Cars sliding on ice in Texas Ice Storm - Dallas - January 2023 winter storm - Drone 

To my northern brothers. This is why Texas shuts down on little winter storms. People drive crazy

Hot tip: If you spin out on black ice, DON’T get out of your car and walk around with other cars speeding toward you. Sheesh!

If you’re not wide awake before sliding on that bridge, you are now.

Dude in the blue wrecker @2:20 just turned into the slide and rode it out like a boss.

Spent xmas in Texas, those people drive like they are on a race track. Not surprised by this at all

Every winter, after the 1st ice or snow, I find an empty parking lot and practice sliding and recovering, getting the feel of how my vehicle handles, instead of finding out too late.

As a northerner from the other side of the pond- I'm quite impressed. There's no less chaos in my realm when winter arrives.

Cool to see how it was only the bridge that was icy and as soon as they were off the bridge they instantly had traction again.

Great video showing the dangers of driving in ice on overpasses.

Do not get out of your car in circumstances like this! You will get hurt.

WARNING: Bridges freeze faster than pavement. Signs all over the Northeast.

That tow truck driver at 2:20 was the only person who knew WTF they were doing.

i love the way the cop sits on the other side of the overpass, waiting for the wrecks

Ok dumb question, there was a cop car just at the next turn off. Why wasn't he parked just at the top of the overpass with his lights on to slow people down??

The best way to handle an icy bridge is to not accelerate or decelerate. That can cause the rear of the car to slide sideways. Allow the front wheels to roll; you'll have some steering control when the tires are rolling. Make small steering corrections. Once you start sliding, you're along for the ride; you have no control over your destiny until the sliding stops.

Come to Wisconsin for awhile in the dead of winter. If you won't learn to drive on slick roadways you won't be able to go anywhere. HUGE TIP : there is no shame in driving TEN mph. The secret is in leaving way early to give yourself time to get there

I guarantee you that over half of the people who slid on the overpass slid because they tapped their brakes on the ice. The VERY worst thing to do on ice is BRAKE or JERK the steering wheel and if you still find yourself sliding sideways you turn the front tires towards the direction your sliding in. 🤦🏻

Gotta love the ones that get off the ice and come to a complete stop forcing the car that is behind them and doing just fine to react and rearend them

Considering that this is a first time ice slide for many of these people, overall they did pretty good.

In northern locales (probably anywhere if the temperature is cold enough), it can freeze UNDER and overpass, as well, because that part of the roadway is in the shade. Be aware, if you weren't. What is different is, you only slide for the length of the shady spot and when you're back under the sun, the roadway is fine. It can still be dangerous and cause an accident.

I'll never forget the time I saw a semi sliding BACKWARDS down an inclined curved ramp on a Dallas freeway.

Why do so many people just sit there after they don't crash? I've done this, and as I was coming to a stop I was ready to go. I didn't wait to see if someone else would slide and hit me.

Never get out of your car. A friend and co worker of mine is dead due to getting out of her car on the interstate during bad ice and traffic conditions ….

I like how some people were drifting on the ice and getting back straight after.

I’m actually surprised there aren’t more follow-on accidents, when people coming up from behind tap their brakes or try to change lanes to avoid the hazard and also lose control.

Welcome to Michigan. My Sister lives in Austin. Both of us grew up driving on snow and ice. Just take it easy, and nobody gets hurt... Thanks for sharing.

Reminds me of when I was traveling from Iowa to McCallen, TX in January 1988 when a storm swept up from gulf of California straight up through Texas and the midwest. When we got on the I-35 toll in Kansas, it start snowing hard. By the time we got to Oklahoma City, I-35 was a one lane path with about 3 feet of snow. We tried a hotel just south of Oklahoma City but they were full and wouldn't even let me pay regular room price to put out sleeping bags on the floor of the conference room, so we kept going. We hit the Texas border just before sunrise and the interstate was nothing but a sheet of ice. We were in a Plymouth Arrow and got behind a trucker from Missouri and we were going into Ft. Worth doing no more than 35 mph during morning rush hour. People flying past us trying to drive normal speed only to end up in the median and ditch. Interstate got better about 20 miles south of Ft. Worth and we continued on to McCallen.

On ice don't touch the brakes, the gas pedal or steering (if you must steer make extremely small imputs. Better off coasting over ice, bridges are alway's gonna be iced over in freezing or just above freezing conditions, so assume its iced over.

Where are y'all going driving so fast? I'm not dying on no ice for work 🤣

When you come to an icy overpass, DO NOT BRAKE!!! Let off the gas and coast over the bridge. It works! I have been an over-the-road truck driver for 5 years and driven in the worst winter weather you can imagine.

