Bountiful, Utah: Cars Crash During Snowstorm, Rhee Braby Catches Collisions On Film (VIDEO)

SALT LAKE CITY -- Video from Utah during a major snowstorm shows more than a dozen cars sliding, crashing and skidding sideways down a street in just a few hours.

Rhee Braby shot the video from his Bountiful home, about 10 miles north of Salt Lake City.

He says neighbors were even perched at the top of the road Saturday, warning drivers not to attempt the hill, but many continued on and lost control. One car even crashed into a snowplow.

Between crashes, the 34-year-old says he helped push cars back onto the road only to see another come sliding down behind it.

The Utah Highway Patrol says 376 crashes of some sort were reported from Saturday through Sunday afternoon in five northern Utah counties, leading to at least 34 injuries but no fatalities.

Comments

[i the ys]

10:17 PM on 01/27/2012

Having driven in winter conditions for over 40 years I can tell you that 4 Wheel Drive is not going to have any effect on controlling a slide. I would rather have front wheel drive, with studded snow tires which are outlawed in UT because they work. Notice how many of the cars had their front wheels turned but the brakes locked up the wheels so the car would only slide. Let off the brake so the wheels can rotate thereby you can control the car. Oh well it was funny.

So was it film or tape or solid state MP3 capture of these images?

[CaroleK1970]

04:43 PM on 01/26/2012

must all be republican drivers

[Joshua Heiser]

09:47 PM on 01/27/2012

theyre all mormans...God will not save you from your own ignorance. it snows there ALL the time.

[anothervoter]

11:52 AM on 01/25/2012

So much for AWD /4WD.....

What were they thinking that their tires are made out of velcro?

[Parkite]

04:50 PM on 01/25/2012

In addition to AWD or 4X4, you need snow tires.

[anothervoter]

06:59 AM on 01/26/2012

Excellent point.
I've seen too many drivers who think AWD / 4WD makes them invincible to skidding.
Once you lose traction and start to skid, you're pretty much just along for the ride and not in control.

Control is key.

[i the ys]

10:17 PM on 01/27/2012

Yes, studded snow tires.

[BoFo]

03:33 AM on 01/25/2012

"... neighbors were even perched at the top of the road Saturday, warning drivers not to attempt the hill, but many continued on and lost control."

That magic underwear can sometimes make you feel a bit overconfident.

[1differentdrummer]

03:10 AM on 01/25/2012

Denver?

[i the ys]

10:18 PM on 01/27/2012

Utah.

[blurredmolly]

07:35 PM on 01/24/2012

idiots

[CKMJr]

05:56 PM on 01/24/2012

no sympathy at all for these morons...where do you have to go that is so important to risk life and property? we have known what cars will do on ice since cars were invented. they were driving like they didn't know ice was slippery. geez...

[whatsurbrain4]

05:50 PM on 01/24/2012

People say that Southerners can't drive in the snow. Apparently we aren't the only ones! Seriously though - it's for the same reason - we get ice FIRST.

[baccio]

04:20 PM on 01/24/2012

That particular hill is extremely steep and Saturday's weather made for worse than normal driving conditions. It had been raining all morning and then the rain quickly turned to snow. No matter what state you live in, ice is slippery. So it's not just a Utah thing, bad drivers are everywhere.

[babyboomerorig]

03:32 PM on 01/24/2012

I used to be young and stupid enough to think that I could drive through any kind of weather.

Now, I'm older and getting senile and stock up a day or two before anything hits, because you couldn't pay me enough to be back out there with people who are still young enough and stupid enough to think they can drive through anything.

[mwmwmw]

03:23 PM on 01/24/2012

Where's the clown music.

After seeing everyone crash, I would have just parked my car and walked.

[AnneWest]

12:59 PM on 01/24/2012

Pfft... they have nothing on Pittsburgh, where we can add STEEP hills to the action. :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6249iHSJsKo

[Earfling]

12:57 PM on 01/24/2012

all those poor folks now having to rely on those korporatist kapitalist insurance companies.

i have all my insurance through OWS, LTD.

[TheAnim8r]

12:54 PM on 01/24/2012

Idiots...

[mebemommee06]

12:38 PM on 01/24/2012

I have to laugh when people actually believe in car commercials.. see you can have 4 wheel drive and special tires, but guess what,, when there's snow and ice,, we're all equal..