Crazy car sliding in Dallas ice storm on overpass

They have been driving like that since the 1980's in Texas.

Increased Speed Limits, less citations given, more police in inner cities and less on highways.

Where have y'all been??????????????????????????????????????/

Parking lot is the second best. In the north sometimes you get good hard freezes before you get snow. The best is a smaller lake that freezes over. You need at least four inches of the clear ice to support a compact vehicle.

Watch for ice fishermen and snowmobiles - don't kill anyone.

black ice

I bet they quit playing with their phones after that!!

At least it's not a tumbleweed problem.

Look at all those dangerous unvaxxed drivers wishing they got their COVID series and boosters while steering down death in their eyes..Should have been wearing a proper tight fitted mask assholes

Looks like fun to me.

I love gettin' sideways.

Salt is terrible for vehicles and roads. It tears them up.

Calcium Chloride is much better.

You need a vehicle that is set up to dispense the stuff. Typically sprayed on as a liquid. Sometimes as the granules.
They spread it before the ice storm typically, and reapply part way through the storm. There are temperature limits where it works and where it doesn't.



Sand works, as long as some remains on the road and is not pushed off by traffic.

Drive at a speed you are willing to crash at. Stopping distances increase by an order of magnitude. If it is glare ice, you lose all ability to stop unless you have installed chains on all 4 tires or have installed studded tires.

Last Edited by JustmeTX on 02/02/2023 01:45 PM

all usa needs, the brine salt plus beet juice, when temps get below a certain point, the beet juice will still keep melting, the salt , stops at a point, , few places want to invest in this much needed througout the entire usa, life winter saving, , ,

I went in to a tailspin headed south on 77 from junction city, Ks to fort Riley once during black road conditions. The road was dynamited out of bedrock so on each side of the shoulder there was a 20’ wall. Good times.

It’s not black ice. It’s the concrete.
Asphalt is black.
Concrete is what makes up the majority of overpasses and interchanges.
You can clearly see the cars lose control and slide on the concrete and then immediately regain traction on the asphalt.

Dont mess with Texas. Unless your ice and snow...

Its pretty common knowledge to us northern folks that ice
forms on the over passes first.

You can have no ice on the road but when you hit the over pass the concrete is colder then on the road and the over pass freezes up.


You southern folks are funny.

I fell on black ice once. I knew it was black ice because when I got up my wallet was missing.

Never underestimate a Texan's inability to use their brain.

They sit and watch the camera, they should call in for some salt to be put on that road. SMH

That part of Texas doesn't salt highways. They'll throw dirt on it...but as you can see...in Texas...that's a hit or miss proposition.

Texas is good for air conditioning. You can count on air conditioning there...unless the power grid goes blewy again.