Seeing this just makes me think of all the signs on the highways that state bridges freeze first

Salting the bridge works here in Connecticut ‼️

People drive like idiots. But on ice they lose their minds When someone spins out, they just keep going around them. Give them room to get going again It won’t hurt you to wait a minute until they get turned around. You are just making it worse. Drive slowly on ice and give everyone a lot of room. And don’t slam on your brakes. 👍

the tow truck driver did an impressive job making sure he didnt spin out i was impressed on their skills

I love the tucker chilling in his cab with all the chaos above him.

Apparently Texans didn't study for this test...

You would think a truck might show up to drop a bit of salt down. But it is Texas.

Crazy that you can see an exact line of ice on the bridges. I don't think Texas does sand or gravel preventions

OK Texans , When you get freezing rain or snow there's a thing called black ice especially over passes . Does Texas have any salt trucks? Here in the Midwest we are familiar with it , they get out the night before and start salting everything .

I live in the north and number one rule of winter is to put weight in the back of your pick up truck to equalize the weight.

Bridge builder: Oh you wanted Tarmac? I thought you said Ice Rink!

In Maine, we have signs that say 'Bridge freezes before roads'. This is why. The ground acts as a big heatsink, keeping the roads from freezing until it's been well below freezing for hours, even days, but because wind moves around a bridge they can freeze quickly. Might sound obvious - but it clearly wasn't to these drivers, and I've seen people do this in my mirrors! I *always* let off the gas and coast over bridges when it's even close to freezing, even if there's little snow, because tires also tend to pick up melted snow from the regular roadway and lay it down to freeze when they hit a bridge.

Great use of a drone 👏 that was an awesome video

You can spot the vehicles that are moving faster than the others, and those are the ones losing control.

2:20 that was smooth from that Truck driver.

Every vehicle sliding was RWD. People need to learn the difference between RWD (rear wheel drive) and FWD (front wheel drive) and how they work in slick conditions. I drove my Miata (RWD) in this and I learned that even applying constant throttle to maintain speed can cause you to slide on icey roads. I had let off the throttle a bit every time there was a bridge and that worked perfectly.

"Bridges and overpasses" always freeze first.....clear example of what that means!!!! Thx WXCHASING!!!!

Bridge overpasses are notorious for icing up in the northwest. Correct No erratic vehicle movement, basically ride it out trying to keep it straight 💯

This vid clearly reflects upon drivers who have more skill in handling their vehicles when it goes out of control, not being too brake happy, steering out of a skid, possibly the quality of your tires versus bald tires or just plain cheap tires which are hazardous under very cold or very hot exterior temperatures. Time to enhance the actual driving test to incorporate learning how to handle in slippery conditions when obtaining a driver’s licence.

I remember those days! Back in the '70s we had a lot of freezing weather.

To be honest, they don't do much better normally.

When crossing bridges and overpasses make sure you have enough speed to cost across them so let off the throttle before you get on them

This is a good day to stay home and watch the "slide" show. 😊

"My truck has 4 wheel drive, I don't need to worry about a little ice!" 😂😂😂

yup, reminds me of my days in Indiana. You can tell the RWD vehicles. Getting owned by the FWD minivan at the light was always a treat. Swore off RWD since then, been happier ever since lol.

🤣 those trucks needed to weigh their rears down and 4 wheel drive that area. But then again guess they think a pickup is good on ice, omg lol

Never tap your breaks when you start to slide on Black Ice. Let up on the accelerater and steer through it. It also helps if you keep your speed down to begin with.

I see Texans practicing their stunt driving. Awesome.

When your state can build 40 lanes but doesn't have any salt trucks

Now I know to slow down if I ever see a drone hanging out by the road. It must be a footage trap for a good reason.

Nice save by the blue flatbed tow truck 👌

I just love that 9 out of 10 times it's a truck or SUV that think they are invincible...

That ice rink overpass is at Arlington, Interstate 30. I grew up in CT & NJ. Moved to DFW in 2016. Texas as a state, cannot justify spending millions in each county, city etc on snow removal assets. Especially DFW. Thousands of miles of roadways, elevated roadways, highlands, grasslands, marshes, swamps, prairies and very little high elevated areas in this region. DFW sits in a bowl, moisture gets trapped here very easily and the high winds doesn’t help when it’s freezing and below freezing.

If you don't c spray from the tires then it's frozen

As a life long Floridian of years 60 years I've never had to deal with this SMDH

A fool and his Brakes, perfect movie title

I've seen Texas go through enough ice storms within the last decade. You would think they would be out spreading salt a.s.a.p. If there out of salt, then order salt throughout the summer. Rather be safe than sorry, peoples lives depends on the salt.

Sorry, we forget that ice can even exist here. It's so hot here that it's basically a miracle for a quarter inch of snow.

I thought they did pretty good at recovering. Watch MN, Minneapolis videos, they slide they crash and they should be used to slippery roads.

great drone work!!

