Insane Winter Driving Accident in Wisconsin (vehicles, fuel, speeding, Smart)

[Soviet]

RAW: Video captures Hwy 41/45 pileup | Waukesha County - WISN Home

What do you guys think?

[Bydand]

I think there are a bunch of Idiots who were driving WAY too fast for the conditions. Some of the vehicles were flying as they came into that mess.

[ukrkoz]

2 things come to mind right away.
All was fine until speedsters showed up
And
If you are in this situation - STAY INSIDE THE DAMN CAR!

[chiroptera]

What is WRONG with these fools?
Was nobody there paying attention to the traffic conditions up ahead?

Seriously, that was idiot after speeding idiot getting in to that mess.

[iNviNciBL3]

I recommend at the beginning of a traffic jam to turn on your 4 ways to give an extra warning to the people behind you you are slowing down.

[iNviNciBL3]

Lol @ 1:30 that dude dipped out of there

[gizmo980]

OMG, what the?? As the others have said, they were driving WAY too fast for those conditions! It all started with that little car flying down the middle @ 0:15, and the spinning car behind him... after that, it was like a comedy of errors. Wow.

And yeah, definitely not smart to get out of your car - and then STAND ON THE ROAD - in a situation like that. I'm really surprised nobody got pegged, or maybe they did? I only watched the first couple of minutes, so hopefully nobody outside of their car got hit.

[iTsLiKeAnEgG]

As awful as the collisions were I was more shocked by the idiots who decided to get out of their cars. I was just waiting for one of them to get creamed.

[ca_north]

Originally Posted by Soviet

RAW: Video captures Hwy 41/45 pileup | Waukesha County - WISN Home

What do you guys think?

Warning, philosophical answer ahead:

That pileup reminds me of how the global economy operates, running blindly into a wall of finite resources in its zeal for endless growth and speed. You can tell speed-freaks to slow down over and over but nothing gets learned, just like the fossil fuel industry's attack on nature (along with wind turbine scars) and the banking industry's profit lust. Humans are essentially greedy animals with technology that magnifies the impact of billions of selfish actions each day. That freeway scene was only a microcosm.

[wit-nit]

So what happens if you stay in your car and it gets crushed or explodes on fire. Cops say stand over by the side of the road in a situation like this. They were lucky those semi's didn't hit them. One semi was going quite fast too and nearly hit several vehicles.