside doesn't mean your manager thinks the same.

Aint that the truth

[ghi]

This storm was deadly,  caused  a traffic mess here in Ontario; the main highway 401 from Detroit/Windsor to Montreal was closed several times today,;
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/highway-401-eastbound-lanes-near-woodstock-reopen-after-20-car-pileup-1.2570015
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/deadly-accidents-reported-in-southern-ontario-as-snow-storm-pummels-the-region/23111/
http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/4409358-stouffville-man-killed-after-truck-collides-with-bus/

[FiLtH]

Whatever the weather, and for whatever reasons people were out in it, speed is the reason people died.

[MiloMorai]

Whatever the weather, and for whatever reasons people were out in it, speed is the reason people died.

People are being brainwashed into thinking how safe cars are by the auto company advertisements > ABS, air bags, anti skid, handle like race cars, etc, etc, etc .

[ReVo]

People are being brainwashed into thinking how safe cars are by the auto company advertisements > ABS, air bags, anti skid, handle like race cars, etc, etc, etc .

Cars have always been hyped up in ads to make them appear to be better/faster/safer/more comfortable then they really are. This is not new.

You should see the claims Pontiac made about the original GTO for example.   

[Hajo]

What were they doing out in the storm in the first place?

This hit all at once.  We knew the weather was going to get bad but didn't know precisely when.
When that cold front crashed into NE Ohio from Lake Erie the winds suddenly went to 50 mph,
and it was just raining minutes before.  It was in the upper 30s then by 5PM it was 17 along with those
high winds.  Sometimes one could see, and the next second the snow was blinding and you couldn't see
5 feet in front of you.  That's life in the great lakes snow belt.