Icy Hill

1. Dan-e-boy
   December 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pm

   haha! I think one car switched drivers to try it again! look at about 1:10 right before the trolley comes

2. zav
   December 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pm

   Icy Hill. Benny Hill. I don't see the connection.
   (Yes, sarcasm was intended).
   Awesome.

3. Gauldar
   December 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm

   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.

4. ECA
   December 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm

   Gaulder,
   I know the location...
   And there are 2 roads out...IF' you can find the other one..and its Worse.

5. MightyCow
   December 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 pm

   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.

6. SenorMysterioso
   December 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm

   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

7. Frescolito
   December 22nd, 2008 at 5:33 pm

   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.

8. Shannon
   December 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pm

   I can't believe there weren't any accidents

9. seekshelter
   December 22nd, 2008 at 6:00 pm

   thats my favorite song....ever..

10. Skipweasel
    December 22nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    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.

11. Keri
    December 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    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!

12. liphttam1
    December 22nd, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Nobody went down...

13. Rocky Rook
    December 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    This is the second icy road in Portland OR video I've seen today. Must be a red-letter day.

14. Larfin Jackarse
    December 22nd, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Ahhh Portland. Land of trams and dollar coins....and rain, snow, slugs and a good bookstore (is it still there?)

15. ted
    December 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    I laughed despite myself. This video was nothing without the music.

    If you've ever driven in winter, you know that feeling.

16. Heather
    December 23rd, 2008 at 12:33 am

    yep, Powell's books is still there. That vid was taken on the 15th? There's been SOO much more snow since then!

17. Sofar
    December 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 am

    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.

18. Sofar
    December 23rd, 2008 at 1:03 am

    B.T.W., drivers of R.W.D. vehicles: Going up backwards helps sometimes.

19. Scotchdrnkr
    December 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 am

    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)

20. jankyvision
    December 23rd, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    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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