4x4's Customary "How Many Accidents" Thread

[4X4]

IIIIIIIIIIIttttsssss snooooowing!

Woo hoo! Winter's finally here. So. How many accidents tomorrow morning? I'll bet 95.

[Slava]

Awesome thread idea. If it keeps snowing through today and overnight I think that I'll guess 183. If the snow stops this evening though I'd cut that in half.

[4X4]

Oh, and word to the wise: be strategic when parking your car. If you love your car, or can't afford to fix it, don't park it in stupid places. Like at a T intersection at the bottom of a hill. On the other hand, if you hate your car and are wanting a new one, park it at the bottom of a hill at a T intersection.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Slava

Awesome thread idea. If it keeps snowing through today and overnight I think that I'll guess 183. If the snow stops this evening though I'd cut that in half.

Yeah, scratch my first guess. I'm changing it to 150.

[burn_this_city]

Whats the average speed going to be on deerfoot tommorow morning if it keeps coming down..? I say.. 18-35km/h..

[4X4]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Whats the average speed going to be on deerfoot tommorow morning if it keeps coming down..? I say.. 18-35km/h..

Except for the usual idiots in *ahem* 4x4s that think they can go 100.

[burn_this_city]

Thats me!

I usually dont even click it in 4x4 when I do that speed..

[Slava]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Whats the average speed going to be on deerfoot tommorow morning if it keeps coming down..? I say.. 18-35km/h..

By a pure stroke of luck I already planned to take tomorrow off. Nothing makes me wish I had a hybrid more than driving along at 35km/hr on Deerfoot!

[jar_e]

The first report from the city is already out....

http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/citybea...125506_14004_0

From 0900 hrs to 1230 hrs (2008/12/07) the Calgary Police
Service has responded to approximately 80 collisions with 10
of these incidents involving minor injuries.

[Ford Prefect]

I'm gonna guess 164.

[Dion]

148 is my guess

[Claeren]

201!

[Dan02]

347

[Nehkara]

215

[Resolute 14]

if the snow we are getting now had happened tomorrow morning, I would have guessed 270.

As it is, I'll go 140, because the city will be out plowing all day and all night.

I am not looking forward to the 3 hour drive to work tomorrow.

[Fire]

153

[4X4]

I just got back from a fun little jaunt around the hills of bankview. On the 14th street hill going north between 26th ave and 21st ave, there was an ~8 car pileup. I passed it again about 10 minutes later and it had become a 10 car pileup - the two new additions being police cruisers.

And yeah, I agree with Resolute. If this had happened tonight, tomorrow's count would be way higher. At least they'll have today to clean up alot of the streets.

[csnarpy]

Let's see....

new residents of calgary since the last major storm = 38,000
new residents who have never driven in snow = 18,000
new residents who think driving in snow is no big deal = 9,000
new residents attempting to drive today = 3,000
new residents who quickly realize that they better slow down = 3,000
old residents who yell and scream at the new residents for slowing down for not knowing how to drive in snow = 352

number of accidents = 352

[HOOT]

139

[jar_e]

And a few more total numbers for today....

http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/citybea...163125_21588_0

As an update to the previous release regarding adverse road
conditions resulting from the snow accumulation in Calgary.
From 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs 2008/12/07 the Calgary Police
Service has responded to slightly over 180 property damage
collisions and an additional 20 collisions that resulted in
minor injuries. Motor Vehicle travel throughout the city is
not recommended unless absolutely necessary.

Wonder if I can use the bolded part as an excuse not to show up for work tomorrow....