This Is Why You Don't Forget To Use Snow Chains In Canada

What do you get when you mix commuters, hills and sheet ice? Crashes, and lots of them. Even the Montreal police and a gritting truck got in on the fender-bending action

If you didn’t know already, it gets pretty cold in the Canadian winter, with snow and ice guaranteed. Road salt is a valuable commodity at this time of year and from this evidence it seems the gritting teams around Montreal’s busy Côte du Beaver Hall need to up their game.

When the footage starts, four cars have already crashed into each other on the slippery, unsalted side of the road, with one facing the wrong way. A bus decides it wants to hug it all better, careering into the back of the stranded cars.

This Is Why You Don't Forget To Use Snow Chains In Canada

A taxi driver narrowly escapes getting caught up in it before a pick-up… errr, doesn’t. It smashes into the back of the first bus before a second bus joins the fray, crushing the pick-up and punting it out into the roadway.

But the fun doesn’t stop there, kids, because the Montreal PD turns up to sort everything out. Naturally the police Charger simply pirouettes slowly down the road with no grip at all, before lightly bumping into the back of the second bus.

This Is Why You Don't Forget To Use Snow Chains In Canada

Even better, a gritter truck finally arrives on the scene (better late than never?) before losing control and smashing into the police, catapulting the front end up the Charger into the air.

Best to use snow chains, then…

Comments

Anonymous

You know, there would be one man in Canada going around without snow chains drifting (and wall tapping).

12/06/2016 - 08:38 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

no one have chains because it’s illegal on public road

12/06/2016 - 11:32 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Oh god, not the Cringe Train

12/06/2016 - 13:06 |
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David 27

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I wonder if you know
How they live in Tokyo
(Hai!)
If you seen it then you mean it
Then you know you have to go!

12/06/2016 - 15:14 |
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Conor Roberts
12/06/2016 - 08:50 |
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Claudiu

So you are saying that the Dodge couldn’t dodge the other Dodge. Even tho the Dodge tried to dodge the dodge. DOGE

12/06/2016 - 09:12 |
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I somehow accidentally downvoted your comment TWICE. Dunno how. Take 2 upvotes.

12/06/2016 - 21:49 |
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Raregliscor1

Mustang? Fairly sure its a Charger m8

12/06/2016 - 09:15 |
9 | 1

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12/06/2016 - 10:01 |
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12/06/2016 - 10:01 |
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Johan Karlsson

I’m disappointed that CT Staff would say that the police car, which is very obviously a Dodge Charger, is a Mustang.

12/06/2016 - 10:02 |
2 | 1

Not as disappointed as me!

12/06/2016 - 11:14 |
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Anonymous

the funny thing is that is mandatory to use winter tyres, however i believe is forbidden the ones whit spikes inside the city, this cars all looked like they had summer tyres except the taxi that however lost control was able to regain it…

12/06/2016 - 10:19 |
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ItsChar

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

They all had winter tires on. Won’t help you much on black ice though. Regarding chains. This happened in the center of a city on a single road. Chances are that they rarely see any ice in the city if at all.

12/06/2016 - 10:51 |
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Porschephile

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Actually I’m a Montrealer and the Buses don’t use snow tires. The bus service says they put new all season tires on the front only for the winter.

12/06/2016 - 14:30 |
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Anonymous
12/06/2016 - 11:02 |
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Anton 3

Looks almost like a slow and bad played Tetris game.

12/06/2016 - 11:03 |
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Matt Kimberley

Yup, definitely a Charger. ‘Murican cars not my strong suit. Life lesson, kids: Look PROPERLY before you leap…

12/06/2016 - 11:11 |
2 | 2
Mazda Miata

That police car is doing a mad 180°

12/06/2016 - 11:13 |
0 | 0

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