December 15, 2008, South Waterfront neighborhood, Portland, Oregon. Looking from our condo we can see cars attempting, and most failing, to climb up a hill to get out of the neighborhood. I decided to put together a montage of sliding cars. Portland had a recent snowfall and we are expecting more tomorrow.
Might I add kudos for the excellent choice of theme music. -via Bits and Pieces
Dan-e-boy
haha! I think one car switched drivers to try it again! look at about 1:10 right before the trolley comes
zav
Icy Hill. Benny Hill. I don’t see the connection.
(Yes, sarcasm was intended).
Awesome.
Gauldar
There’s a major road I use to take to work which is sloaped up to a set of lights. When roads are icy you see people struggling to get up it if they were unlucky enough to have to stop while on the slope and lacked the traction to get up it. Days like that I take a different route to work.
ECA
Gaulder,
I know the location…
And there are 2 roads out…IF’ you can find the other one..and its Worse.
MightyCow
I keep seeing a white van trying it at several points. I have to wonder if there are just a lot of white vans in Portland, or if the same guy keeps going around the block and giving it one more try.
SenorMysterioso
I love the ones that back up and give it a second try. At first it looked like one car switched drivers but when I watched it again I think the driver got out and walked away to the right and the passenger got in the drivers seat
Frescolito
I didn’t have the sound turned on when I first hit play, but somehow I knew that it was playing that music. Some of those looked like scary close calls, but it was amusing none the less.
Skipweasel
In the UK we have salt bins on the pavement beside roads like this – some kind soul will chuck some over the slope when it gets like this. Unless some git’s already nicked it for their path.
Keri
Hahaha… there are 3 roads, out, the last one is mostly flat… I took my husband there today to take the tram up to the hospital where he works. We specifically planned to avoid that hill!
Rocky Rook
This is the second icy road in Portland OR video I’ve seen today. Must be a red-letter day.
Larfin Jackarse
Ahhh Portland. Land of trams and dollar coins….and rain, snow, slugs and a good bookstore (is it still there?)
ted
I laughed despite myself. This video was nothing without the music.
If you’ve ever driven in winter, you know that feeling.
Heather
yep, Powell’s books is still there. That vid was taken on the 15th? There’s been SOO much more snow since then!
Sofar
In Seattle we’re having a similar problem. Drivers in Seattle may not be used to the snow, but most of us have at one point driven a car that can’t get up the hills, so we’re pretty good at avoiding them when we need to. The steeper ones have been closed for about a week.
Sofar
B.T.W., drivers of R.W.D. vehicles: Going up backwards helps sometimes.
Scotchdrnkr
3 things I noticed. NO ACCIDENTS. The Street car. Didn’t know they had them. And you need to find something else to do on Cold yucky days like this. LOL
(yes I know it was probably done with a camera on a tripod just filming away all day)
jankyvision
What’s going on to the right of the road, about halfway down the hill? Is that a culvert? If so where would it be coming from? There’s lots of motion, but it doesn’t look quite like water. Maybe freezing/thawing cycles? Why don’t I get back to work?
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