Seattle Snow Fail! 

Actually a good choice of music for the subject.

The guy on the cross country skis and the sled are the only ones I see driving correctly.

We need another blizzard or ice storm. I've pretty much seen all good videos already. Time for some new ones.

I've listened to the background music on tons of videos (most of it horrible), but the music accompanying this video is absolutely fantastic. Thanks for posting this.

What people don't understand about Seattle. It's typically not freezing cold here consistently like other parts of the country. It usually snows, starts to melt OR rains....then freezes overnight and turns to sheets of ice. Repeat process and streets are like an ice skating rink WITH HILLS.

Drove from eastern Washington over pass into seattle one year for Thanksgiving. Arrived at 5pm and it was like driving into a deserted city. didn't pass 100 cars from snoqaulmie pass to the hotel in the university district. there was about 4 " of snow in seattle, I was driving an 85 ford tempo with no snow tires. poor girl at the desk had been there for 36 hours because her relief couldn't make it in.

Nice music to go with the video. Loved the 4WD vehicle waltzing down the hill!

If I owned a house situated on a hill like that I would either park my vehicle elsewhere during the winter, or better yet not have one at all.....lol

This is hillarious! As a former Washingtonian I completely feel their pain.

Perfect choice of music!

Awesome video, I was wondering if it snowed in Seattle as I never saw any while watching the tv show Frasier. Sliding cars was a bonus!

With the music its like ballet for cars. So graceful as they do they 360's down a hill.

If people would just let off the brake and start to try to steer and recover the vehicle they might find that they'll crash a lot less

yes, not to mention what snow around 32 degrees is the slickest

rule number 1 of snow driving: lock up brakes. lol

What Seattle does not realize, is that it is dangerous to drive in these conditions, especially when you are not trained for it. Too many comments making excuses, instead of using common sense and parking the car.

Hard to believe this was 2012, I don't see a car here older than 2006 lol, thanx recession!

I live here. Seattlites are idiots in the snow. It's either lock up the brakes or floor it. Never occurs to them to just steer.

I love this kind of music 👍👍🌨🌨

all of them are locking their wheels...why are they all giving it a turn down that hill? how about don't drive

Hi, is this your clip? May I use it in a compilation? Full credits of course.

Dude in wgite pathfinder checking that car... like oh man I think I put scratch on this car, then black SUV come blowing in and crashed into his white pathfinder. lol

Honored to be here on the 10 year anniversary of this hood classic. And being comment 300.

To preface this I have driven in the snow in other states including Wyoming and North Dakota. Seattle is far more difficult to drive in. There is almost always ice on or barely under the snow. It usually will warm up just enough to make the snow soft and then freeze it. Plus, Seattle isn't equipped like other cities where snow is common. Come here without snow tires and chains and try to drive on any of our hills and Seattle will make you look foolish.

From East Washington here, was taught to drive in the snow. East WA tends to laugh at West WA for having difficulty driving in snow. But then I married a West WA resident and moved over there. Oh it's no joke. I have driven in the deepest, slickest Spokane snow without a problem. The first snowfall in Mukilteo, I slid. I did everything right, I did everything I was taught, and still slid, and smacked into a curb. And another car slid and went right toward me, and the front of his car hit the front of mine. I never laughed at West WA snow again. This was 2011. I'm commenting in 2023 and I see this is 11 years ago so this must have been that same snowfall.

hey if we start sliding lets lock up our brakes so we have no traction at all

1:12 the only guy with a functioning brain!

I think I watched this years ago and I must say this is one of the only RU-vid videos that has appropriate music. Only thing better would have been to hear the snow crushing and the metal bending.

The two smart ones were the guy on the skis, and the dude on the toboggan.....

Love the music

we have black ice and feet upon feet 600miles from seattle (family lives there) and we drive on all season tires , but take into consideration its a awd 5.5k pound suv and powerslides after 40mph ,never had problems pulling tractors out of ditches too. best advice is plain and simple slowly touching the pedals, half the cars could have been saved from sliding a second time if they didn't keep the brakes locked, my other daily is a rwd stick and from 95 so Its more driver input abs wise and never had a problem all season tires even on 4" black ice

Every Minnesotan: “ha, amateur hour”

ive been to seattle the hills are ridiculous. winters gotta be hell for them.

