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salto

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Jan 9, 2015 11:28 PM
A 90 vehicle crash with a semi carrying fireworks.

[video=youtube;DNzr3rttykQ][/video]
Jan 9, 2015 11:28pm
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Jan 10, 2015 1:15 AM
Michigan drivers are the frickin worst. Coming home today from Detroit it was a complete white out on US-23 and people were flying past me doing 65-70. No surprise that soon a 40 car pileup happened
Jan 10, 2015 1:15am
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WebFire

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Jan 10, 2015 11:32 AM
193 cars ended up being the final tally, I believe.

[video=youtube;W9fI5M6_XVk][/video]
Jan 10, 2015 11:32am
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Jan 10, 2015 11:43 AM
Scary shit....hopefully no deaths
Jan 10, 2015 11:43am
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Jan 10, 2015 11:46 AM
WebFire;1694653 wrote:193 cars ended up being the final tally, I believe.

[video=youtube;W9fI5M6_XVk][/video]
Terrifying

Slow the fuck down....some of those hadn't even braked it appeared
Jan 10, 2015 11:46am
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Jan 10, 2015 12:31 PM
Ironman92;1694656 wrote:Scary shit....hopefully no deaths
Unfortunately I think their was one.
Jan 10, 2015 12:31pm
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gut

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Jan 10, 2015 1:03 PM
salto;1694667 wrote:Unfortunately I think their was one.
And that's amazing seeing how fast some were hitting. Good example of why you DON'T want to be driving between two semis in those conditions, but I wouldn't want to drive beside them, either.

I wonder if some sort of safety feature to activate brake lights or emergency flashers could reduce this. Figure when the car wrecks, there are no brake lights or possibly any lights and it becomes invisible in those conditions.
Jan 10, 2015 1:03pm
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gut

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Jan 10, 2015 1:04 PM
As for the fireworks, that was a great finale (although the video appears to loop the same 30 seconds or so several times).
Jan 10, 2015 1:04pm
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Dr Winston O'Boogie

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Jan 10, 2015 2:00 PM
Horrible. That kind of thing is scary and can happen when weather conditions are just right (yes, even here in Ohio).
Jan 10, 2015 2:00pm
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Jan 10, 2015 6:02 PM
I'm almost positive something very similar happened on 480 at one point last winter.

Crazy how they apparently didnt see the wreck at all. It didnt look like whiteout conditions?
Jan 10, 2015 6:02pm