Excellent place to have cameras. Bridges are going to freeze first. Great demo of why you want to slow down ahead of time and not try to brake on ice. Better yet, y'all stay off the roads if they're not sanded or salted. ❄️🏒 🇨🇦

Driving over frozen overpasses is dangerous because many drivers do not know how to drive over them in Texas. Especially truck drivers and owners of cars that have rear wheel drive only. They think that should keep accelerating. Just put it in neutral and DO NOT use your brakes. I also noticed that none of the bridges were treated with sand or anything in the Dallas and surrounding areas. Every year north Texas cities have always taken pre-emptive action to minimize these dangers. Did they all decide to drop the ball together? Excellent place to have cameras? Excellent place to have treated the roads ahead of time.

When you are on icy roads drive slow, keep your feet off the brakes, take your foot off the throttle and let your vehicle ride over the ice. Easier said than done. This is something you must do in icy conditions.

I’ve been a truck driver 26 years and early on I learned to let up on the pedal when crossing bridges if the temperature was below freezing.

Not gonna lie, that 1st slide/drift by the white car looked kinda fun!! Plus, they didn't wreck their stuff!!

The problem with DFW is drivers is u have so many of them (in top 6 metro areas in US), they are always in a hurry/they SPEED..n bcuz in a hurry they TAILGATE, n they don't take ice into consideration, crash Crash CRASH🤣

Are you telling me that when the temp is below freezing that people don't realize the roads may be icy and they don't SLOW DOWN?? Insane!

LOL @ 1:45 that blue camaro straighted up quick like, "Oh snap it's a cop act normal act normal!"

Great save ramp truck

All the cars that actually crashed were pickup trucks/SUVs so the bridge is really doing gods work

If this overpass had been in Chicago, it would have been salted long before the road iced up.

5:06 she know she about to get insurance $🤣

Really felt big homies win after that epic slide.

No acceleration, no breaks, no turning on overpasses. Keep it straight and neutral.

I'm 64 years old, and since I was 10 years old, I knew to slow the speed down on wet and frozen roads, so you want go sliding down the road. And all driving book tell us If road and weather conditions are adverse, motorists should operate at a speed well below the posted limit. Leave extra space between vehicles. Increase your following distance to eight to ten seconds. This increased margin of safety will provide the longer distance needed if you have to stop. You should reduce your speed by 1/3 on wet roads and by 1/2 or more on snow packed roads (i.e., if you would normally be traveling at a speed of 60 mph on dry pavement, then on a wet road you should reduce your speed to 40 mph, and on a snow-packed road you should reduce your speed to 30 mph). And If freezing rain begins while you're on the road, .try to find a safe location (off the highway or busy road) to pull off. BE SMART AND DRIVE SAFE IT YOUR LIFE AND SOMEONE ELSE YOU'LL BE SAVING.

That 370z driver was so happy he kept it out of the barrier

Bridge decks usually freeze first when temp is at or below freezing. Take the cruise off and slow down in those conditions.

It's always fun watching my fellow Texans not letting up on the accelerator when going over an overpass or worse yet, they tap their brakes. Even though they see the overpass coming up, they don't even bother to slow down which is a sure indication they believe they are immortal...lol. Since I'm a "transplant" from up North, I always recommend staying home on these few icy days and let Darwin thin the herd.

0:16 Yes, just stop in the middle of the lane and get out with traffic approaching, rather than getting TF out of the way. 1:08 Locked the wheels up and lost what little steering control they had. 2:20 I was thinking "Wouldn't it be ironic if the flatbed slid out while going out to tow people that slid out."

If barry sotero had penned the phrase ''Bridge surface freezes before road surface'' he would have been worthy of the Nobel Prize

2008, I flew to Vancouver and rented a car to drive to the Island for Christmas Vacation at a B&B near Sooke. Once I got off the ferry and seen the 90kmh posted speed limit, everyone around me skidded into ditches and into each other. They had a cold air system which blew in that day which resulted in a miserable vacation, receiving record breaking snowfalls in areas. Most people cannot comprehend how to react when encountering slick road surfaces. I even tried to explain it to a friend of mine and he still ended up getting a new front rim and alignment job after hitting a curb in a slide. I kept telling him, let off the brake, put it in reverse and steer into your slide. He never let off the brake and was clueless why steering had no effect on where his car was going.

Hitting the brakes will do it but sometimes just letting off on the gas will throw you into a skid(ask me how I know). I’m guessing that some of those cars had summer tires too which are useless below freezing.

Doesn’t even look like the bridge was pre treated.

That tow truck driver nailed that drift perfectly.

Drone operator did a excellent job.👍👍

As a Canadian, it's fun watching our American cousins trying to drive on ice...smack, smack, smack...!!!

Make sure you have good tread on your tires! And always slow down when coming onto bridges!

When crossing iceie bridges slip in neutral and hold straight and no braking

"Bridge Freezes Before Road" I've seen these signs all my life.

That was cooooool👌🏼👌🏼