Hahaha I love how none tries to correct as they slide down the hill they just crank the wheel to one direction lock em up and pray haha

@forkliftninjaz the w70 is indeed a nice tire. I drive through the rocky mountains with the and never had an issue. Most importantly, don't lock your tires and crank your steering to one side people!

Those same hills kiss my balls when I go by them in the snow. And I drive my 2005 Ford e350 rear wheel drive 12 passenger van😁 the secret is the tires. Best snow and ice tires are the blizzak tires. Go get them and put some weight on the rear axles and you're golden. Good luck this winter to everyone. All my cars have those tires as soon as winter gets here.

The ice that forms here under the snow means even chains won't help you here. Most folks buy their tire to help with the unrelenting winter rains, not for the snow...Best if folks realized the rules of living here. Rule 14 Snow in Seattle is God's way of saying "Stay home, have some hot chocolate."

I have all wheel drive the laws of physics no longer apply 😂🤣😆🤣😆🤣

Dat feeling of an inevitably bad christmas.

The guy skiing was the best driver

1:10 Now THAT'S the way to get around the city in a snow storm

Gotta awd Subie w/ 4 studded snows for winter. Live in western pa and have pulled trucks out with my wrx.

Is that "Swan Lake" music. 'bout appropriate

Those are proper off-roaders. What's wrong with them? No winter tires?

Exactly! I tell people the same thing who are from the midwest or east coast where they are more used to snow every winter and like to laugh at us. I just tell them to come up to Seattle and just see the kind of hills we have here that most people cant avoid no matter how hard they try when going home or to work.

Seattle rarely gets snow therefore: drivers are naturally unfamiliar with conditions, vehicles are not equipped to deal with it and the city can't clear it from all the streets that very same day. It will melt soon. I just moved from Wisconsin to Fairbanks, Alaska and drive a semi on the Alaska Highway, including portions of that road in the Yukon Territory, Canada. I also make trips to Valdez, AK. The roads have been snow covered and icy the majority of the days since the end of October!

Too be fair, anyone would have trouble on these hills. It's a very unique combination of snow and ice here.

that music is an excellent choise!

This seriously cracks me up! Seattleites (myself included) have no idea how to drive in inclement weather!

What can you do in a situation like this, when the car is sliding even though the wheels aren't moving?

BTW. if you use studed compotision tires you do have MORE grip on ice in the winter then on dry road's in the sumer ;)

Song is called "Blue Danube" by Johanne Strauss

That's not a Street, it's a slalom!

@CeceCabading We get the same 'wet' snow here in mid to eastern NC. We have on average 2-3 winter storms consisting of any or all of the following: freezing rain, sleet, snow (usually the wet variety), and black ice. Most people get in wrecks because either they go out when they should have stayed at home, drove down a road that was too dangerous, or they were driving too fast/braking too hard.

Haha that music made it even funnier!

Think this through, Sparky... No one ever slid uncontrollably down a hill or into a ditch because of heat. You never have to put on extra clothes to go out in the heat. You don't have to shovel heat. No one ever burns to death from being outside too long in the heat. lust sayin.

Wise car owners in Seattle park OFF the street when it's snowy!

This is why, when I lived on that side of the mountains, I just stayed home when it snowed.

My XJ : "Ha ha front rear lockers engage hill climbed"😏

@1Guitarslayer That's very nice. Does it make you feel better about yourself to put others down?

@forkliftninjaz in the Midwest, they are prepared for snow, deep snow at that, Seattle is not, plus you see some cars in the video with chains on, you won't see those in Wisconsin because they're illegal. Seattle doesn't have real road salt either, just the shitty kind that doesn't really work at all but however it won't turn your car into a rust bucket over the years.

Seattle "snow" is different: it is snow on ICE. Don't judge if you have not driven in Seattle during an ice storm: ICE + HILLS = NO CONTROL. I have driven in snow all over the world: Seattle roads are the worst during a snow and ice storm. I think it has something to do with the fact that the snow in Seattle is of a wet quality, then melts during the day and then freezes again overnight. Then just before the morning commute you get some snow to make you believe it is "only" snow on the road.

2012? I was there, and i am still here.

@USSAKiwi You're right. Our snow is called "Cascade concrete" for a reason.

I've gotten to the place where I'm now looking forward to the "Seattle/Queen Anne car crunch collection" every time it snows out there! This video is the perfect example of where and how NOT to drive in snow.

have you ever heard of winter tires? Tires that have studs on ... works great when there is snow...

@forkliftninjaz Well said Ninjaz! Yeah, winter/ice tires are "too expensive". And paying your insurance deductible, being inconvenienced, and driving a rental car while yours is in the shop is NOT expensive? Or, if you just saved 15% or more on your car insurance, you just might be paying for this wreck yourself.

Did anyone else notice they were all four wheel drive vehicles or "all wheel" drive vehicle. They think they are exempt from all this sliding

dang was there any ice with the snow?

Those of us in Seattle that can drive in the snow, because we came from a place that gets snow regularly, avoid driving in the snow. Not because of our fear of the snow, but of our fear of Seattle area drivers, which are bad enough in fair weather.

Music is PERFECT!!!

@forkliftninjaz People typically don't buy snow tires in Seattle because it rarely snows here. That's also why the city has very little snow removal equipment. We'll get this kind of snow maybe once every 2-3 years. Not to mention we also have VERY steep hills. I don't think the best of snow tires would help much on some of our steepest, unplowed, unsalted hills.

Seattle Snow texture is way different driving in. It snows, melts and then freezes over sheets and sheet of ice. Not to mention the hills in Seattle..... It's just not a good combo for anyone to drive in.

Hey Hey Hey Slow Down There ! LOL careful now.

@daniel343ful You know that even touching your brakes when you're sliding is just going to make it worse, right?

Great choice music

Lol! Even the guy with snowchains has trouble! Like the person sledding down the hill and the person skiing. Feel sorry for the people in the cars, I imagine they didn't have as much fun as the guy on the toboggan!

I live in Seattle,why do some of us fail to understand the limits to our existence? Stay home,it’s ICY!

two words; Studded tyres. here in sweden (northern) we often get snowy conditions like yours during the beginning and end of winter. i've been driving in it for a looong time. hills or no hills, if you use your brain and REMEMBER that it is slippery as fukk under that fresh snow, you won't start sliding. that is unless you do like everybody in my age around here. you start going sideways, for fun.

The car dancing

What was the guy holding on to the car expecting?

after all the accidents i bet they still won't get a good set of winter tires. lol.

Blue Danube, and 2001,,, great combo

brakes turn evil when there is ice on the ground

Not really a snow fail. There's a sheet of ice under that bit of snow. Should be renamed, "Don't take your car ice skating." 🤔

That's f*%$d up. None of these drivers even bothered to steer into the slide...just let themselves roll along, frozen, like a deer in headlights. *sigh*

Was that O.J.?

I dunno what'd be scarier; driving in Seattle in snow or in Duluth.

Guy at the end ... "what the fuack bro?"

At 0:36 I see a vintage looking car casually parked on the street!

'round and 'round he goes, where he'll stop even he doesn't know!

LOL - put the car in the garage and have a cup of hot chocolate!

lol at the guys at :55 trying to stop the car by holding onto the back of it

Did the guy really think he was gonna stop the car by holding it?! 🤦🏽‍♂️

The drivers are obviously not very experienced in driving on ice/snow. However, I think that the Nordic skier and the slider had the right idea!

It's pretty much impossible for anyone to drive on that hill. It's wet snow on top of ice.

@lakotasue What do you mean? The music makes the video

What song is this again?

Love the video but hate the description. Not true! We have Hills, Hills, and more HILLS! The second hilliest city in America with snow every other year. And when do you "learn to drive" in this when it's every other year and bad snow, every 5-10 years? I've lived here all my life and have lived in 8 areas of Seattle.....all have hills! :-)

Guy is nuts to think he can to pull on the car and stop it from sliding.